Here's another Bellum Sociale issue like the OP- Sydenham 621 [ATTACH]
A fantastic walkabout! I went to Russia when it was still the Soviet Union, but I have no desire to go to North Korea. That was enough of that...
Poor delivery service is problem with many of the European auction houses. I bet you wouldn't believe it, but Arturo Russo of NAC told me...
LOVE the story Phil! Love the coin even more! The best I can ever recall seeing and much better than my example. At least I know where I'll be...
How is this book btw? I've seen it for sale on Amazon I believe.
Neat coin and interesting time period. I've only started collecting these. Here's a couple: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I think this is mostly identified as after 209 BC (not 220 as in the Spanish description above) as it has been suggested that this coin was minted...
Great coin Al. Really nice style on the obverse. Here's my Semuncia [ATTACH]
Neat coin TIF! I guess we know what your going to be for Halloween. :vamp:
Here's a couple from the 2nd Punic War: AR Sestertius [ATTACH] 60 Asses [ATTACH]
I did this to my each of childrens' 3rd grade classes some years back to teach them about why money was created and how it's changed over the...
That's a good question, Doug. I just looked at my records and I don't have the weight on it. I don't have access to the coin right now as I...
Heraldic Eagle from early american coinage...and early Roman coinage... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I actually really looked at the slab in this thread for the first time and see NGC used a coffee table book as an attribution reference! ROFL!!!...
Probably 80% auctions, 20% dealers, but probably 95% of them came from recent auctions all told. The coins I buy simply don't show up that often...
Good guess, but no. Actually, NAC originally in 2005 and then post tooling with Gorny in 2009 before I bought it from Cederlind privately.
Provenance simply refers to prior ownership. Photographic record is the best way to identify your coin from old records, but photos only start...
Ex-Nvmis results for the 5 old collection coins posted earlier in this thread came up with nothing. :meh: I still think it is an interesting...
I think it's just washed out in the blurriness of the original photo, Doug. There is also a pretty nice scratch under the bust you can see in the...
It is my understanding that this happened for a period of time, some years ago (maybe 7-10) but I don't know if it is still a problem. I think it...
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