DE NUMIS DISSERTATIONES XX can be searched at Google Books. The first illustrated, printed numismatic book is Illustrium Imagines (”Images of the...
Here is another "Moroccan" fake, along with the fake's origin[ATTACH] The upper image is an S-marked replica by Petr Sousek from Antiquanova...
Typo for 'simpulum'?
The ANA Code of Ethics, which is binding on both dealer members and regular members, requires members to "To purchase and sell numismatic items at...
I only wanted one of each but I bought extras. I bought extras to trade for the Peace Dollar if I am shut out of that one!
I don't know who catalogs for Savoca. Most auction firms do not name the catalogers. I suspect some catalogers merely verify references, or even...
Klein came out in 1999. Dieter Klein, Sammlung von griechischen Kleinsilbermünzen und Bronzen AKA Nomismata 3 (1999). I don't have a copy. I...
A friend of mine has a number of Boscoreale aureii. He recalls and will regale us with stories about bidding on each one. There is a huge market...
Tell the auction house the Claudius came back from NGC as "TOOLED". Ask them if you may return it. I've seen NGC-encapsulated coins with "lt....
[ATTACH] Alexandria Troas, Time of Gallienus (cira 253-268 AD), 24.5 mm, 6.98 g Obv: COL ALEX TRO, Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right; to...
Yours looks great! Small coins suffer when posted here, due to the extreme enlargement. Here is another, not as nice as yours: [ATTACH] IONIA,...
I don't know; but last week was Eid al-Adha.
Customs seizes things all of the time. Not just coins. I had a friend who tried to bring back a few pounds of ham from Spain, it was confiscated...
I use eBay and Biddr. I have a strong preference for coins with a previous auction history. If there is no history, and the coin is covered by...
I know the lawyer who handled that case. The US has regulations about importing very old coins from many countries. You are probably safe if you...
Here is Kyndos, swimming below Tyche: [ATTACH] Cilicia, Tarsos, 164-27 BC, AE26, 13.54g Obv: ΤΑΡΣΕΩΝ / ΜΑΞΙΜΟΥ ΝΙΚΟ-ΛΑΟΝ; Zeus seated left,...
There aren't a lot of dogs on coins! [ATTACH] Sicily, Segesta, Circa 412/0-405/0 BC, 0.55g 12mm litra Obv: Head of the nymph Segesta facing...
Do you have a theory about why ancient people made tiny bronze coins?
I think it is a cufflink or lapel pin. Does it come apart? I can't tell if it is an ancient coin soldered to a backing ... or if is a cast...
"Chach" is a place. It's an oasis. This place's name later changes to "Shash", and then to "Tashkent". Wikipedia says both "Shash comes from...
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