These later style Athens tets are all kinds of funky shapes. It looks perfectly typical for the issue, at least to me (but I've browsed thousands...
Nice one, Chris!
PISIDIA, Komana 1st century BCE Obv: Laureate heads of two bearded men right, jugate Rev: Lion springing right, KO in exergue Ref: SNG von...
If I guess how many are in the pile, do I win them all? :shy: :D
It's a very special coin. Legend is that the coin was once touched by three members of Monty Python's Flying Circus and since that time, it has...
My mother does the St. Anthony prayer when she misplaces things and she's not even Catholic :D (Probably not a "real" prayer... with a sheepish...
Portraits on Roman Imperial coins of the first couple of centuries are pretty easy to ID by portrait alone. It can get difficult later on,...
No need to apologize, there's no reason you should have known my gender :) It does seem that the vast majority of ancient coin collectors are men...
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Put some pontoons on the cart and you've got yourself an amphibious vehicle. That should get you wherever you need to go in the greater NYC area :D
Wow, the OP coin is so artistic! Gorgeous :)
Yep... putting all of your knowledge and resources in the digital world (especially a "cloud" is frightening). Digital isn't forever.
Kirk, do you mean finding coins with image searching similar to facial recognition programs? That would be great, wouldn't it :) There is a...
I hadn't seen that before. Nice page!! Thanks for keeping it live :)
Doug has a page you may find helpful for understanding legends on Roman Imperial coins: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/abb.html
Oh, yay! That's a fine pair of chariot-pulling goats you have there, Mikey! There are so many oddball transportation coins still on my shopping...
Welcome, @Sherwood forest :) Here are some useful links: CNG's archives. Good for seeing what has sold in the last couple of decades; useful...
There aren't any in the "usual" sales archives. The RPConline link he found is probably the best gauge and only two specimens were cited. I...
Well, it's in pretty rough shape but it's still an interesting and unusual coin. I don't know what it would bring. The only way to find out...
Excellent! Cool coin :)
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