Two weeks ago and the coins are already as bright as new? From the article: "Some of the coins bear the inscription King Alexander in Greek,...
Constantinopoli (variety without the s on the end) Heraclea mint SMH+the workshop numeral which I suspect may be delta (4) and a *. RIC Vol.VII...
Stainless gave the correct answer if you live far from 'civilization'. If, by chance, you are near a major metropolitan area, I'd suggest...
This appears to be a modern fake based on the reverse types used by Philip II of Macedon (father of Alexander the Great) in honor of his winning...
Henry VIII Canterbury mint half groat I know next to nothing about 'modern' coins and would appreciate help with this one. The reverse letters...
http://esty.ancients.info/imit/ The above will get you started. Be sure to visit all the pages linked from the above main page. Most of the...
Modern collectors moving to ancients often have trouble with the concept of each die being individually cut rather than being mass produced as...
A couple points that may be of interest: It is a bit unusual for the quadriga to have two riders. This one is cataloged as Mars and Nerio (not...
So tell us: Of the thousands of coins out there what was it that made this one special to you?
In the past, I have seen a dealer at Baltimore just inside the front entrance with a bag of several hundred Owl tetradrachms (you pick at one...
Actually there are rather few coins with better history. Considering the pirates and Punic War connections, this is quite a coin for a 'first'...
The Mamertini were mercenaries who destroyed the city of Messana about 288 BC and ruled it in their own name until the Romans took the area....
A fair and honest question: What is a 'real coin'? In Liberian dollars, 10LRD equals about 14 US cents but striking costs for some of these...
I trust you noticed the $400 coins were broken and either glued together or missing parts. The whole ones were more. Being associated with the...
While it is always important, W the C coins are faked a bit more often than average so it is a bit more important to buy one from a trusted...
$5 to $5000 gets most. Below that, they tend to be hard to read and ugly to see; above that and you are generally competing for things way past...
Thanks for the kind words. In the time I have been 'in' this hobby, the emphasis has really changed. Once, late Roman bronzes were hardly...
That is a nice coin. Note the three stars are all different. The top one has 6(?) dots around, the next is eight pointed while the last is six...
Of the areas of coin collecting that I know little about, modern coins and Islamic coins show my ignorance more than any. I've not yet ventured...
Nice ones are not all that common and many collectors don't like common and less attractive coins. Nero/Alexandria is particularly unattractive...
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