It's a positively stunning coin - I certainly hope it doesn't pan out to be a fake.
I'm not sure, but I think Bing was being tongue-in-cheek.
I routinely search vcoins for anything under 20. If you're persistent and patient, you get some very decent, cheap coins out of it. And eBay...
With ancients it's 20 to 30 dollars. A that point the word junk is indeed inappropriate.
Ok, well, that's fine with me. As Jerry says, it's better than some run-of-the-mill satyr. :)
If I ever came to your house I would grab that coin and run for my life! :p
Coming from you and the other guys with big collections, that really means something!
Value bin. I like that. Sounds better than junk bin.
It's conjecture. Just because it happened somewhere else doesn't mean it happened here.
I still love my moderns, especially the Kennedy Half Dollars. I've got a very fine Dansco album going on, but the whole registry thing just didn't...
Thanks friend. It sure as heck beats counting registry points, but that's just my preference. I don't mean any disrespect to anyone else's...
Well yes, it would be more fun if the coin represented Pan, but so far I haven't found any information that proves it.
Of the bronzes, the Constantius Chlorus - the size, strike, and color are just perfect. Of the denarii, the Trajan of course. But it's like...
I pulled out all my Romans this morning for no particularly good reason. This represents my first few months of collecting ancients. A nice...
That's probably a good idea, especially around the turn of the millenium. The crossed cornucopiae are borrowed from Greek designs, but the...
You could search them on eBay for free. It would give you some idea of the market.
According to the Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Pantikapaion was founded on an earlier settlement called Panti Kapa. In Greek, "panti"...
I'll take your word for the wiki article on Pan, WC. The value of wiki articles of course depends on the contributors. Many are extremely...
Here's a good general overview of Panticapaeum at the Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine. It's worth reading every page for a basic historical...
I'm the same about bidding. I won't engage in a bidding war. I simply put my highest bid in during the last 30 seconds and let fate decide.
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