While possible, it also is possible the intended use could have been jewelry and both were once strung/attached together. That would also allow...
On my computer display, your Philip is a bit lighter than I prefer. This could be a matter of calibration or preference. I have mentioned ten...
The chunk next to the turtle on this Aigina stater is a cud. [ATTACH] Gordian III in reverse right field [ATTACH] closer [ATTACH] Septimius...
Natural toning for a 1900 year old piece of silver would be dark gray to black. Almost all ancients have been cleaned but some may have been...
The issue is you did not read the post quoted below. Tracking numbers are often wrong but when you get a package with a dispatch date or postmark...
The sale listing copied the Shore text except they deleted the reference to monogram 30 since readers of the catalog would not have access to the...
,,,or could the plating have been applied long after the coin was made? How do you know the coin is not plated? Weight? Specific gravity? The...
I see two concerns. The staples show no rust. The rubber bands seem fresh. The boxes of things in beat up 2x2's should have been around long...
I disagree. This coin is the type showing Apollo preparing to grab a lizard by slowly creeping up on it. We all did that when I was a boy. The...
While my coin below only barely qualifies due to its left facing Domna, I am posting it here in comparison to Ken's mirror image error. My coin is...
IMO these are two important suggestions from your own words. Don't give up your old hobby to start over as a specialist. The two can exist side...
Another question: If Flavian rarities based on dating numbers (not things like the Colosseum sestertii) appear in a widely distributed sale (CNG...
Strange. I find these more interesting than the Athenians but Athena is better than Caracalla and I like owls better than eagles. Maybe it is...
As a non-Domitian collector I have trouble with all the big deal over a date numeral. Just last week, I was thrilled to get a Minerva made really...
They must pay a lot for lawn services in your neighborhood. The man who cuts my lawn gets $50 a visit and takes about 3 hours to do it including...
I do not read the above coin as described in the text. I am not a Domitian fan and do not know the common from the rare but the photo I see reads...
For a dozen additional pages, I don't know if owners of the original edition will want this but I do recommend it, sight unseen, to anyone who...
I appreciate your wood. I stopped trying furniture years ago when I ran out of patience and places to put more big things. I was never into fine...
No thanks to me. As I recall it was while discussing coins of the seller and whether they did not look quite right or whether it was his...
Not a joke: A comprehensive collection of cast Chinese coins would be several times as large as similar coverage of Romans. They made them by the...
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