Most of my mistakes are on a different scale (unfortunately) so they did not fit the $65-85 bracket. Loosely related, today I stumbled upon one...
You're correct... bad analogy. Comparing something which probably has an answer, albeit perhaps to forever be unknown, to an essentially...
I suspect Sallent is on the right track as to why there were so many mint marks. On one hand it's fun to speculate, but on the other caring about...
LOL, that is exactly the post I was thinking of :D
You guys say that like it's surprising, shameful, or wrong. What's the big deal? A higher condition, artistic, and/or rare coin is naturally...
It's a great coin, Charles, but I don't think Marathos was under Roman rule at that time (mid 2nd century BCE, although I think your coin is dated...
Hey, y'know... those would actually be interesting as earrings (I'd spring for a new zipper though). Solder a post to the back of the foot......
Mikey is right. It's just a replica piece, an homage to the real deal; a tourist trinket.
It's not an Asian character, it's an H superimposed on an anchor: Anchor Hocking. That maker's mark has been in use since 1937 :)
If you have a new provincial you love feel free to post it here even if the city has been shown :) I was an underbidder on your new coin (not the...
Thanks, @Brian Bucklan! Can you verify the region for your Heracleia Pontica? In my database it is in Bithynia rather than Pisidia.
I would have bought it solely because Hercules looks like Antoninus Pius! :) The entire coin is lovely. Poor GIII... no respect :D
One of the reasons I don't usually participate in these "how much it cost" threads is that my record-keeping has been extremely lax in the last...
For coin catalogs and references I've found paper books easiest to use but for all else, I'm loving digital! I still buy paper books but not for...
218 :)
Added. 217 :)
Added. Make that 216 cities represented :)
The tally is done (drumroll)... the participating members of CoinTalk have shown 215 cities of the approximately 679 ancient cities which had...
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