A coin of Aigai, meaning place of goats, in ancient Aiolis. (One has to be careful to specify the region, as a number of ancient cities were...
hahaha...maybe to you. :confused: :p
Turkish sailors, but make sure you have protection. They don't take kindly to being told some of their coins are fake.
One valuable source for hunting down hammer prices on previous auctions is acsearch. It gives you a bead on the market to see what people have...
Don't get mad bro, just horsing around. :) [ATTACH]
Totally wrong, like Emo wrong. :rolleyes:
Heh - I've never thought of that. He's checking the road both ways for chariots.
Staters of Sikyon in that grade are pricey. Check out this page for various hammer prices on various coins.
We've been accused of many things, but tight-lipped has never been one of them. :confused:
Why do the letters matter? It's a gorgeous coin. End of story. We just don't care about letter grades like the collectors of moderns.
Nice coin! It looks like the mint mark could be deciphered with a higher resolution image. There appears to be enough letters to make it out.
I've come close to buying the Berk book a few times, but I'm sure the descriptions of the coins are fairly general - after all, it is only 144...
If your ultimate concern is high grades, don't collect ancients. Ancients are about history, grade is secondary, if even that high. If you don't...
Yes, they are real, and they belong to him. He is a very experienced and renowned European collector.
Gold is the least reactive of all coining metals, so yes, I might be tempted to use the designation AU when it comes to extremely well-preserved gold.
This is what hoards look like when they're discovered. You tell me. :) [ATTACH]
Yes, and this goes back to my first response to this thread. READ DOUG'S PAGES! - read them carefully, and you will begin to understand why mere...
The only market that really exists for slabbed ancients, is the market of collectors of moderns, that want a few ancients in their collection, and...
If that's what you prefer, it's up to you, but it isn't necessary. Ancient coins are long past the point where a fingerprint makes any difference....
Pretty much any way we like that's safe. I use PVC-free flips, some use envelopes, others trays.
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