I sometimes carry around a coin, in a flip. I haven't lost any, but some have been temporarily mislaid - a Titus denarius survived a washing...
Here's my only Otho - an ugly example of RIC 2.[IMG] It's the rarest of the denarii of Otho and this particular specimen has a small hole...
Waiting on one from Vauctions and four from Naville. The Vauctions one has been in the post for about a month, the Naville one just a couple of...
I got my first ancient coin (a denarius of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar) in 2001, when I was 33 (so many wasted years :D) ATB, Aidan.
Not sure it's actually my favourite, but it's a good read - Admiral Smyth's "Descriptive Catalogue of A Cabinet of Roman Family Coins..."...
This is my most expensive coin, bought in 2012 - a Leontinoi tetradrachm: [IMG] (Most of the coins of this type are from a large hoard....
Here are a few proofs, mostly very recent and apologies for some very bad photos where the camera is as clear as the coins :D The best two...
Ah :( That does ring a bell, but was long-forgotten! Thanks - they're nice coins.
The Larissa thread reminded me of a few Larissa fractions with the nymph playing with a ball - all were described as obols, though the weights...
Yeah - in some versions of the Romulus and Remus story, they are fed by a woodpecker, so one had to make an appearance here :D On the coin,...
Lovely coins - this caught my eye at a show 7 years ago - poor Larissa tends to end up with a boxer's nose from wear :D [IMG]
Here are a few - owls, woodpecker, swan, eagles, ravens, "small wrenlike bird", etc. The normal Crawford 141/1 with a wren-like bird - a todus or...
I think the footnote in BMC on page 64 refers to a different type (Cohen 522) - it's a different obverse (Head of Trajan, laureate, right). The...
It's RIC 159/BMC 162 (illustrated). This is what the BMC has to say about it: [IMG] I don't see that it says it doesn't exist - it may be...
Here's mine to challenge :D [IMG]
Congrats on your win!
Ah no - not on any of yours! I meant a different one (lot 206). My bank balance is thanking me too :D ATB, Aidan.
I was the underbidder, as far as I can see :D Ah well! ATB, Aidan.
Right now, this little Arados diobol is misplaced. Someone saw it on Tantalus and asked to buy it - it's not for sale, but I was unable to find...
I bid on one coin through sixbid a while back (lot 206) - I don't see any results up yet, so don't know how it went. I'm just back from a week...
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