A butterfly is as good a reason as any to buy the coin :). You're right about their appearance being uncommon on ancient coins. In addition to...
OOooh, that first one is fabulous!
(edited) Because of size, M style, and front-facing portrait I thought it was Justinian I, Constantinople, but looking through a list of...
It's not corrosion-- those are surface deposits. Perhaps this coin was in contact with bronze coins or metals. Simply soaking silver coins in a...
Another type I want! The list is long. I was unaware of Vulcanalia too... I'll put it on the calendar for next year :) [IMG] Roman Republic,...
What a novel and interesting set!
Kunker's auction platform has this feature.
Wow!! What an exciting match. Congrats, @Ryro. @Terence Cheesman, I look forward to more of your coins and articles.
It's lovely that they've taken this step to prevent people from bidding against themselves. Perhaps they should first take care of the basics...
Phew... thankfully you didn't have to pay much for that mistake, @Clavdivs! Z-- perhaps an expensive mistake but it's a gorgeous coin. I've...
In March. I'm still envious of the deal you got though! :wideyed::grumpy::D
That is hilarious! :D
I wouldn't say that, if you mean the horn silver. Most ancient coins have one problem or another. If you meant the dark tone... nothing wrong...
Yes.
Whatever it is seems to be inspiration for Miss Prissy, Egghead Jr, and Chicken Little :D [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] I love the CNG "goony bird"...
Assuming you don't have a paid subscription to ACsearch, you might enjoy browsing CNG's sales archives to get an idea of the cost of various...
Trying to trim your collection to only twenty coins? What a challenge! Of the keepers you've identified so far-- and all are great coins-- my...
The pictures are too small and poor-- can't say much about the authenticity.
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I'm having far more fun as a spectator than I would have as a player but I'm very happy that so many people wanted to participate :) Thanks...
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