You certainly acquired a nice set of pieces from the show, Doug. Well done!
Yeah, no offense friend, and welcome to CT, but I'd never even consider buying your coin from those pics.
You guys sure do have some crappy coins.
I like your new grading system. MS12 huh? I've got a few of those from Gallienus, Tetricus, etc.
Well there are plenty of bilingual ancient coins. Doug posted this question as a quiz recently, at FORVM......
The community of ancient coin collectors at CT is everything I imagine a good coin club to be. We have plenty of serious numismatic discussions,...
No, of course the countermark doesn't say anything about the coin's origin, but I'm reminded of Pascal's Wager: the idea that you should believe...
Nice coins as always, AN, but Evan steals the show.
Well there's something you don't see every day! The bust on the countermark wears a crested Beoetian helmet, which figured on many Seleucid...
Serious 5 o'clock shadow?
It's a beautiful piece of coinage. +1000
Well, Gallienus showed up today, so I cracked him out of his coffin and took him out for a breath of fresh air. :) [img] [img]
Perhaps a fitting way to end the thread: Zeus, the ruler of Olympians.
Did Frank have pics with that bargain sale, because I looked for them and couldn't find any. Did I just completely miss the boat? I simply can't...
I knew they were chocolate. I looked them up in the brown book.
A couple of books. Coins of the Caravan Kingdoms, and a few older issues of Numismatic Chronicle.
Hey Zumbly, welcome to CT! That's a magnificent piece you came away with, congratulations.
I'll take that coin as a consolation prize any day of the week. Sorry to hear about the auction- I know the feeling.
I don't like the look of that coin, Chris. I wouldn't go so far as to call it counterfeit, but it's too bright. Maybe it's the photography, maybe...
Heh - that's an understatement. Coins only a mother could love, lol. I've always found it an enigma that the builders of Petra made such crappy coins.
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