I think that's a fair guess for retail or perhaps even a bit more. Selling to a dealer would of course bring ~half of the retail amount.
Images edited for ease of viewing: [ATTACH] Caveat: I am not an expert in the Athens tetradrachms. That said, I see no obvious signs that it...
One of the oddest examples I saw was the CNG Macdonald book on coins of Bosporus, which is available new in CNG's coin shop for $65. It hammered...
I don't mind that he wins so much but I wish he would have an online archive of his collection! Dear Clio, Please please please start a website...
=9']"Clio" mentions on CoinTalk. You are most definitely not alone :D It is such a common occurrence that his name has become verb, noun, curse,...
Welcome to the club :D. "Clio" is an enthusiastic collector who buys huge numbers of coins. You will only see his name when the lot closes since...
I saw those Crawford books as they closed and was baffled! I put off reviewing the book lots until the morning of the auction. That was a...
Regardless of what you want to call the denomination, that's a great coin!
I've observed that too. Three years ago I bought several batches of "uncleaned" coins (a misnomer; they were all cleaned to some degree and were...
No idea, of course, but the second coin is very interesting!
Gryphon wins. It can fly away :D
It figures that NGC uses "double denarius" on the label rather than the seemingly more common term "antoninianus". Double denarius sounds like...
I'd at least soak it in water or acetone to see if the orange-brown stuff in the recesses would come off. The darker material is not going to...
Yep, comparatively speaking, it was a steal and am envious every time I see that gorgeous coin!
"Double denarius" is just a more expensive-sounding word for antoninianus, right? Or have I misunderstood the later empire denomination nomenclature?
Did BigMoney edit this post? :D
What does the coin weigh? Could it have been silvered (at the time of manufacture or by a creative person at a later date) and the silver has now...
I think DIY density tests and alloy estimations have such large degrees of error that you may as well throw a dart at a dartboard to determine the...
The website layout is new. They didn't have a "newest comments" section before-- you had to just stumble upon comments when viewing the coin...
Bummer. I was hoping for a poor review of CoinArchives Pro since I really can't justify the price :(.
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