Yes! - there was an Agoracoins in Ireland - Andy Metz. He was on Vcoins for a while, and on eBay for a long time. I bought quite a few coins...
Yahoo has indeed dropped groups, but some have moved to groups.io - CFDL, Moneta and AncientPeddler live on, but with much reduced traffic...
The top coin is a cast fake or I'll eat my hat :D It's not a very deceptive imitation - there are several things wrong with it - lack of detail,...
No worries - a bit more interesting than a regular Henry III penny or something :) That's just the Google Chrome translation of the CGB page from...
I think it took some years to figure out how to portray Augustus on the coins and which titles to use - he was portrayed as something of a god on...
Yes - Guy de Dampierre, Count of Flanders, Marquis of Namur, as far as I can see. The only part of the coin I could clearly read was COMES...
This, or similar: https://www.cgb.fr/namur-marquisat-de-namur-gui-de-dampierre-esterlin-c-1260-ttb-,fwo_428360,a.html
I like Augustus denarii - these are a couple of mine that I like a lot (I've shared them before, but what the hell!): [IMG] [IMG] ATB, Aidan.
Lovely coin - another: [MEDIA]
Some lovely coins - definitely worth waiting for... [MEDIA] I first noticed those Gortyna coins only in the last year or so - really wonderful,...
Here's a Nero from the same Cappadocian Caesarea. Region, City: Cappadocia, Caesarea-Eusebia Coin: Silver Hemidrachm Obv.: NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD...
Here's a little Ptolemy I gold coin Coin: Gold Triobol Obv.: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, lion skin tied around neck Rev.: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΥΟΥ...
That's a pity - it seems the coin will stay in Italy. Great that this one is on its way :) ATB, Aidan.
Certainly nicer than mine! - I'm glad yours is finally going to arrive. Did the coin from Varesi get an export licence in the end? ATB, Aidan....
Bad photos, but there's a bucranium behind Athena. Corinth Stater Obv.: Pegasus flying left Rev.: Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet,...
OK - here's an uncia. Obv.: Helmeted head of Roma left; pellet behind Rev.: Prow of galley right; pellet below Mint: Rome (ca 225-217 BC)...
I'd settle for a tetradrachm of Katane with the facing head of Apollo by Herakleidas. The Kimon tetradrachm of Syracuse used to be my favourite...
It looks closer to my 30/1 alright: [IMG] [IMG] Interesting that NGC noted it as overstruck - I wonder what it was struck over? ATB, Aidan.
All my ravens are incarnations of Cr. 489 - here's Cr. 489/3, a quinarius of Mark Antony & Lepidus. Obv.: M ANT IMP - Lituus, capis, and raven...
I've been to the London Coin Fair a few times and enjoy it. Hopefully, I'll make it to the September edition, all going well. As I recall, it...
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