There are three other examples of RPC 5005 on acsearch.info but none helped. I have RPC and looked at the example there, which is in the BMC. I...
Is it possible that Ancient Greece never existed? :)
This coin of Augustus seems to show the same vase with more details: http://www.geminiauction.com/details.asp?inventorygroup=cc&inventorynumber=19346
Most people don’t collect anything. If they do collect, it is probably something I don’t know how to appreciate, like autographed baseballs or...
I was also at the show. I had dinner with @red_spork. I struck out on the Greek fractions I was looking for but obtained interesting Roman...
Could it be a Greek interpretation of the Egyptian "Sema Tawy"? For pictures of the Egyptian Sema Tawy, see...
Perhaps this: https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=118700
I was going to post a link to the British Museum examples but their collection search is not functioning right now. Here is a poor-quality Macer...
Congratulations to everyone winning lots! I was at the preview on Sunday and inspected most of the Greek, provincial, and Republican coins in...
The JHS for 1902 is online now. https://books.google.com/books?id=PUIaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA149#v=onepage&q&f=false It would be interesting to know if...
I scanned and OCRed Historia Numorum. The quote can be found at http://snible.org/coins/hn/egypt.html#847
Here is another "inverted anchor": [ATTACH] Thrace, Apollonia Pontika 3.29g 13mm Obv: Gorgoneion Rev: Anchor, crayfish in left fluke, A in right...
Istros was in the Roman province of Moesia but before the Romans took it over it was inhabited by Thracians. Wildwinds lists Istros under Moesia,...
Mine is very corroded. [ATTACH] Sicily, Segesta, Circa 412/0-405/0 BC, 0.55g chipped 12mm litra Obv: Head of the nymph Segesta facing slightly...
USA? Circa 1982. 24mm, 7.1g, uncertain black metal Obv: Horned and legless bat Rev: blank? I suspect this is the black metal core of an enamel...
To avoid being geo-located many people use proxy servers. You can search for others, but one that might work is https://www.proxysite.com . Go...
Given a direct link to a Lanz coin, such as https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=339668 , can you see anything?
I am not a lawyer. Several dealers have told me it is easier to mail coins to the US than to hand-carry them and declare them and possibly have...
Here is an ancient counterfeit. Some of the silvering has come off the helmet. [ATTACH] (After) Mn. Cordius Rufus. 46 BC. 2.92g 18mm fourrée...
Let me recommend two days if you are not into shopping. Go on Sunday, January 7th, for the auction previews. Auction previews are great. I...
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