Thanks for posting these. I love the king John!
That is a lovely coin. Congrats!
@Jay GT4 That happens to be my favourite FAC rule.
Great thread @Valentinian Here is the seller's photo [ATTACH] Here is my photo. [ATTACH] The coin in hand looks like my photo.
The show is August 7-11. I will submit an update shortly after.
No idea of value..but that is a very nice find.
I want to start this post by showing my current denarii of Galba and finish it with a win in today's CNG auction (yes it is another Galba). It is...
Fantastic coin David. Thanks for the backstory. It is always interesting to try to place these coins into a historical context.
Thanks Brian. I really like that "Norfolk God" "boudica" type you have. Chris Rudd had three of those from the hoard but I was too late.
It is called "presentism" " uncritical adherence to present-day attitudes, especially the tendency to interpret past events in terms of modern...
On another board someone posted the photo of my coin from the portable antiquities scheme. My coin is coin #21 from the hoard. [ATTACH]
My interest in ancient coins stems from my love of history. So when the opportunity came to own an interesting historical piece I opened my...
Thanks @dadams for the link to the article. It was a good read.
Please count me in.
Nice coins Brian. My favourite is the Iceni coin. Though that imitation Phillip is its own type of fabulous.
Thanks to all for the kind comments and for posting those fabulous Celtic coins.
@TIF That is a wonderful coin! This comes from wikipedia Now this refers to the Irish celts but there may be a relationship. "The name Dagda...
I saw this today in Harlan Berk's 204 bid or buy after sale and bought it. This is my first Celtic coin. What attracted me to it was the depiction...
Here is my lifetime tet [ATTACH] Kings of Macedon, Alexander III ‘the Great' (336-323 BC). AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.00g, 9h). Amphipolis, c....
Thanks for sharing these James. I have been after a Britannia reverse from the second century for some time. There seems to be much competition...
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