I'm pretty sure we don't disagree by much on this topic. While I wouldn't use the adjective "noble" in the context of collectibles, I do agree...
De gustibus non est disputandum. (For those of you who don't understand this, it's an ancient Roman saying; look it up.) I'm not sure that I'd...
I was particularly thinking of the early electrum coins when I added this criteria to my list above. The whole idea of struck coinage, using...
I think it would be fascinating and enlightening for members to post the criteria by which they would judge a coin to be "great." I'll start the...
Hmmm... I'll keep that excuse in mind the next time I act like an attention-seeking, bombastic, blowhard...
Although my collection's theme doesn't cover this coin, it's also one that I've coveted for a long time, due to its place in history memorializing...
[ATTACH] (Technically, not the 12 emperors...)
When I first started collecting ancient coins about five years ago, I noted that more than one source warned that rarity does not, in itself,...
This observation is also true, to a great extent, for Vespasian's Judaea Capta coins, especially the sestertii. While these coins are not...
Without more specifics -- e.g., the area/series of coinage which you're collecting, the quality of the coins that have become available, the...
The surface of the dupondius isn't nearly as rough as the photo would make it appear. I might take my own photo to see if I can get a better...
(Yes, that's the correct plural of "Tiberius" for those of you wondering.) At the recent NAC auction, I had been hoping to get a needed small...
When I first started reading this thread, my reflexive reaction was the same (as above). Gold coins are rarely tooled or re-engraved, and because...
While it's true that CNG's auctions have this double fee structure, this isn't necessarily true of their coin shop. I know (for a fact) that it's...
I'm 100% in agreement with this logic and analysis. CNG's shop offers generally superb coins -- especially their aurei and denarii -- and in...
I wonder if other high-profile coins on the NAC auctions are getting prices that are equally as strong? Will be interesting to see when the...
Not my intention, of course, just my good fortune in being able to acquire coins in this condition.
[ATTACH] TITUS 69 - 79 A.D. AR Denarius (3.31 g.), Rome 80 A.D. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM Laureate head of Titus right. Rev. TR P IX IMP XV...
On both the obverse and reverse, the legends appear to be untouched and I would agree with most other assessments here that they haven't been...
My personal thoughts on this thread and the tone of (some of) the responses to it: It's entirely understandable and natural for anyone who comes...
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