David Vagi mans the crew at NCG, and they do know their stuff. If you're buying an expensive ancient, it's not bad that it's in a slab, since...
All the live long day. There are a handful of collectors that insist on slabs, but generally they are cross-overs from the world of moderns. The...
Absolutely - it looks like a great coin, if you could get it for the price of a raw one. The slab means nothing.
That's would be an extra $500 to a dealer trying to sell the coin to a collector of moderns where a star or a plus means something. Don't get...
Jack makes a good point. Don't study the slabs! Every other coin gets graded AU, and we don't even use that grade in ancients. The modern...
The grading of ancients is far more complicated than moderns, and the rules for moderns do not apply, since all ancient coins are cleaned. I...
If you want nice coins, filter for items over $500, lol. Actually, that's not funny. :(
Do the advanced search and enter Julius Caesar in the box "this exact phrase." The thing with JC is that you get all of the moneyers that issued...
This thread is literally full of win.
It's a damn shame because there was absolutely nothing wrong with the original coin. NOTHING. :mad:
Zumbly, that's the best coin of those types that I've seen. Most of them look like the one Chris posted, and mine. I've never seen one with so...
Much less common is the Victory holding two wreaths... [ATTACH]
Of LRB's the smallest coins with Victory are the "Two-Victories" types. If you hunt through many, many coins, you occasionally come across some...
Here's a Victory with fabulous wings from Alexandria... [ATTACH]
I always like revisiting these types. I have one that appears to have been gilded, but it has no signs of having been jewelry. Perhaps someone was...
For the most part yes, but billon in Alexandria.
Many fascinating reverses on these small denominations. Here's a stag I recently found. Does anyone else have obols of Alexandria? Let's see them!...
Nice Nervas everyone! Except for @Bing - Sheesh, sorry bro, I gotta draw the line somewhere, lol. Did the dog eat your homework? Here's my best...
Good question! A zebu? I've seen them on provincial issues, but not imperial.
Damn, that guy's still alive?
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