It is hard to get pigs to fight. However, Alexander the Great may have used them in combat for they are great at spooking war elephants....
There is a Sestertius and two Ases in the collection of the American Numismatic Society, all attributed to Rome....
I thought the "T" was the mysterious forgotten letter "disigma" based on a web page by Chris Hopkins: http://www.parthia.com/fonts/sampi.htm Is...
Do you like provincial Nerva? This coin took me years to attribute because the seller attributed it to Elaea in Aeolis due to the poppy heads on...
[ATTACH] India, Bundi princely state, 1932, reign of George V and Vikrama Samva. KM 18.2 The obverse inscription is GEORGE V EMPEROR The...
You can do the auction using a pseudonym, but later tell the numismatic librarians at the ANS and the FitzWilliam the real name of Parthicus. In...
A friend of mine consigned coins to CNG. 10% didn't sell in the e-auction and he got them back and listed them on eBay. CNG sells coins at...
In collection of the American Numismatic Society there are specimens attributed to Arados, head/tortoise, at 0.03 to 0.06. However I have never...
I have one that is lighter, although at 4mm diameter a bit larger: [ATTACH] This one was actually published. It is SNG Levante 251. Cilicia,...
[ATTACH] Ionia, Teos. 320-294 BC. 1.0g 9.5mm diobol (imaged next to Lincoln cent for scale.) Obv: Griffin standing right Rev: ΔΙΟΥΧΗ[Σ] (Dioches,...
[ATTACH] Holt, Frank. Alexander The Great and The Mystery Of The Elephant Medallions
When you buy coins from overseas they are supposed to be declared on the CN-22 (or similar) customs form on the envelope....
MS* 5/5 5/5 Balbinus sold at auction last month for $1692 including buyers premium. Your $600 offer seems quite fair, pity you have none in...
You go to coin shows to get experience looking at a lot of coins. Almost certainly if a dealer has three coins you want you will rank them...
The correct spelling is "bracteate". This Wikipedia article might get you started: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracteate I have never seen...
[ATTACH] This AE20 from Sinope has an especially large and pathetic Medusa.
This one has a weird caduceus instead of a tripod: [ATTACH] Kyzikos AE20 5.33g 1st cent AD Obverse: Head of Kore right, grain ear in hair; within...
Where do you get pages that hold 6 open Saflips?
[ATTACH] Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III The Great, 336 - 323 B.C. Bronze AE 18, 4.435g, 17.6mm Obverse defaced in antiquity for unknown...
The Eighth Commandment by Lawrence Sanders (1986) revolves around a Syracusan dekadrachm and New York institutions such as the American Numismatic...
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