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One of my favorite picking tools is a pin vise with a splinter of ebony wood left over from a jewelry box I made for my wife 30 years ago. I...
Looks like a Pinarius Natta c.155 BC, Sear Millenium 77, RSC Pinaria 2, Crawford 200/1, Sydenham 382, BMC 756. There are too many references for...
Last week I had a conversation with someone in the know to the effect that we had no idea when they first were recognized just how common the...
There is no good way to store a large collection. You can place them individually in holders, trays, or pages that allow them to be seen and a...
[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] This is a tough week. I don't have a Ptolemy XIII and my Divus Pertinax AE is a old (Paduan?) fake....
Did you mean 2nd century?
I would have guessed someone tried to tool it into a Colosseum type.
...and this one gets extra points for the way the hir design was kept on flan by the additional metal of the spur.
I thought you bought 50 Elymais from Frank and that EF triple portrait Sasanian which should have been $1000 if it really was EF. That is why I...
When we figure the net worth to history of Marcus Aurelius, we must charge his account for failure to adopt a decent successor as had been the...
Commodus' wife has sad eyes? Go figure!
How do you tell the fake Juno? [ATTACH]
`[ATTACH] Magnentius Roman usurper c.350 AD with reverse of two victories holding a shield. What makes this a little unusual is that it is a...
Sorry, those were supposed to be cut with corners. A round one would fit here better. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
[ATTACH][ATTACH] Two flats and two rounds show up in most eras. This Thasos hemiobol is from about 750 years before the Philip sestertius. Were...
This posting is NOT to solicit coins made to be oddly shaped like the Olbia dolphins but regular round format coins that were a bit different than...
[ATTACH] I found this type interesting enough that it made my 'fabric' page. The blanks were cast in a cup shaped depression and care was taken...
I prefer BMC where it exists but, after that series stops, I go to RIC. Cohen is the easiest to use if all you want is a number minus information...
What book on ancient coins have you seen in a brick and mortar store? Some used to carry the Sayles series but most of the books I would like to...
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