Great post. I love a collection centered around an historical theme.
Someone was testing their drill bits on a Chinese cash coin.
I agree. This is exactly how I started collecting ancient coins - common, mid-grade, inexpensive types. No point in making costly mistakes when...
Yes, dates of rule are given in ancient coin attributions, although the last year of rule can generally be assumed to be the year of the emperor's...
They're fine from what I can see - take them out of the flips for better photos. What you've got there are common Romans that were minted by the...
All I've ever seen are the scrappy little follaros of Roger II, and they've left me unimpressed with the coinage of the Norman kings of Sicily....
Did someone use it for sticky buns?
Great coin, Herberto! "Empire" indeed - not much left during Manuel II's reign. I was fully expecting Doug to pull an example out of his pocket.
Lol. Captain Ahab would be proud, Mat. Coin collecting. Sometimes it's like this... [ATTACH]
I'm thinking of collecting a set of 19th-century US type coins, but they would need to look like the Bust Half I just bought - worn and crusty,...
I found this at an antique mall two days ago. I'm pretty sure it would qualify as ugly to most US collectors, but us collectors of ancients like...
Dear eBay seller: don't get upset when half your customers don't leave you any feedback no matter how well you treat them. People are lazy and...
Very interesting comparison, but at this level of expenditure, I would need to see the coin in hand before a bid was cast. :)
I'm not sure I would call the new coin an upgrade. I think they're equally attractive in different ways. But hey, keep them both, problem solved. :)
I took better images of these coins and some interesting discussion has ensued at FORVM concerning the countermark on the larger coin. [ATTACH]...
Yes, but that's different. There's an ideology behind that destruction, misguided and deplorable as it is. Graffiti on coins is just that -...
I don't think the seller's photo is deceptive at all. When I click on it to zoom in, I can see all the areas of roughness and flatness that your...
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I chuckled at the idea of 44 being the IQ of the person who defaced the coin, but I wonder - if someone had an IQ of 44, would they have the...
I'm not an expert, but I can read the word BPETTIΩN. :)
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