Excellent tip! I looked up the series and there were apparently only 8 coins in that submission: [ATTACH]
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There seems to be abundant competition for those right now. They are my primary focus at this time.
It does take time to learn the best way to search all of these databases. Some search words will yield so many results that it isn't helpful....
Yes, use acsearch.info. You have to have a paid membership to see prices realized (worth it!) but it's still a great way place to search for...
Yes... yes it does :D. I'll toss in another coin with a more prominent triskeles and, for extra credit, a nude hoplite :D. The triskeles symbol...
Boy, that's going to be tough. What's the size and weight? I suspect it is from Phoenicia, perhaps Arados. The obverse is Tyche-- common on...
What a spectacular example of the type! In December I picked up a bargain version of that reverse, a duplicate consigned to AMCC 1 by @zumbly....
^^^ TypeCoin made an excellent point and one I should have included in my list: story coins. I love a coin that tells a story or that has a...
I wonder what criteria are used by CT members who collect outside the Roman and Greek sphere? @TypeCoin971793, @AnYangMan... what are your...
Based on your poll and post, I'm guessing your context is within the Roman Imperial milieu. I like it when a coin I've bought is regarded as rare...
What a well-struck well-centered example of the type! The ones with turtle control marks have tempted me. Do you know anything about the...
Oh, good!! Different people tolerate different flaws, but if there is something special about the style that you haven't found in another of the...
Gratian, Antioch. (CNG coin; different officina) [IMG] One from the same officina currently on Vcoins: [IMG] Attribution: RIC IX 46a Antioch...
From Wiktionary: Etymology Abbreviation of Latin folio (“on the (next) page”), ablative of folium (“leaf, page”). Abbreviation ff. and the...
I can tolerate a wide range of grades-- it all depends on the style and various other factors and some of those factors are simply personal...
There are gobs of books which serve as catalogs or references for ancient coins and as you might expect given the millennial span of "ancient"...
A coin of Mausolos seems like a must-have for any generalist ancient coin collector, mainly because of the tie-in to the "Seven Wonders of the...
:wideyed::eek: When is duck hunting season?! Oh please send me the full-sized version of that avatar (which I'm copying and pasting here for...
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! [IMG] My first lion, from an early Gitbud-Naumann auction. The lion is very realistic, more so than many I...
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