You have great coins, Steve. I totally struck out at CNG today, and I bid high. :(
You need a lesson in common courtesy.
Not cool. OP clearly stated he didn't want to discuss the cost of the coin. The person who wanted to know could have done his own searching.
Share a coin with somebody else? What heresy is this?
Great coin Steve! I'm always a bit flabbergasted at the fact that this was not the smallest denomination. o_O
It just goes to show that money is the physical representation of human economic contracts. Is our modern system any weirder? Most of my "money"...
Are you familiar with Rai Stones? o_O http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_stones
I'm sure some of it had to do with inflation, but the movement from the heavy to the light libral standard may also have had to do with...
This coin is so rare and valuable, that if you got it for melt there are two possibilities: 1. it's a fake; 2. you just won the lottery. Since the...
Yeah, mine's only 6g as well. Is it fair to assume the larger ones are older, and they shrunk over time due to inflation? Or are there other...
Hey, I've got that coin, but in a smaller size. [img] I'm guessing Andrew McCabe upgraded and sold off duplicates? Nice provenance to have, and...
I'm a big fan of tiny coins with copious detail. Nice find!
Trajan annexed the Nabataean Kingdom to establish Provincia Arabia. No irony here. His efforts were a success. [img]
There are collectors here who can read these things like a first-grade primer. Perhaps you should attract their attention with a thread title...
Great post, AJ, and fabulous coins as always! Kudos.
Yeah sorry - I meant tets.
An drachm of Alexander for $120 is going to be pretty worn and possibly porous, if it's authentic. Higher grade pieces are in the $400-$500 range....
Yes, it is. You left out one C in your post, but obviously you've read it correctly off the coin.
It doesn't matter. According to the rules of Roman numbers, the only two possibilities are V and I, and it's not an I.
V
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