In principle I certainly agree with this statement. Supply and demand are the fundamental forces in determining prices, and if a dealer feels...
Fantastic denarius... a very artistic portrait. Your writeup made me take notice of the neck folds on my denarius: [ATTACH] JULIUS CAESAR 100...
While it seems to me that most coins sold in higher-end auctions end up in the hands of collectors, many are purchased by dealers looking to...
Fine coin -- I saw this at its previous auction and found it extremely appealing. I too find anepigraphic coins (either obverse or reverse) very...
I would reiterate this advice, especially with the amount of excellent free information on ancient coins that you can find on the Internet. If...
Hmm... "strait" A student? And a comedian as well.
It's good that you're "hip" to "waisted" time. Do you use a belt when you don't want to "waist" time, or maybe suspenders? Good god, the level...
Absolutely correct. While the obverse exhibits only minor tooling, the reverse has been significantly tooled, to the point that I don't think this...
So, you're saying that the article means ALL ancient coin collectors should NEVER buy any ancient coins, since they've all been looted at some...
I find the premise of this article simply bizarre. Somehow, collectors of ancient coins (especially the more common ones) should be able to know...
I don't actually disagree that the images drawn by tattooers can be artful. But as a permanent alteration to the human body, tattoos evoke the...
Yikes. This thread went south fast... Pop quiz: What do the three things below have in common? - "...tasteful and well done tattoos..." -...
I, too, would like to believe that CNG would call attention to tooling on coins in their electronic auctions, but this is simply not the case....
A number of thoughts about this coin and CNG: first, for coins that individuals sell in their electronic auctions (of which this coin is an...
Vespasian and his two sons -- Titus and Domitian -- ruled the Roman empire relatively benignly and competently from A.D. 69 to A.D. 96. During...
Tough question! From a portrait standpoint, the Galba is just amazing, even more so in hand. I love the Caligula for both the portrait and the...
A couple years ago my dealer had a provincial bronze of Otho that I evaluated. The obverse portrait was generic -- obviously not modeled on any...
Artistic portrait sestertii of the 12 Caesars have been exceedingly scarce recently. Many that are available are either overly smoothed, or even...
In the last few years, it has become fairly difficult to find the bronzes needed to complete my 12 Caesars portrait collection. Somewhat...
This is a stunning coin, and I briefly considered bidding on it as an upgrade to my own Port of Ostia sestertius (also an EF but a little less...
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