Let's distinguish the terms "restoration" and "commemorative." Any DIVVS piece commemorates a deceased person. However, it is not a "restoration"...
Thank you for all the thoughtful responses. As Greg noted, there are enough good sellers that it makes sense to avoid those with dubious practices.
There is a non-US eBay seller with some coins I'd like. When I attempt to write him through eBay, I get: "We're sorry we couldn't find an answer...
I have long thought this was one of the most artistic Republican reverses. Even though the reverse fills the flan and the birds tend to be at the...
I just got this book in the mail. I ordered from Kolbe and Fanning when a previous thread mentioned they were having a sale. It is more beautiful...
I could hardly be a smaller business! Give my site a look, please. I added about a dozen coins to the top of this page:...
The weight is right. The style is fine and that type of uneven strike (e.g. the flat obverse rim from 3:00-6:00) is common. However, the obverse...
The OP cellphone photo makes the coin look like it has a wonderful toned surface. I'd prefer a coin looking like that than the coin in the reshoot.
eBay changed policy (quite some time ago) so that eBay bucks are no longer automatically applied to your next eBay purchase. It used to be that...
Sell it. . It apparently has profit potential, which is what a dealer buys for. If you have a collection, keep only coins that fit the...
@Mikey Zee, William Metcalf in his article "Tell Kalak Hoard" ANSMN 20 (1975) attributes it to a mint in Arabia, possibly Bostra. He considers the...
There is a significant distinction between references for identification and dating (gotta have that ID number!) and references for overview and...
Carausius mentioned a book sale and I hopped on it! I ordered a book about the emperor of his username: [ATTACH] and a book published in 2015 I...
Here is a Commodus, son of Marcus: [ATTACH] 33 mm. Sestertius. Struck Jan. - Dec. 9 181. BMC 453, page 772. RIC 310, page 404. TRP VI IMPIIII COS...
The OP reverse is outstanding. Most Marius coins have reverses struck from very worn dies or are poorly struck. That coin is one of the best.
The Sear volume, first edition, on Byzantine coins pictured in stevex6's post has been superseded by the second edition, which is greatly expanded...
I have a copy of Dattari that looks like this: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] It is large at 9" x 12 1/2" and 472 pages and XXXVII plates. It says, in...
even if correct, is not a sufficient RIC citation. You must include the mint, in this case Siscia "RIC VIII Siscia 210" or "RIC VII Siscia 350"...
Doug is right about most people not caring much about Gratian, but my want list included every AE type for Gratian. Here is a list of his type...
I have nice copies of Sear, Greek Imperial Coins and Their Values, contents nearly new, for-edge has minor stain which is not visible when opened...
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