Sigh. Oh Jan... You're just jealous :D.
From his book's preface: "The purpose of this book is to compile a list of the Alexandrian coins in all of the available published collections...
There seems to be two denominations of this type (or quality control was very lax) and the designs are different. Mine is 17 mm and 3.7 gm....
I don't have a Roman Egyptian tetradrachm of this emperor to show for comparison nor do I see any with this reverse in various archives. In case...
Great coin and writeup! Unfortunately, your interesting writeups have caused me to begin looking at the Migration Period section of auctions :D.
Argh, my power has been out since yesterday and was just restored this morning. Belated Happy Birthday, Doug!! [MEDIA] My most Doug-like coin:...
Steatite is also known as soapstone. My kitchen countertops are soapstone. Great stuff!! It tolerates scorching hot pans, frozen goods, spilled...
A succinct tutorial :D Nice coin!!
The only one I'm aware of is the gold stater of Nektanebo II with horse and hieroglyphs. Example from CNG's archives: [IMG] The Rare and...
There appears to be controversy about who issued this coin, with Matthew Kreuzer advancing the Cleo VII story in his book The Coinage System of...
A wonderful type and your photographs are great! I like Diana's look-- simple pony tail, nothing fancy-- she's working, not posing for a...
Forty bucks for four decent and different Philip II bronzes? I'd say that's a steal. Congrats :) Man I love collecting ancient coins!!
Wingless bacon: [IMG] Roman Republic, Ti. Veturius 137 BCE, Rome AR denarius, 3.85 gm Obv: Helmeted bust of Mars right Rev: youth kneeling...
Congrats!! I'm watching Pecunem right now and saw that. Debating whether to drop a few bids :). You want to see our pigs? Happy to oblige, sir...
Great set!!
I love everything about this coin! Soooo envious :D
[IMG] WooHOO! Congratulations on this fine score, Noob! It's gorgeous :) Edited to add the requested tet. I was so excited to see the post...
Wow-- what a great set you are building! I particularly like the artistic portrait of Mars on that didrachm :)
Whoa! Outstanding, Mikey! I have no coins with Marsyas but in the same vein, here are a few coins with his grandfather (or other forebear),...
You did raise an interesting point about prices though. It seems incredible that modern coins routinely sell for more than most ancient coins....
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