I tried using home-made brass tools long ago and quickly gave up on them. Yes, brass is softer than steel. However, it can still damage coins,...
Beautiful and fascinating. It is interesting that it was made in Rome. The style reminds me of painted mummy cases from the same era. It shows...
Very nice. I don't think Southern Song coinage gets the attention it deserves. With normal bronze, lots of iron, the introduction of reign years...
No plans yet......
A bit late to the thread, but here is mine. This side consists mainly of books on history, antiquities and some on Asian coins. [ATTACH] This...
I want that for my tombstone! SC
One of the few coin issues that actually spelled out the officina - "TERTIA" in this case - thus giving numismatists of long ago a key to...
Sorry to hear the sad news Mr. Blake. I would second the excellent suggestions put forth by "Curtisimo". I have dealt with four of the five he...
Part of the joy of something like this is that it can expand your horizons. It is unlikely that someone can find the perfect "missing coin" for...
SC are my initials. I often sign off posts that way. Many years ago, while living abroad, I had some shirts made for me. They offered to...
Great, thanks. So I assume that despite the stylistics differences those symbols are letters and that is the main identifying feature? And are...
Impressive. Right out of the "what not to do for bronze coins" textbook, but it just shows that there is an exception to every rule. While the...
Excellent post. Happy that I can drag out a coin I picked up in Mumbai circa 2008 and refine the identification. Based on Spaniard's posting I...
Very odd things were put in late bronze age and iron age graves. Witness the huge versions of bronze fibulae, really ornate and over-sized...
22.5 inches long! Large!! Fire tongs would almost certainly be iron. No idea what this is though.
I also doubt your dice are genuine. I have only ever seen genuine dice with the dot-and-ring design, not plain rings. Genuine die are also aged...
Knowing exactly whose ushabti it was is very cool!
Terret ring from a Roman or Celtic wagon or chariot. A terret ring was part of the mechanism used to guide the reins and ropes.
It is a small scoop used for getting cosmetics out of the tall narrow-necked glass or ceramic unguentaria. They could also be used as ear-spoons...
[ATTACH] Not like the stuff at Christie's. But the results of about 12 years collecting. SC
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