No problem. I'll write a check.
I love the little Greek bronzes - they look great even in F because they had nice high profiles to begin with.
I'd try a distilled water soak first - maybe enough of the crud would come loose without losing the character of the coins.
Flips.
That's a winner, Bing. Wow!
The hobby is of course open to everyone, but seriously, who cares if it's dominated by middle-aged men? We've become a society that wrings its...
I hadn't thought of the seller's perspective: throw up a bad pic and when the buyer gets it, he's thrilled at having a coin that's so much better...
If you mouse over the image, they go big.
Thanks. I've only started studying the history of this region and its coinage on account of buying that Pantikapaion bronze a few days ago.
I thought so. It's a characteristically crappy forvm pic. You would think they would take the time to learn how to photograph a coin for God's sake.
Great choices! These are the kinds of coins that really pique my interest. I'm assuming the counter-stamps have to do with Roman occupation during...
Absolutely stunning devices and color, the bust, the eagle: just perfect eye candy. Is that lower pic from FORVMANCIENTCOINS?
After considering a number of the so-called proto-Nabataean coins, I finally decided to acquire this one today (#5 from post 33). [IMG] Of all...
They're both fabulous. Be sure and post a pic of the first one when you get it in hand - I'd love to see the color.
There's a nice, fat, free history of Theodoric at Project Gutenberg here... http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20063/20063-h/20063-h.htm Looks like...
Well done my comrade-in-arms-when-it-comes-to-buying-obscure-coins-from-mysterious-cultures-that-hardly-anyone-cares-about!
The question is: where does visual interest end and numismatic interest begin? I don't mean to imply they're mutually exclusive of course, but...
Antioch seems to have had some superior engravers. That's an excellent rendition of the device, and the desert "patina" enhances it even more....
Maybe it looks better in hand. :)
Nice set of coins, geekpryde! Click on my sig for mine...:)
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