For those not familiar with the name, do a search on 'gasvoda' on the CNG site and see items from his collection currently on offer. Many are...
I like Antony, Collecting Greek Coins. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/book.html#anthony They are easily available used....
I have memories of being ridiculed back then because I did not have a Nehru jacket or bell bottom pants (my work had standards) but learned the...
I hate to see us referring new people to online auction results like those of CNG when they ask the inevitable beginner question, "What is it...
Under 9.30, what is meant by "Distinguish from 15.160"? This may not be the best place to ask this but I like the idea of keeping the contest...
A recent list included off center culls of 6th century small silver for $17.95. A bit more will get more lion on the flan but no one can say all...
I have to go farther on this. It is wrong to bring up a coin still up for bids. If you attract other interest to it, you are more likely not to...
This one is Athena right. Yours might be Concordia??? sacrificing over altar. [ATTACH]
Certainly Serdica; maybe Geta. At least that would be a place to start looking.
The REST types also come from Nerva. [ATTACH]
If it were your coin, the detail lost from the bull would bother you as might the decorations from the temple roof. We all want our children to...
We should mention that the coin was issued on he occasion of the dedication of the temple of the Divine Augustus as shown on the reverse....
I propose a new emoji/smilie be added to our menu. This would be called the TiFi and reserved for use when she gets 'carried away'. I am...
Antioch examples will have mintmark SMAN followed by the workshop letter. Below is Z (7). From your photo, I can not be sure but is it SMALE...
Actually, when I heard the rule change, I had to start looking for another coin in case I moved on and found another I felt better for contest...
I don't have the Larissa so we could not have a straight up head to head here. Mine is from Trikka, a neighboring city, and came to my collection...
I would have appreciated a clue on how to tell a 1000 from a 100.
Perhaps you are correct. It was a Rosa (Sayles, Classical Deception page 182 number 321). It may have been one Rosa added to his Beckers. In...
Is there no middle ground for displaying such coins? We have NGC slabs and museum heaps. Did they publish the individuals or just figure all...
There is room for discussion on whether Becker was a great artist or a scoundrel. As I recall the details of the story he sold sets of his coins...
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