What is the oldest elephant coin? There are several from the 2nd century BC. there are the Ptolemaic ones from c.300 and the Alexander Poros...
[ATTACH] Mine is more like Mat's than yours but coins of all metals are welcome in my collection so that is not a problem.
I believe the grading page here under discussion or mine for that matter do have value in the new gradeless generation of the hobby but it is not...
The Domna is nice but was the background paper pale blue or white? Another color harder to find than some is light green. This is Septimius...
Perhaps we should consider how waterproof our boxes are. We are scheduled to see Matthew Saturday give or take a day. I heard a report of...
I see a lot of good on these pages but disagree with a few points. He does mention there is a lot of room for poinion in the matter. I would...
My envelopes look a lot like red_spork's but with fewer details. Details are on my computer but I see no need for them on the envelopes. When I...
Exactly! If current culture demanded you were educated in Classics as it did even a century ago, more of this would be second nature to us....
The authors of SNG had no idea that their book would be read by people who were not raised like they were with a basic Classical education and the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanos_IV_Diogenes#/media/File:Romanus_IV.jpg I should have looked harder.
Thanks for the translation! My Sear is 1974 and at the bottom of page 319 is this coin numbered 1865 followed by "1866 (Some of the folles struck...
You won't get one until you get your Silbannicus and Domitian II. There are fakes, however that turn up with some frequency....
Good thing. Those guys don't know enough of the alphabet to count to 96 (Ϙ[IMG]). See table on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_numerals (I...
I believe blue and read are the hard ones. I don't have a good one of either. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Remember Raz' list is only for Roman Imperial coins and the names mentioned do not have Imperials, just Provincials. Many of the high rated coins...
Among the great rarities of the 11th century Byzantine coppers are coins that were struck on metal that had not been used for coins previously....
Don't feel bad, Steve, mine was more and I was using 1993 dollars. [ATTACH] These also come in a London mint variation which I lack. Anyone...
The validity of something being unlisted depends on what it is and how extensively it has been studied/published. For example consider coins...
I share the opinion that this is not a bulk lot specimen. Were the others this attractive? I'm sure we would enjoy seeing more from the group....
Yes but it is always hard to tell where original size leaves off and weight loss to the ages begins. Also the scales most of us own claim two...
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