Spotted this one on sale on ebay about a month ago and won it without too much competition [ATTACH] India, Malwa region ca 13-14th century BI...
Probably 80% of the time I see them at auction, they are being sold as a set. When it's just a single coin, it's usually Gordian I, so I would say...
Nice example! And thanks @Spaniard for the mention! I do indeed have a number of these although apparently only a few imaged - I'll post what I...
As anyone familiar with Julio-Claudian coinage knows, the great Germanicus isn't a tough find in an absolute sense, but nearly all of his coinage...
Slabs do help an ancient coin to sell for more at resale, but you can usually expect to pay more because it seems that more people are coming over...
It isn't hard to find a nice Licinius for very very cheap, which is why I ended up with a bunch of them This is my earliest, from shortly after...
Fun set! A long time ago I bought a large lot from Naumann that ended up containing a large number of Nabataean coins - it took me over 18 months...
IMO, start with a choice MS Severus Alexander [ATTACH] Or Maximinus Thrax [ATTACH] Both of the above examples could be had for about $100 or...
It gets hot in Trier during the summer [ATTACH]
Very nice! I love Indian gold, especially ones from the obscure kingdoms that would have been totally unknown were it not for the coins they...
To varying degrees, yes...
Very cool discovery! I have the original [ATTACH] And two much, much later imitations Very slightly finer style (sold this one a while back)...
Very cool! The barbarous coins of this period are usually quite good - fully literate legends rather than I's or scribble marks. I guess they...
The same type (victory advancing left) was minted by nearly a dozen emperors over a span of more than a century, plus a few decades more if you...
Thanks all! @curtislclay - I'll have to do some more reading on it. My reasoning for an issue as Augustus was that the Antiochene issues of...
IIRC, pure gold objects from before 550 BC were worked from gold found as such. It was under the Lydians that the technology was developed (using...
I don't have many of his, but I like this one, which hearkens back to the first century issue of Drusus for the grandsons of Tiberius. This is...
Trying to get caught up on recent purchases - won this one at Savoca, not fully described and missing the most important feature! Diadumenian as...
Thanks all and nice examples! @Theodosius, I use the term "junk lot" for any group lot that cost less than $5 per coin. I won three lots of...
Very nice! Makes one wonder both what percentage of these coins were either destroyed or remain yet to be discovered. A few years ago I also...
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