I too am somewhat appalled by the censorship here. The context for ancient erotic art works is very different from our own and it seems suspect to...
@Dave M Cool! I don't know any of those artists. Excited to peruse their work. And I posted here, cause any money intended for circulation qualifies.
I'm very interested in artist designed coinage/money. Several important renaissance artists designed coins for popes and lords: Francesco...
Though contemporaneous with art nouveau, that is not the correct style for the OP note. The Mucha note is archetypally art nouveau. Nor is it...
Indeed it never hurts to ask. When I was in Florence I noticed my favorite Bernini bust wasn't on display at the Bargello. I asked a guard very...
Gorgeous
I know nothing about these coins, so wait for someone with more expertise to weigh in, but judging by a quick look on acsearch the weight is right...
The national archaeological museum in Naples has perhaps the greatest display of roman art in the world. It is also, unfortunately, woefully...
@Nerva Yeah, I always go to the old master auction viewings in New York, in January
I almost posted this after I saw it at Sotheby's last week, but you beat me to it!
Here's my Elagabalus denarius. I'd also recommend the book The Crimes of Elagabalus by Martjn Icks, which despite it's rather sensational title is...
My illustrious provenance of choice would be the fantastic/infamous Queen Christina of Sweden https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=231824 Or...
@dougsmit I know there are mixed feelings about Savoca, on here, but I've found that there blue auctions have a really good selection of small...
@seth77 I want to know where else your growing interest in italian renaissance coinage has taken you
Based on your hints I believe this was minted in the margraviate of Montferrat, by one of the members of the cadet branch of the Palaeologus...
thanks, @Valentinian
My current coin storage system was set up when I was a kid with supplies from the local coin shop. I have a regular three ring binder with vinyl...
@TIF @Alegandron I had the same realization when researching my "cleopatra vii" recently. I bought it years ago from Forvm, where the controversy...
I heavily rely on coinarchives.com, which has all the major auction results from the last 6 months-year. If I'm looking for rarer coins I use...
@IdesOfMarch01 I am still not sure that I believe that Marie-Lan Nguyen owns the copyright to that photograph, for the reasons discussed....
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