Here's an article that may interest you. Crysallisation and Embrittlement of Ancient Coins
Captive insurance? Pray tell... Uh, never mind. I just googled it. Boooooring. :p
I love this photo, and how you stitched it together to look like there are actually two coins sitting on the penny. Well-done!
I can't seem to keep up with the changing names of these fractionals. Tetartemoria? Fractions of obols? CNG and other dealers now call these...
They were all on sale, from $1 to $2.50 at the priciest. How could I refuse? I have a couple of them in digital format since they are in the...
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That's an exceptionally nice quadrans. Great find!
I see it! Lol - it's like ancient coin collectors' version of Where's Waldo.
It's hard to imagine how dies for such coins were cut without some sort of magnification. When it arrives, I'd like to take a pic similar to...
This coin will now take the honor of being my smallest fractional Greek silver (5mm, 0.14g), and my oldest (530/25-500 BC). My first tentative...
Thanks Doug!
I think it depicts the story of a son who carried his father away from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, thus saving him. The story may be apocryphal,...
I love the simplicity of the Aeolis bronze. Just get on your horse and go to the bar. :)
Super RR's, oki! I love the little Kyme bronze too. I'm looking for one as nice as yours.
The Balbinus is beautiful. I sincerely hope it's authentic. It certainly looks the part.
Oh, XIX. :)
Great coin, spork! Carthiginian issues seem to contain many, many coins struck off-center. You guys have collected some handsome, centered coins.
I think that part where Anakin Skywalker murders all the younglings is a bit over the top for a family movie.
Hello friends, I have four great coins for sale, 3 Roman, 1 Byzantine. If you've been looking to collect a few ancients, here's your opportunity...
Almost every emperor sired children. It might be more apropos to post coins of a father and son, or daughter, or a coin that presents both.
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