To that question: If not God, then, in current western culture, it is the marketplace. Happy thought?
Evidently not. Didn't you sign off of this thread a couple of pages ago?
Sorry you feel that way.
Graduate study isn't about courses and class outlines. It is about learning critical thinking, how to navigate the existing and future literature...
I cannot believe how shortsighted the reviewer (Thomas Vorreyer) was in his comments on numismatics. He mentions the study of ancients, but no...
I don't collect Trajan, per se, so most of the time it would be just fine. However, if someone came along and asked, "What is that emblem on the...
"Blessed are the peacemakers." Thanks for that, Sev Alex. However, I do not respond to what he might have said but to what he did say. Yet I do...
I very much liked reading the first section as you edited it for this page. Section 2 not so much. You wrote: "If you have the funds, buy super...
On a timetable it is not one size fits all. If the culture that produced the coin was an ancient culture, its coins are ancient until the...
Really nice example, @Valentinian. Officina epsilon from the Rome mint, with Constantius wearing a rosette diadem. It always seems odd to me...
No need to miss Moneta, the online list. I still get the weekly digest posts. Not much there though.
Thanks for the discussion folks. I appreciate the penetrating analysis of the factors at play here. I must admit that in my eye the coin CNG...
Thanks TIF. I'm sorry, for being a name dropper, I guess. Patrick Bruun is the name of the museum professional in Finland who wrote RIC volume...
Thanks for starting this thread Curtissimo. Nice open door from Arles. I hope your suggestion creates something. I started a specialized...
My problem is not having a good sense for how much to allow for a premium when the grade gets high. I knew that with its stellar portrait and...
I couldn't believe what I ran into today. About 2 years ago I bought the following Julia Domna denarius for something like 120 bucks. I had seen...
Congratulations! Your stop in Grand Marais put me in mind of the days my wife and I spent backpacking in the BWCAW on the Kekekabik Trail. Check...
Did anyone mention that Frank is a heck of a nice guy and very tolerant of beginners mistakes and ANY of their queries. In your foray into this...
It's Aquilea. Anybody got one. They are not howling rarities, it just depends on when they come up. Here is an example (not mine) from the...
Here is a set of pics of the same coin shot with my iPhone 8, with a light and dark background, first of each is the unaltered image after...
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