Michael Kelly came and went more than once. When he dropped out of the hobby in 1997, the Spink catalog for his collection (sale 123) is what I...
That which is mentioned should be shown: Kyrene AE25 [ATTACH]
Please, honor the meter and don't leave out parts. "Brekekekéx-koáx-koáx" (Greek: Βρεκεκεκέξ κοάξ κοάξ) Some musicians still use a chorus but we...
This looks like a good opportunity to bore you again with my holed diobol (9.7g) and pretty green obol (4.8g). [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I don't have...
As a user, I see the friendliness largely a matter of how the system handles variations. Will a search for SEP SEV return a listing as SEPS EV...
He is an interesting looking fellow. AE31 Ninica Claudiopolis, Cilicia - they ran out of obverse space so completed the legend with a second row...
too late, see you in 12
I believe there is a higher percentage of Alexandrian coins with problems from inappropriate conservation. I stopped bidding on coins from one...
I still prefer 'trihemitartemorion'. The extra te is often inserted in error. Te means whole this case, I believe. hemitartemorion 1/8 obol...
I always enjoyed the way the mint used the same OR to end the first word and start the second. Later rulers did the same but with ORBIS. There...
Unsolds are listed at the end of his prices realized list. There were eight in this sale but he has not updated the list so the one I bought is...
I try not to read any historical fiction but it is hard when half of the non-fiction historians (ancient and modern) have such an axe to grind...
Whether it is Frank or anyone else, there is a benefit to learning to read his photos and knowing if the problems you see in the coin are on the...
My grandson's favorite t-shirt says, "I'm not antisocial, I'm selectively social." I have met some of his friends and believe he has the skill....
I won two and picked one more from the unsold list after I discovered that I had been outbid on four others on which I was leading on the weekend....
Caligula AE23 Caesaraugusta, Spain SCIPIONE ET MONTANO IIVIR [ATTACH] Next: a farm animal but no cow/bull/ox/horse
Since the letter matches the mintmark which should be ALE, I'd guess he was copying wreath/A/N. These also come in a Constantine I version but...
This is the matching Sikyon obol dove/dove [ATTACH] Next: a coin with nearly the same subject on both sides (no brockages)
Mine is more typical Rome mint style. Are you convinced yours is Rome mint? [ATTACH]
My favorite coins of Diocletian and Maximianus date just before the formation of the Tetrarchy (or at least there are none in the series for the...
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