Those Spanish sphinx are so distinctive. I'm actively on the hunt for one. Yours is very nice. Here's one of my best coins, with Pegasus. [ATTACH]
I was unfamiliar with the terminology-- this Macrinus & Diadumenian from Marcianopolis must also be a 5 assaria. [ATTACH]
Does this fit? [ATTACH] Nezak Huns, Anonymous Napki Malik coinage AR Drachm Sixth Century AD Obv: Bust right wearing headdress surmounted...
"PROB" is definitely better. If the coin turns out to be fake, you can squirm out of it by saying the "PROB" meant "PROBably real".
Seljuks of Rum [ATTACH] Seljuqs (Seljuks) of Rum, Kusru II (Kaykhusraw II, Ghiyath al-Din Kai Khusrau II, Kay Khusrow II, etc) Silver Dirham...
No problem, Ken. John will include a free bumper sticker, "Visum Et Approbatum". You can put it right next to your "My other car is a...
Duck... check. Hmm, lots of potential monkeys. And snakes! Snakes everywhere! Call an exterminator. A few other things [ATTACH] Orange:...
Now that's truly an idea suitable to an ultracrepidarian!
Subliminal animals, that's why he was drawn to it. Elephant and snake :D [ATTACH]
SteveO, I admired that one too! Glad it went to someone in the 'family'.
I am utterly astonished! Maybe I should take another look through the hundred or so seeming culls I have. Hmm, time to get out a chemistry set.
Excellent choice! Large Ptolemaic bronzes are impressive and fun pieces.
No secret. Just use an auction aggregator like numisbids or sixbid to find upcoming auctions. Both have search functions, watch lists, etc.
Steve wins the Shockingly Well Organized award! [ATTACH]
1. Interesting history of the coin 2. Portraits of the first Roman emperor and his trusty General 3. Crocodile chained to a palm tree :) From...
I bid in the last few minutes for that Stack's Nemausus, raised it a few times, but it became higher than I wanted to pay and there are always...
The prices on these COL-NEMs really have been going up rapidly. Guess we need to stop gushing about them and creating increased desirability!...
#3 closes soon and I may bid ;) There are two I'd like to get, this one and another. We'll see... There are a couple more coming up and as...
cgbfr.com usually has a bunch of these coins in their fixed price shop as well.
I foresee that vlaha will become and expert on Alexandrian tets :) Hopefully there will be a scholarly book in the future and we can say I knew...
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