Yeah. A real collector doesn't fall off the wagon. He jumps! :)
I think we have a miscommunication due to different languages. Lanz has the directories, by which I think you mean catalogs. The coin is not...
It could be unpublished, yes, but attributions like that just mean that it isn't listed in the catalogs you would expect to find it in. That, or...
Amazon doesn't have a "make an offer" button, but I've contacted sellers with offers that they've accepted. I'd like a copy of that book myself,...
CNG's estimates are quite low, by their own admission. But I wonder if some of those hammer prices are close to what they thought the coins would...
That second image really does accentuate the detail.
Great coin! It's so odd to see him looking in the "wrong" direction.
Yeah well, mine is ex-Joe Schmoe, so take that!
It's a common type to be sure. But this is the first I've seen from Ostia. Of course, that doesn't make it rare to anyone but myself, but I don't...
I couldn't read it at that resolution, but if you click on the image he's got it linked to a much bigger one.
The first coin is Constantine I, Ostia mint. Very scarce.
You know, I sometimes think to myself, even if I was a multi-millionaire, would I be willing to spend 200k on a coin? And the answer is always...
Yeah, I'm gonna have to find a way to pay for that now. Maybe a yard sale?
Actually we've done it often enough, including a Priapus thread. As long as the discussion remains about numismatics and history, the mods seem to...
I've always wondered who buys those. And why.
You do know that coins can get expensive, right? :)
You can get some good stuff at those.
I love the type, and you've got spectacular detail on that coin. Congratulations on a great start to 2016!
Congratulations!
Say...I've seen your pic before. I think it at was the post office. :p
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