The time in customs varies depending on how electronic the form is and if you get a random inspection. Time also varies depending on which...
Nice coin. You are correct to be wary of online coin descriptions. I have SNG Copenhagen in hardcover. 247 has magistrate DHMOSTRATOS. Yours...
The article I linked above popularized the idea. Here is a quote:...
An article in the American Journal of Numismatics by M. F. DeMely says 16 of the coins were known in the Middle Ages...
I have an exact match. I purchased it on eBay as a replica for $5 in October 2010 from an Athens-based seller. This "coin" typically comes in a...
Step 1 is to figure out the hand style....
Here is a bronze of the types as @panzerman 's: [ATTACH] Kushano-Sasanian, Peroz I Kushanshah (circa 245 - 270 AD), AE 19mm. 2.3g. Balkh mint?...
With dolphins, the large ones go for a lot and the ones with writing go for a lot. They look similar ... so bargains can be had. NOT a bargain:...
Barclay Head called Alexander Balas a “usurper who professed to be the son of Antiochus IV.” Wikipedia says “a native of Smyrna of humble...
Allow me to quote from Barclay Head, more than 100 years ago: http://snible.org/coins/hn/ionia.html#571 "The interpretation of the remarkable...
The second coin probably has a Medusa on front, like https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5248687 See...
I use 2x2 Saflips with special folded and punched tags as shown in https://www.cointalk.com/threads/eds-flips.311414/
Early 20th century magician's token...
The Greek personification of piety was Eusebeia. [ATTACH] EGYPT, Faustina Junior (147-175 AD), dated Regnal Year 12 of Antoninus Pius (147/8...
I chose this one because it looks like the kid is trying to pull back. [ATTACH] Constans (AD 337-350). AE centenionalias, Alexandria mint....
The book Ancient coins Illustrating Lost Masterpieces of Ancient Art: A numismatic Commentary on Pausanias was an attempt to bring to a 1960s...
Your coin is good and weird! I had it bookmarked that example myself ... I was considering upgrading my specimen which has an unsightly test cut....
Christian passed away two months ago. There was an "in memorium" table with his name at the NYINC coin show in NYC last week. His old shop has...
Many of Mithradates’ types seem to illustrate the myth of Perseus. There are tetradrachms with Pegasos reverse, large bronzes of Athena...
A few more types: I was unable to wait for a better specimen of this type and purchased a weak example. I suspect this depicts Mithradates'...
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