This is an Egyptian royal cocaine spoon. The holes were drilled when the owner became remorseful and swore off the habit after driving his...
I learned NYINC was cancelled from Nick @ Pegasi at the Westchester coin show last Friday. [ATTACH] This show happens three times a year in...
There is also https://discord.com/channels/352293099638358027/392794890506862604 . Several people here are on that one.
This is not a Ptolemy, but has a similar Zeus Ammon / Eagle. [ATTACH] SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. Æ 43mm, 71.83 g...
[ATTACH] CNG describes the obverse in the catalogs as "Seated Turk holding sword and severed head (Mars); name of Nur al-Din replaced with floret...
I have a coin with the same provenance but mine has a provenance problem. [ATTACH] The coin comes from the same auction, Baldwin 98, and was...
Silver coins can be struck by bronze dies. Any tech that can make a convincing bronze die is sufficient.
In Wayne Sayles' book _Classical Deception_, page 55, he talks about a disagreement between authenticators was resolved in 1963 when the fakes...
I suspect there is a Sigma, S, and a Pi, P, in there. Good find.
Base gold: [ATTACH] INDIA, Post-Kushan (Jammu and Kashmir). Kidarite Successors. Yasovarman. 5th century AD. Pale AV Dinar (23mm, 7.58 g, 12h)...
My local coin club recently had a custom medal struck by https://www.medalcraft.com/ . We had an artist create plaster models, 12” in diameter,...
Little griffin: [ATTACH] Ionia, Teos. 320-294 BC. 1.0g 9.5mm diobol Obv: Griffin standing right Rev: ΔΙΟΥΧΗ[Σ] (Dioches, magistrate); Chelys (a...
Not many ancient coins depict dogs. [ATTACH] Sicily, Segesta, Circa 412-405 BC, 0.55g chipped 12mm litra Obv: Head of the nymph Segesta facing...
I was shocked by the request for my ID when buying from an Italian auction house the first time. I learned that Italy has tax laws that require...
It is in my attic. It is also online: https://agoraauctions.com/spartan/auction_archive/search/1/21
Here is a silver coin from Etenna [ATTACH] PISIDIA. Etenna. 3rd century BC. Obol, 10 mm, 0.62 g Rev. Pruning hook (or war sickle, or harpa),...
I have never heard that story. I read N.V. Sekunda, “Anatolian War Sickles and the Coinage of Etenna,” in R. Ashton (ed.), Studies in Ancient...
I suspect that coin is worth double what you paid for it. It is rare and well centered and well struck. Yours is nicer than the one in the...
Expensive photo stand for cell camera: [ATTACH] This stand cost a few hundred dollars. I built it out of a library book, an American...
Donna, even the same coin is hard to match against itself! With bas relief the light source angle makes a huge difference. The Ex-Numis...
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