Regardless of the coin or slab, a TPG's grade is merely one person's opinion. I delved into slabbed moderns long enough to realize that the...
I'm seeing a lot of very fine porosity over the whole coin, but particularly on the reverse. I don't disagree with the surface grade.
The Ptolemaic bronzes were denominated by weight, but when I see one this large in such good condition, I find it difficult to believe they were...
What's the diameter on that beast?
The monogram is much clearer in your pic. Well-done!
I liked the part about perverse bondage desire. :p
"To Dikaiosyne, Fumigation from Frankincense. O blessed Dikaiosyne, mankind’s delight, the eternal friend of conduct just and right: abundant,...
A precursor to the LRB campgates - very nice! There's such a wide range of interesting coins from Emerita. You could spend a lifetime specializing...
I'm no stranger to the slums, but coins of Malichus I are very scarce and you've got to buy them from whoever has them. CNG is not the place I...
I don't know the series very well, Pete, but I think yours is a later issue, as the devices became stylized into line drawings. It's a very nice...
Quoted for truth.
Nice pickup Steve - very nice indeed. Bidding depends on demand of course. Nobody wanted this coin at the moment, not because of its merits...
I don't hide anything from my wife. In fact, I try to tell her about my coins, and to her credit, she listens very politely as her eyes glaze over.
CNG's estimates are bogus. Everything always goes way over. They are to be completely ignored.
https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=253537
Beautiful coins Steve and Bill!
Well, it's become obvious to me that I can't play with the big boys over at CNG. After carefully calculating my finances and arriving at the...
New verb: hiding coins from your wife = madroosing.
Hey, Windchild's back. Welcome home, kid!
Great coin, Z! I only have one pig to share. Kyzikos, Mysia AR Tritatemorion, 9X12mm, 0.58g; 480-450 BC. Obv.: Forepart of running boar left,...
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