You’re really, really old. LOL
Wow, imagine going somewhere where you could just pick up Cleopatra’s coins, right up off the ground. Even if you couldn’t legally keep them and...
Guess I should've said the conversion fails me. :p
;)
Julius Caesar lifetime portrait denarius from 44 BC, just before his assassination. [IMG]
I always think of Petra when I see these. [MEDIA] I've had a few Nabatean coins. (Can't find the pix of them.) They tend to come with nice...
Nice affordable way to add an Otho.
Looks nice to me. You've gotta love that prominent chin on ol' Max Thrax! It might have had some smoothing. Many- maybe most- sestertii have....
Artifacts are cool and fun. I started a megathread about them a while back. :) Feel free to contribute- it looks like it hasn't been replied to...
OK, so here's one that sold in May of last year on Great Collections. Past auction sales are the best reference for pricing (though the movement...
I’m with @-jeffB and the others who replied that this coin is worth its bullion content alone, with no numismatic premium. NCLT (non-circulating...
Hope @Mountain Man is still with us, and doing OK. Anyone have news? His last posting appears to be this one, on May 7th.
That coin is a lot nicer than it looks in my poor photographs.
C’mon over! :)
There are plenty out there, Cheech. If I see one in my stash, I'll save it for you.
True, but these do not even remotely look like proofs to me. Maybe just a really well struck example.
How big? Is it one of those 3" coasters? Those were a thing back in the '70s.
Things that make you go "hmmm"...
The Kingdom of Cappadocia was located in what is now the central portion of modern Turkey, between 331 BC and 17 AD. That's a nice choice. I...
Martlets, maybe? Martlets got used a lot in heraldic devices. Can you tell if they have feet? I can't, quite, from the pic. Martlets were...
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