Now we come to... ROUND 6. The prize is a Roman quarter-follis (Æ3) of the emperor Maximian, struck circa 305 AD. The reverse features the...
Haha! Better put on your lorica segmentata! ;) [ATTACH] Image credit: Wikimedia/Medium69
Time for the drawing for Round 5. Our lucky number was... 146! [ATTACH] And Post #146 was by... @chlorinated ! Coingratulations, @chlorinated...
Yes, as mentioned, the majority of collectors of ancient coins do not like slabs, for the reasons described. Since I'm only a dabbler in ancients...
Congrats. My October 2007 join date puts me two months earlier than you, but it doesn't count, since I only posted about ten times and then...
I intend to be there. Look for this hat on the bourse floor. [IMG] (It no longer is covered in gold coins, but it will have plenty of coins on...
I don’t have a favorite based on patina, really, but this Norman gold tari has the original earthen deposits retained- I sent it off to PCGS that...
Aha. Here's a pic of the slab inserts. [ATTACH]
This was a similar sort of deal for me. At the price offered, I couldn’t turn it down. Essentially I paid a fair price on the owl alone and the...
I just bought this four-coin lot from a member here, at a price I found difficult to refuse. In 46 years of collecting, this will be my first...
Here’s a bonus chance in the drawing for @BurrosCoins’s nephew, then. :)
Belated reply @longshot - I like your Judaea Capta with its colorful cabinet toning. It’s a tad nicer than the one I had in my old Twelve Caesars...
Here’s Osiris on a canopic jar. [ATTACH] Next: an Alexandrian tetradrachm of a different ruler.
Not much silver in this one, but I will roll out a true silver coin for Round 8.
Look at the date on the coin in the pictures above. Something (maybe reflections) makes it look like it says “2319”. Been doing a bit of time...
I guess what you found was the hobby itself, and perhaps some appreciation of the stuff you’ve already got. If so, that’s pretty priceless.
Oh, that landscape is lovely!
My birthyear. :)
It's a lovely coin. Stick with the PCGS photos.
One does have to give them credit for pretty names.
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