The auction was Feb. 3. The coin arrived ten days ago. I've been busy and it took a while to produce decent pictures. Still not completely...
Yeah, I can't afford one now ;)
You don't want an old fire-stained coin do you? Trade you a tyrant for your damaged Boscoreale Vespasian... No?? Seriously though, I do thank...
Oh, and the cell phone audio problem? It seem that at that very moment the speaker on my cell phone chose to die. I didn't know that was the...
Good to know it wasn't just me. Thanks, Mat!
I'm not so sure that is what happened to your coin, Z. It is possible that the raised portions of the coin corroded more rapidly than the rest....
I had used Coretech successfully a few other times-- but not with ACR. Not sure what the problem was-- probably something with Java. Could've...
----- Additional tidbits about these tetradrachms: Agathokles is described as a 'tyrant of Syracuse' and he certainly was aggressive and...
[apparently there is a character limit and this post is too long... so I will have to divide it in two] I’ve had great fun diving into ancient...
Gil, check out Wix. It's free unless you exceed certain volumes or if you want certain extras-- but I bet it has everything you need without...
Ugly stepcoin... but good history. [ATTACH] Barcids of Spain, Carthago Nova 235-220 BC AR 1/4 shekel Obv: bust of youthful Herakles or Hannibal...
Gotta get one of these zombie coins! I particularly like the one you have that AJ put in his fancy drop-shadow template.
Thanks, Zumbly! I think you're right.
Yeah, more like I was a few years old in the pictures. Guess that was cheating. So here's a closeup. It's more recent. [ATTACH]
This picture may be a few years old :D [ATTACH]
At a concert tonight, SteveO, but I'll post something later ;)
You guys are cracking me up :D
I bought this one from Amazon and am happy with it. Since buying it my interests have shifted from variety hunting of US coins to ancients, so I...
Ha! Thanks for the wake-up laugh :) Alas, I have no anepigraphic Romans. Yours is very interesting!
I have the same denarius and would love to collect his travel series! [ATTACH]
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