Here's a few things I've acquired over the past few months. I never spend much on antiquities, but I manage to snag some neat things from time to...
I’ve recently been researching a similarly perplexing coin for a possible article for Koinon, and one realization that I had which has been very...
As a caveat, unless you are dealing with a very severe case, aren’t distilled water soaks and manual cleaning with a bamboo skewer better as first...
Here’s an overstruck ‘corn-ear’ sextans: [ATTACH]
How very depressing. Not the first time I've heard of artifacts being thrown away from particularly rich sites if they didn't have a lot of...
I'm a bit late to the party, but since Janus' official festival isn't until January 9th, I'll give myself a pass :happy: Here is an as of L....
Here’s my recently acquired example, which I still haven’t gotten around to attributing. Oh, and a Happy New Year to all! [ATTACH]
I too can’t select a single choice. My three main interests at the moment are: - Roman Republic - Roman Empire up to the Severans - Roman Egypt...
Many thanks for your ID, @dougsmit. I haven’t gotten to research the coin yet but I know little about the time. I did think the style looked...
I salivate.
Really interesting coin. Looks like someone made a mishmash of a 1st century Roman provincial with a later Byzantine coin.
So many beautiful coins here, both in artistry and condition. Here's a few of my favorites in no particular order... P. Licinius Nerva, one of my...
How awful! I won a lot in the auction, but it's already been shipped. I feel terrible for those whose coins were taken, including @Quant.Geek. I...
I love imperfect coins of historical interest, and they make up a big chunk of my collection. Here is one of my favorites, a Republican denarius...
My girlfriend gave me these two little awesome bronzes from Pergamon with an Athena obverse/heart shaped leaf reverse. The art style of the dies...
Is the tooling at auction houses still mainly restricted to the higher end, as with the Vespasian Judaea Capta that was shown here some time ago?...
I don’t have a weight like yours, but looking at the drawing you posted the simpler one on the far left looks not too different. No clue about...
There might be better ways of presenting them, but at the same time it does give viewers a good perspective of the scale of the find. But hoards...
Of course coins belong in museums. But that doesn't mean that they only belong in museums. There are more than enough to go around, for the most...
I do, though it’s a seller photo rather than my own. Maybe I exaggerated a little by calling it badly infested, but it’s the worst case I had...
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