I call mine a panther and require stripes before thinking tiger. I almost sold this one a few years ago having forgotten that it was ex. John...
My drachms are pretty ordinary: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] But my holey diobol and better obol and special to me. [ATTACH]...
Why stop there? I will redate all my coins to when matter was formed.
Taras, founded by the Spartans in the 8th century Fourree stater [ATTACH] Next: another fourree Greek coin
i have always been impressed by the differences in these two Nero dupondii. Laureate bust left with Lugdunum ball on bust point, green patina...
Those on a budget may choose a single drachm size Lysimachos in the same style... [ATTACH] ...or the standard AIII type. [ATTACH]
Most coins are graded according to wear but we need to add a special category for coins of Nerva: Nose [ATTACH] Very Nose [ATTACH] and...
You take your hobby more seriously than I do. I'm in it for the fun and education. This 'coin' is hilarious. I would love to know who made it,...
This is an easy answer. Andrew McCabe is a high end collector only interested in the finest and the most rare. furryfrog02 is a relatively new...
I have learned no more about the coin in the 22 years since that page was posted. [ATTACH]
I always regret causing confusion and regularly post my wishes that folks dont copy attributions without seeing the original listings. That is...
This is an IA. [ATTACH]
The photo does not read CONSIA but CONSH which is perfectly normal.
Overpaid? Certainly I overpay for every coin I buy at auction. After all the auction winner is the person willing to pay more than all other...
On the Byzantine, the year is XU or 15. Who reigned long enough to have 15. I can not make out the denomination mark but the Antioch mintmark is...
Agree. This is something we see far too often which makes me hesitant to accept anything unless I have seen the reasoning. All it takes is one...
I know nothing about Damascus but it seems they remained fond of sheep until Philip issued this AE25. If there are no tets after Caracalla, are...
Well, the old one has a better obverse and the new one a better reverse. I don't know how to slice them.
I'm late to post here but I'd try an LED ringlight. Sometimes they work alone but sometimes they can augment another directional light. They ruin...
That is as impressive a sestertius of Trajan as I have seen. I have no appropriate sestertii. I wonder haw many Romans 'on the street'...
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