From the collections of the authors of the two best books on Roman Egyptian coinage? Excellent!
You found that while metal detecting? I'm so jealous! I've been wanting a Hostilivs Saserna denarius for a while now (it's a perfect Halloween...
Awesome pedigree and a rare coin! :D I'd like to have more coins with forum friend provenances. One of these days I'd like to pick up an ex...
Oh, in my excitement over your fabulous coin I didn't see your request to post our coins with interesting pedigrees. Here are some my best...
Oh man... I've love to have a JQA coin! Congratulations!! That's a nice coin even without the lofty pedigree :).
It depends on where you live. If I leave a silver coin out on the table, it tones considerably faster than would a coin of a collector living in,...
Regarding whether you paid a reasonable amount for the coin, you can check sales prices for similar coins in a variety of places. I don't know if...
Larger images would be helpful, and of course the reverse as well. Also, why do you think the attribution is in error? Philip III did issue...
The presence of certain elements in small amounts could explain the relative lack of tarnish. For instance, a small amount of Germanium can...
Very attractive! What type of trays do you use for storage?
Bing-- great job cleaning that thing! It is vastly improved :)
That is quite a clear Jesus face on your coin, John. Those are definitely difficult to find! I have a manger full of Christ coins which I still...
I completely agree!! I still remember my first taste of a Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Suddenly the flowery and ridiculous verbiage of wine reviews made...
Zumbly posted a picture of that one on page 10 of this thread :)
Night-time Greg has great taste in coins :D I too love the shape and heft of these convex-obverse tetradrachms, and I love Pan :) [IMG] KINGS...
Wow, I didn't know Rhodes issued any jumbo bronzes! Nice pick-up :)
The coin looks pretty fantastic in your images... it just looks even better in hand! :) I have something appropriate for this thread. If I have...
Just a tad. :D
Right there with ya, buddy. I should take the rest of the year to organize my existing coins, read their history, make nice writeups, etc......
RPC online has a page listing the full references cited in their abbreviations: http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/abbreviations/ For the coin and...
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