"Earliest Roman fourrée". Probably this - Cr. 141/1 of 189-180BC. [IMG] There are quite a few plated coins of this issue and most (or all?) of...
Very sad - I've been there a few times, last time was in 2000. [IMG] [IMG] From a boat... [IMG] :( ATB, Aidan.
This one we've had already - sandals on Cr. 384/1 denarius. [IMG] This is a very old and miserable photo' which I need to re-take. Hermes is...
Looking through my emails on gmail, the last post from Reid Goldsborough I see is from 2013, when he was on a one-year US roadtrip. He used to...
I think it went awry before that - the Susa coin of Seleukos didn't fit the bill! ATB, Aidan.
I wasn't fast enough with my flaming coin, but here's Apollo holding a patera over an altar on a stater of Side. SNG Cop. 376. I bought it...
I have a couple of coins from the Duke of Northumberland's Collection - catalogued by Admiral Smyth in 1856, but here's one I bought without...
Here's one with the head of Africa, and struck in Africa in the names of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, commander of the Pompeian forces...
Sorry to hear that - it's completely unacceptable. ATB, Aidan.
This didn't contain coins, but was coin-related - it came recently after a nice trip to Bermuda which took two months: [ATTACH]
[IMG] Here's a Tyche from Arados. Next - another Phoenician!
Here's a basket case - S. Severus, RIC 254. Rev. Africa, wearing elephant-skin head-dress, reclining left against rock, holding scorpion and...
There is a small swan on the obverse, under Nike! (Kamarina Obol - SG757, SNG ANS 1212) [IMG] Next - standing Athena.
Faustina I was a bit matronly, but this coin is quite nice: [IMG] But it's hard to beat a real Goddess, Ceres :) [IMG] ATB, Aidan.
Thanks, it came from a Roma sale last August. ATB, Aidan.
Quinarius - M. Junius Brutus. Northern Greece, 42 BC. Diademed head of Libertas right, LEIBERTAS / Stem of prow and anchor in saltire. 1.88g,...
I guess you'll miss it, but there are coin fairs on the first Saturday of every month. In February, June, September & November, there's the London...
Spink has a good selection of books at least.
They're nice coins - I got this September 1689 halfcrown in January: [IMG] [IMG] ATB, Aidan.
There are a few tests which use radio isotopes and could potentially be used on coins - certainly, there is a test which can determine when gold...
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