The family of Jerry Walker, a major Numismatic Bookseller, is running a sale on remaining stock mostly at 25% off. He has a VCoins site....
Collectors of US coins have the benefit of much data on what a certain coin should be sold for because so many nearly identical coins sell each...
The coin is Tarsos in Cilicia showing the Pyre of Sandan and a head of Tyche with legend TAPCEON Sear 5672 possibly 1st century BC. A really nice...
The photo could be more clear but I believe it is SMNgamma. The last letter indicates a workshop within the mint of Nicomedia. They used Greek...
This is a modern cast medallion not really copying any real Roman coin but trying to be from the 2nd century but more likely from the 20th.
#6 clearly reads as a token issued by a collector/dealer of tokens from Cincinnati, Ohio. It can't be too old since he gives his zip code. If you...
The Gordian III is from Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia
I believe it might be one of the Sultans of Delhi perhaps from the 13th century AD but I am neither certain nor have a clue which one. Was your...
When I see a coin this ragged my first suspicion is the Latin rulers 1204-1261 for which this is pretty well struck. They copied old types and...
Novoflex makes one for $809.50 (B&H Photo price) that retains auto diaphragm features of the lens. For that price, you can buy a very good macro...
Thanks for the very interesting post. Just for the record, the Chinese did not invent the concept of chop marks. This Persian siglos from about...
Without accessories, the lens only focuses to a little under a foot which is not close enough for small coins. You can get extension tubes or...
"Early World Coins & Early Weight Standards" by Robert Tye, York, 2009. My copy of this book arrived and I have spent the last few days...
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The lens mounts are different. There is an adapter but you lose auto diaphragm operation. You are better off selling the AE1 equipment and...
I'll accept the span suggested but the whole idea of collecting Greek coins is really faulted. Ancient Greece wasn't a place with borders but a...
Would anyone care to explain why this thread was started? The OP offered not a single word about the coin save what was cut and pasted from...
If you have RIC volume VII, plate 24 coin 19 is the type. Comparison would suggest that the coin here is a good fake if it is fake and possibly...
Hadrian Fides RIC 656, BMC 1322-1324. Yours is nicer than the one I have and, from the photo, I see no reason to doubt its being genuine. It is...
The Shahi Kings of Kabul and Gandhara ruled in what is now parts of Afganistan, Pakistan and India from roughly 800 to 1000 AD with their coin...
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