That's a good question. My understanding is that cherubim are angels closest to God, sometimes including archangels. According to Britannica,...
Actually it was going to be "Mr. High Price - Gottcha!", but perhaps that would be a bit of a give-a-way.
Oh well, I missed my chance to post my coin on eBay, at $8,000 with a 50% discount. Such a deal!:woot:
That's a beautiful coin with excellent centering! The eye of the front horse is struck up. More often than not it is flat. That's arguably one of...
It must be a typographical error. I just came across this listing on Forum for what I thought is a scarce to rare coin, but at $9,999 something...
Yet another ancient coin is freed from its plastic sarcophagus.
Very nice, with great patina!
That's correct, even partially dated cobs from the 1620s to 1651, the last year of the shield design, replaced the following year by the pillar...
That's an amazing obverse, with an incredible headdress.
That's an absolutely beautiful solidus, Donna. You definitely have the eye! I only have one that has been posted before. Honorius (with a bad...
Those are very nice coins, Doug. It's hard to find ones with complete legends. Nice patinas, too!
The coinage of Potosi, Bolivia, in the 1620's can be characterized as crude, very crude. Flans were poor prepared, often with silver of...
That is a very nice coin! The strike is especially appealing. Well done!
That is a very nice, sharply struck coin! Yes, the toes are odd, but in the early 4th century they probably weren't keeping count. That foot...
That's a stunning stater! It is an excellent example of Celtic art at its best. The Syracusan tetradrachm is also a superb example of Greek...
It didn't freeze here, in Cupertino. Perhaps in transit? I don't know what the freezing point is for this solution.
Nice coin! I do see traces of the shield and part of the right pillar from the Spanish colonial 8 reales under-coin. The obverse was struck from...
No, it is clear. The purple staining must be some kind of chemical reaction, perhaps with the adhesive, or it might have been caused by the...
Actually some pressure must have forced some of the bottle's contents out. It is over a quarter empty by my estimate. The package was...
While this coin is not a great rarity it is notable that it still has the Kurt Prober envelope. This coin was purchased about six years ago on...
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