There are many city coins with Athena/Minerva but most are full length on the reverses of coins with a ruler obverse. I only have one that...
I tried to hit 100g but ran out of room with the ten coin limit. I really don't know what these weigh since my scale is not perfectly accurate at...
Greek pottery comes in a thousand forms. I'd call the OP a krater of some sort but I am no pottery student....
It is not the consignor/owner but the auction house rule I believe needs to be made clear. If a house starts lots at 60%, the start bid on a lot...
And, yes, I am harsh when it come to the matter of the 'Hobby of Kings' being turned into a place where honesty is not expected. Recently, we...
What ever happened to sales showing some lots as unsold? Some sellers used to issue a list of unsold coins available for the start bid. The...
This question assumes that the cuts were made in a way that removed metal. I always assumed they were cut with a sharp tool and the spaces opened...
This is why I fear now we have to consider coin dealers in the same bunch with used car and snake oil salesmen. Every so often I have bought a...
I will be quite interested in seeing which image you consider most appropriate for the coin when you get it. I find the Nomos shot much more...
That is a great Domitian nose --- portrait. I admit preferring coins of his that are not Minerva simply because so many are but the owl is a good...
My Urbs Roma / TRP is only inconsistent in that the scenes are mirror image reversed but the legends are correct. [ATTACH]
I would be happy to photograph the Molinari collection of coins for the low, low price of one as (of my choice, of course). :rolleyes: I feel...
I believe the correct situation here was the moneyer was honoring something he himself had done rather than the accomplishment of an ancestor....
Any feature you can not control, adjust or turn off is what I consider reason to buy a different camera. There are a thousand different camera...
These usually strike me as having lower relief than many RR coins. Is that also your experience? [ATTACH]
Another question in my mind is whether a coin currently in the US (or any other country where it could not have been found) should be exported to...
Many Greek coins of the Hellenistic period were year dated but the ones I like are the Parthians with month dates. Vardanes June 43 AD [ATTACH]...
[ATTACH] Some camels are smaller than others. [IMG]
[ATTACH] This is Phraates. There are many variations of it but few show up in the bulk lots, it seems. This one was a separate lot in a...
While there very likely was some link between the kings of Elymais and Parthia (vassals or even some being the same person in different aspects of...
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