1. Just don't abuse this one. Dealers are at a show to sell coins so any coin you reserve but don't buy might have sold. I have been sitting at...
Perhaps YOC misunderstood my position. I buy many coins from sources that know little or nothing but not coins that I can not afford to 'eat' if...
Agree. The portrait really makes the kid look evil but any points gained on the obverse are lost on the reverse where the double strike lopped...
Too, too many points: 1. I do not like to hear any suggestion that David Vagi would in any way tip the scales of a questionable coin just to...
Harlan's Rhodes was nice, early and big. Those of us on lower rungs of the ladder can look for smaller and/or later but still with a nice 3/4...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] All I know is that there are earlier, thicker ones with no lizard and later, thinner ones with.
You are wealthier than some of us. I have many ancients but fewer than 0.5% cost over $375. It is not necessary to spend big money to study and...
Arles at this time used a series of workshops numbered by the first letter of the ordinal number. First was Primus or P, Second was Secundus or...
Did you notice the advice of Sam Spiegal included 'talk to other people'. That is what you are doing here on CT. We also could provide a third...
That is the role of the seller. If you can not say that about the dealer you are about to patronize, just walk away and find one who you do...
Lots of nice goats but a goat in a pickup is not appropriate for a discussion on ancients. Therefore I'll offer one that I'd really like to see...
The trays I have came in three sizes - 77, 40 & 24 coins. The photo shows a 40. It contains coins too big to fit in a 77; coins too large to fit...
Speaking seven languages is a wonderful accomplishment but the real point about Cleopatra was that one of those languages was Egyptian and earlier...
It is always nice to learn something. Here I learned that the senior numismatist of Heritage Auctions considers Pertinax a usurper. I suppose we...
I erred in IDing which lot you bought. I wonder who bought the other two and if we will see them again soon.
Apollo Sauroktonos (lizard slayer) on a coin of Nikopolis ad Istrum under Geta. Be sure to find one of these with a clear lizard. Many are not...
Wouldn't that be a 40 step program? Lets be serious for a minute. The price you paid is a matter of record online. After allowing for buyers...
My guess AKAIMAPAVPCEVHPAΛEΞANΔPOCEVCEB, Severus Alexander E3099
In the 5th century BC, it was a silver coin of about 17g but declined to a bronze coin of under half that weight by the last use of the term in...
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