Cool coins. A provincial with multimammiferous Artemis is on my hit list. As for the poem, I had to look up "double dactyl". The definition had...
Thanks for the show report, Sallent :) I've only been to two shows, ANA summer 2014 and CICF 2016. They were fun but it is extremely expensive...
I bought this one for the excellent hippocamp, plus I attended the live auction and felt the desire to bid on something :). The estimate and...
When that Postumus speciality sale posted I browsed the lots and was astonished by the huge variety of coins. I had no idea Postumus had so many...
A wonderful group but the Volteius is hands down my favorite! Wow!!
Oooh yeah... wonderful coins!! It's hard to pick a favorite but within your categories I largely agree.
SM in the mintmark of Roman coins is an abbreviation for Sacra Moneta (sacred money). N = Nikomedia; B = second officina (workshop)...
Kevin, CoinTalk member @Volodya (numismatist Phil Davis, Roman Republican specialist) has a paper which may help with your questions:...
Taking in pure nicotine (via gum, patch, or lozenge) is less harmful than smoking but it is still bad. Nicotine contributes to loss of bone...
I've put off learning how to use ISEGRIM because its query method is so unintuitive. It is a great database though so it is probably worth the...
I quit smoking in 1986. At that time, nicotine gum was new and was by prescription. I used one box and that was that. Several years later I...
Hmm. I think the seller's attribution is wrong. Your coin doesn't resemble those of Elaia. Among other things, the wreath leaves are different....
Yeah, I do :D This one doesn't motivate me though. It looks like a non-ancient token of some sort. Maybe someone on the World board can...
I don't knowingly have any fakes in my collection but it would not be very surprising to later find a fake or two. There is one modern copy of an...
I agree with Mat. At a glance it looks like a nice assortment of interesting coins, all of which will be easily identified with larger obverse...
It's gorgeous!
Great. More competition. :P ;) Nice way to start your ancients collection!! My favorites are 3, 7, and 8 :)
CNG is my favorite US auction house. They are very easy to use, friendly, quick to ship, and diligent with their coin attributions and pedigrees....
Oh yeah!!! Great coin! It's been on my list for a while now. I'd love to have one as nice as yours.
Wonderful! It's a great "story coin". :)
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