A few months ago I purchased a fake coin of Galla Placidia from Emporium Hamburg. They refunded my money (but only barely-- they wouldn't even...
@TypeCoin971793 As I was writing my reply, I almost linked to your write up of that coin as an amazing example of specificity.
Coins, in general, are marked by anonymity. This makes sense given their utilitarian function. It is generally impossible to know who held them,...
Don't glue it with gorilla glue-- it's too yellow. I make a lot of jewelry which requires gluing pearls/stones to silver. You should use e-poxy,...
I'm too impatient for the time machine to get back to the fifteenth century! And while there was already this thread on early dated coins, it was...
This is one of my favorite coins. I've had it for several months, but failed to give it a proper introduction. [ATTACH] Giovanni II...
One of the perks of buying from firms in San Marino (like Artemide) is that you don't have to wait for the permits. I'm waiting for an Italian...
I agree with this on the whole, but I think it depends on what one means by "dream." To me the best would be a combination of affordable and...
A few types I think should be included: -hadrian travel denarius -a tessera of antinous -constantinian era coin with christian symbolism (chi...
Fantastic! My favorite work by Antico is this sculpture of Venus, in Vienna. It incorporates Aureii as part of the design of its base. [ATTACH]
@Severus Alexander I love that coin! The trident is the fugger bank mark. In old sources (that often conflate the administrative position of...
@TheRed I don't have any coins of Julius II, either! I would really like one of the ones that he issued in Bologna with dies engraved by Francesco...
When I first posted about the coinage of Benvenuto Cellini, I wrote that my next holy grail was the testone of Alessandro de' Medici. Today that...
this!
@Raxc thanks for your input. I don't think I'd fall for it again, although I'm still kinda shocked that this is a major auction house. It needs to...
for reference, here is my coin, and here are others of the same type, archived on acsearch. Note that despite being only a slightly lower grade,...
I wrote up a slab I purchased (and liberated) here: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/vas-electionis-of-paul-iii-by-benvenuto-cellini.315826/ I,...
One more Renaissance Newp. Just paid for. This may be my last coin for awhile as my budget is totally shot, but I'm very pleased with my recent...
seems like a good deal for $200
This morning I won my dream coin from Dix Noonan Webb: [ATTACH] Tuscany, Alessandro de Medici (1510-37), Testone, ALEX ANDER M – R P FLOREEN...
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