Interesting! I didn't realize that. Stupid question: why is the wolf always shown standing while nursing the infants? That seems so unnatural....
I also admired and considered trying for that Vespasian when the auction posted :D. Clearly it was meant for a dedicated specialist though. I'm...
There did seem to be some nice LRBs but I don't know how that segment compared to other typical auctions.
That's a very interesting Vespasian. I wonder if @David Atherton won it? Today's Obolos auction (the "lesser" brand for Nomos AG) didn't have...
Wow! That's a mighty nice first coin. Not sure I've ever seen a better serrated Seleucid!
Agathodaemon is always welcome in my house :) [ATTACH] EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian billon tetradrachm, 22.5 mm, 12.9 gm regnal year 5 (CE 120/1)...
Nice pickup, Ajax :)
Congrats, Q :)
Gorgeous style, 4to2!! I'd love to have a Lysimachos tet from those dies. They're all lovely but you found an exceptionally artistic die, twice!...
I was wondering the same thing. None of these sellers were ones I "followed" (I didn't get automatic notices of new coins, although I browsed...
Welcome to CoinTalk, @Jay GT4 :)
Same here.
Not silly at all :D Here's a coin neither I nor Zumbly won but that we both wanted for a similarly "silly" reason (a hand grasping/squeezing a...
Nope... and I paid on 6/25, receiving an email confirmation saying I'd receive a shipping notice within 7 business days (which was yesterday) :(...
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Congrats on your first, @Aunduril! Welcome to the Fun Side :)
That's a lovely little coin, D-Ray! Great graphics, as usual :)
It's an interesting article and I've read similar things about Roman concrete elsewhere. @4to2centBC beat you to the punch on this particular...
Well, at least the book contains pretty pictures :D I agree about the maddening misuse of "it's" along with other homophonic and homonymic...
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