Marriage in the Imperial Palace October 13th, 54 AD By Zachary Beasley [IMG] "Upon the murder of Caligula by the Praetorian Guards on January...
Time to add a little humor to this thread: C'mon Doug, seriously? You would turn down an EID MAR denarius worth $1M+ for provenance information?...
This is an insight that wouldn't have occurred to me, and I think that it may be a major factor driving some of the price escalation of high...
According to my dealer, one of the forces at work in these cases is the effort of individual auction houses to stimulate bidding and inflate...
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I would agree that this coin would have been worth a bid at 16,000 Euros (plus buyer's fee). Based on my experience with finding a high-quality...
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Doesn't count as a "rich uncle." Let's face it, Uncle Sam is anything but rich, and returning your own money to you in a refund hardly counts as...
I'm intrigued by the concept of a coin's being worth only what it is worth to you. I don't see how anything's "worth" can be established totally...
A free-market capitalist will tell you that an item is worth whatever a willing buyer pays to a willing seller for that item. In the abstract,...
Completely agree. Although it takes a lot longer to complete a collection one coin at a time, each coin acquired tends to have a personal appeal...
Even though it's not the way I archivally store my coins, I must admit that displayed in the Abafil box, in 2x2s with their labels, is probably...
You have a point. This summer, as contrasted to many previous summers, has had many days of very high humidity (according to my back yard weather...
Where I live (Southern California) the humidity is rarely a problem, but I think for caution's sake I will add desiccant packs to my safe deposit...
Depending on your 12 Caesars goal, it's not just 12 coins. My own collection goal includes all 12 emperors in gold aurei (completed), silver...
Usually I store my coins "naked" in their trays a safe deposit box -- i.e., not in the 2x2 flip since I don't want anything affecting the...
Excellent accomplishment! Kudos to both Mat and Bing for their completed galleries of Suetonius' subjects of history and historical gossip....
When I think back to the things that piqued my interest in ancient coins, the list above is a really good summary of those items. In the history...
This is quite a nice coin. What is especially good about it is that whoever cleaned it limited his/her efforts to smoothing, and resisted the...
Congratulations on this acquisition! One of the best reverses on an Ides of March that I've seen. I had my suspicions that this coin might be...
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