Thanks for the comments everyone, this is certainly an ambiguous head-scratcher. Yep I'm a straight, red-blooded man too. :D I don't have enough...
Howdy folks, Several weeks ago I happened upon a "great deal" for a lightweight silver Didrachm from Himera in Sicily and immediately purchased it...
Great steelyards and weights, that's a very interesting collection! And I've been wondering for a while now if the item in your avatar is a bronze...
Well that sounds pretty shady to me, someone oughta do something about it... [ATTACH]
That is an interesting coin, I'm not sure the orientation of the reverse image relative to the obverse, is there any overlap at all? I think it...
For the auctions with buyers fees/premiums, do the firms also charge the consignors a fee (percentage or flat-rate per coin)?
What is the age of your coin and where is it from? Tarsos? It looks like a very fine coin but I am not initiated into the cult of Acheloios and...
Haha, thanks! Obviously too shamefully modern and outside the scope of this thread, but I don't anticipate ever dipping my toes into the fetid...
Hah, I missed this thread the first go-around and was greatly amused to see that the subject was a coin that I happened to buy earlier today. It...
I love threads like this, the coins are wonderful and stories quite thrilling in their own way. It's always refreshing to see that juicy cherries...
Great write-up and kestros coin! I've tried finding more definitive information via archaeological reports etc. regarding the nature of the...
Dang there are some awesome coins inhabiting this thread! My most expensive Roman coin (only ~75) was this nice Anonymous C. 214-212 BC semuncia...
Very nice! I've always been much more interested in the Slinger, and prefer to think that is the most important side of the coin. :) cruddy Selge...
It looks like a crude modern cast of a cast, I'd stay away from it. :(
Thank you @red_spork and @rrdenarius that provides good context for appreciating the coins a bit more. Looking at that Servian Reform chart it...
Antiquities as well, and some of their fake Iberian bronzes are exceptionally deceptive so one must be very careful buying from Spanish sources...
Early RR silver is not a bad focus to have! Those sets really are charming, and denomination runs in general are quite appealing to me. I...
These are truly wonderful sets, congratulations on completing them! Coins displaying their value are always extra interesting. Were asses the unit...
Here's an interesting piece I lucked upon a while ago. A rare late-Medieval German "Wurfkreuz", or "throwing cross", used as a short-distance...
Thank you for compiling and sharing all of this, I wasn't aware that Hephaestus was depicted on coins until stumbling across a hemilitron from...
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