I'd really like a Lysimachus tetradrachm like yours, but it's hard to locate good deals on big ancient silver. The drachm I got was 35 bucks, a...
I picked up this coin-like item in a big batch of artifacts being liquidated from a collector's estate, ranging from the Neolithic through the...
I love collecting ancient coins and artifacts, but it isn't everyday that both hobbies can overlap with the synergy displayed by this nice...
I've made some nice new additions to the artifact collection recently, here is a set of bronze sling bullets and arrowheads found within 1...
As a relative newcomer to the forum I'm not sure what the proper protocol for requesting assistance with identifying coins would be (got 2 Greeks...
My friends don't really understand the appeal of ancient coins or artifacts, maybe in 30 or 40 years they'll figure out it's actually one heckuva...
Looks like an improvement to me! I'd bet the coin could have benefited from some extra manual cleaning but it looks good. RenWax is 20%...
It took a while but I see the bird and croc, nice acquisition! I'm wondering about the "bronze cups" though, it looks like an East Asian/Indian...
The uncleaned coins I've gotten from such locations have all been fine, though depending on the seller they can be genuinely uncleaned coins with...
Both look ancient to my eye, but the first has a very obvious corroded base-metal core exposed in several spots indicating it is a fourrée. Copper...
It would send a problematic message to the unwashed masses that individuals have a right to own old things. We can't allow that, now can we?!...
Agreed, but work must be done re-educating younger folk regarding the fact that pieces of ancient history can and should be owned and appreciated...
If you're interested in some fascinating context and related Post-War archaeological experiences a great author I'd recommend is Ivor Noel Hume. I...
Nice pieces, the ones with extra lumpy cracked edges like your 1st example are particularly appealing to me. Collecting more should be both...
Not many happy personal mistakes, but plenty of happy seller mistakes. Most are incorrectly identified non-coin artifacts for which...
Orielensis, thank you greatly for your thoughts! The modern/lower case Greek is still unintelligible to me, and having never been particularly...
Thanks Milesofwho, I believe the bullet you're referring to is 1 of 2 pictured from apparently the same mold, reading ΔΡΟΜΑΣ (Dromas) and in my...
Been a lurker for some time, my ancient coin collection is generally unremarkable but European/Classical Antiquities are my primary interest, so I...
Not large, but well-made and functional and their smaller size combined with anoxic boggy conditions likely helped these rare pieces beat the odds...
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