I found it interesting that the dealer ticket that came with this Lycian Dynast hemiobol (9mm, 0.27g) described the obverse as a lion head left...
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Yes, it was property one collector over the last 20 years or so mostly from name auctions and full price dealers. In addition to the small ones,...
The SNG Kayhan is a wonderful book for the collector of tiny coins but really points out how many variations there are and how wildly the weights...
While not the only dealer to do this, Berk earned my respect years ago when he realized that he was not expert in absolutely everything and...
My new Apollonia Pontika silver is a simpler anchor design because it is a 5mm 0.16g tetartemorion or 1/24 drachm. The reverse has a cross...
Odds favor it is worth nothing because there are more fakes of this coin than there are real ones. With a photo we might be able to say it is a...
I note, for example that the several NCAPR fakes are from the same stamp but others would have to be told from the stamp being placed on top of...
We do what we have to do. A Berk opinion/verification is valued. As long as they are not sealing the holders, I'm OK with what they do.
While the mint claims 5.00g, weighing a bunch of nickels will show that last 0 is not consistent. Obviously minor wear will explain some 4.96g...
This is a fine example of when the standard answer is not always best. Very often, it is easiest to identify a reverse and see who issued that...
I'll guess it is an as. Sestertii (first below) of this period tend to have a sharper, more squared off edge while asses (second below) are more...
I believe it is more than luck in some cases; it is sometimes almost a miracle. Nearly half of my new little Greeks have some question on the ID....
There are quite a few family groups in Roman history that issued coins with the same reverses. You could make a small specialty collection on...
I have failed to find anything about my c/m AD on Claudius as. [ATTACH]
There are several pose variations of the Sauroktonos on coins. They are most common in the Severan period. I prefer the young Apollo reaching...
The reason we suspect they were carried in the mouth is a passage in a play by Aristophanes making fun of a man who got exited and swallowed his...
The next of my new tiny silvers is a 6mm, 0.31g from Kolophon, Ionia, with a very archaic style head left. I bought it for the style of the...
Yes, Steve's had better surfaces and he is selling it for a lot less than he paid....
Only one millimeter wider at 6mm but twice the weight at 0.20g is the same coin in tetartemorion size. All that extra acreage allowed a new...
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