I hate to see staples within a yard of a coin but the prongs sticking up as shown in the photo is positively nauseating. Only one coin in a...
The previous lot had wear which means there are better ones out there. Remember that auction realizations mean nothing about the value of a coin...
We always see this given for that motto but the coins express the sentiment, "HOC SIGNO VICTOR ERIS" which means the same thing. [ATTACH]...
I would love to understand how the mints were organized so I could answer why there are differences like chunky and not temples but I don't. I...
Sestertius. See the SC in the reverse field? I bought that coin because of the full flan and legends despite the roughness. I doubt I would do...
http://www.artcoinsroma.it/eng/auction/view/192/511 How did it get from 1050 euros? Click on the Information on Virtual Auctions link for...
Have you seen a photo of a Domna tet in that grade (smoothed or not) for any price? http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f10.html For the...
Just imagine the fun you could have had with these had the losing team been Miami. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
$580 + add-ons but part of that was for the Curtis 2x2. I believe it was worth it but not to me. Did you see this one? Not cheap for the...
A while back when we discussed Steve's first Zodiac, I recommended the CNG catalogs that sold the Kerry Wettstrom collection of these. One thing...
I am often offended by the attitude that we each are supposed to be interested only in the country of our current residence. I have ancestors...
All the ancients seem very nice. No one can give any valid advice on a coin shown in a windowed 2x2. I don't even like to buy coins at shows...
Since the Alexandrian is mentioned, I'll show it. [ATTACH] I do not always agree with Curtis Clay on matters of style but, in this case, I do....
Steve, that is a magnificent coin but why could they not tell the kid to sit up straight and fill the space inside those bold legends? Don't you...
I spent way too much time today watching the electronic G&N Pecunem auction close. I only won one lot and was shocked at some of the activity...
[ATTACH] I agree about hard to see details and yours is better than my rough coin. I suspect the guys who wrote the catalogs had MS70 specimens...
This confuses me absolutely. Please clarify what they are teaching. The first types used on ancients from c.600 BC were almost all animals....
Latin was my college major (Greek minor). My intent was to teach ancient history on the college level but there was that draft problem and by the...
I hope everyone appreciates how special it is to find two barbs that share the same obverse die but have different reverses. These two are...
The temple is extremely well detailed.
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