Well, its been a while since Eckhel's times ;). Now we have much more comprehensive archaeological and numismatic evidence, and it has been proven...
Was shipped on Monday and here it is: [ATTACH] JUDAEA, Gaba. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (22mm, 11.14 g, 12h). Dated CY 245 (AD 184/5). Laureate...
Not always. I purchased some incredible rarities in group lots of major auctions, including CNG, Roma and Goldberg. Often the volume is just too...
Just received this Antiochia ad Hippum coin from Leu. The description here is from its previous sale, New York 2019, and they actually missed one...
Looked again at my coin, and there are different dies after all. But, I have in my records another example of 1667A struck with the same dies as...
It is quite unlikely that the scratch was to test the surface, I am not aware of any plated Caesarea tetradrachms. There are typically one or...
Nobody is perfect, even CNG :blackeye:
Elagabalus from Tyre https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=231621
Couple of weeks ago I received from David Hendin a nice coin of Titus from Dora with a countermark (Howgego 157). It is quite rare, I am aware of...
Just curious why it was graded VG. With all the legend clearly readable and such a nice portrait I'd say it is at least Fine.
One out of eight. I bid a small amount, just as a placeholder for the live bidding but at the time of live bidding I was out of connection. Really...
That would be great!
VCoins? Though you need some volume to justify their fees.
One 23 mm coin. They actually just a provided tracking number, from Frankfurt (!) by registered mail. Not received by the post yet, just tracking...
I won one lot on Themis 9 and immediately paid through Biddr. For absolutely ridiculous 40 pounds they charged for shipping I expected express...
Recently purchased this AE 28 from Philippopolis in Arabia. Philip I is clearly depicted as a zombie! The reason I bought it was the reverse,...
Recently both FedEx and registered Royal Mail worked fine for me.
After spending years in a lab and working with analytical scales every day I was more picky than most when I looked for a scale for my coins. I...
Frank Sternberg's tag I have for the Neapolis coin mentions the Mabbott lot number. So I went to the catalogue to see how much did it sell for...
Yes, they were right: https://archive.org/details/thomasollivemabb00hans_0/page/38/mode/2up
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