A quick thought about this point: The Flavian coin no doubt is modeled directly from the statue in all details, by an engraver familiar with both...
The double dolphin Taras is pretty cool! Notice how cheerful the free one at the bottom is, compared to the grumpy enslaved large dolphin, forced...
One dolphin, as requested: [ATTACH]
I also find zero--on CoinArchives Pro--for these parameters: Galba AND Hispania AND 193
The reverse scene is more interesting than it appears at a glance. It depicts an episode from the Servile War against Spartacus, in which the...
Not just known from a single pair of dies. Ho-hum, lol! It's more amazing than that. As far as anyone knew (other than the owner of this piece,...
Here's one big big gap that, sadly, is likely to remain so forever. Not a type I expected ever to see for sale; almost certainly I'll never see...
A trio of amphoras: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ] [ATTACH]
A few horses I may not have shown before: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [IMG]
A squadron of Nikes; I think these are all coins I haven't shown before: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have a new thought about the handwriting on the envelopes. Andrew McCabe was generous enough to devote a lot of time to helping the RBW estate...
Oh, prices were always "down" for RR bronzes... unless you were RBW. Rick was a shrewd and cautious buyer of silver, but he let his passion rule...
I'll take a stab at this. The envelopes with 21 & 147 are no doubt from whatever sale Rick originally purchased these coins from. Almost...
But but but... The seller used the word ancient FOUR times in two brief sentences! What more reassurance could you possibly want than that? s/
Another nice prow, on the reverse of a denarius of Pompeius Magnus: [ATTACH] and a small one on the reverse of a denarius of his son Sextus...
That's a rudder. Don't feel bad; even when I know something's a prow, I sometimes mix up which way it's facing!
Here's an example of the rare prow issue of 211-208 BC, Crawford 62/1; easily confused with the slightly later and much more common issue with the...
Don't miss the bi-monthly column called The Other Side! Can't quite remember who wrote it--it's on the tip of my tongue--but it was always my...
I haven't done a recent tally. I guess I have around 600 coins.
Three more: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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