That scorpion is a wonderful variety but your Nilus is my favorite of the three. Sure, it could be a bit higher grade, but the style and art are...
That Lucania nomos is a wonderful coin and used to belong to a forum member here. I nearly raised my hand to bid on it at Triton: you effectively...
There is a Knossos stater with a circular labyrinth not too dissimilar to that depiction: [ATTACH] These are very tough to find in any...
I'll add my vote for the Verus sestertius: a beautiful portrait!
Congratulations! That's a beautiful, clean, and well struck example. Be careful, though: once bit, the gold bug produces a strong addiction.
The Vespasian is definitely my favorite. Congrats on a great set of additions!
I laughed out loud at the thread title including "hatched" as his means of being born!
I don't mind the obverse centering on the tetradrachm (and, overall, I'm not as much of a stickler for centering as I probably should be... but we...
Thanks everyone for your kind words! I'm very grateful to have so many forum friends with which to share this obsession hobby :-) Thanks Doug, I...
In the interest of not being overly optimistic, for the second year in a row, my goal was to add just one coin. And yet again, I've managed to...
The re-engraver is clearly talented but this much tooling should be considered a fantasy at this point. Perhaps it was a genuine Judea Capta...
Thanks! It is 7.06 grams, about 25mm, and ca 70-60 BC.
I added my Parisii stater late last year, my favorite Celtic type. Artistically, these coins are far more Picasso than Phidias, giving some nice...
I'm humbled by those who chose my coins - thank you! As for my favorite thread(s), anything by @TIF for her creativity and effort is of course top...
This is very true. I've wanted to write a melodramatic essay on "The Lamentations of Lot Sequencing". There have been times when I have a...
Is it the exact same coin or a coin of the same type? Do you happen to have a link to the auction?
Less than a week into 2018, I bought a very tough coin and said to myself, "if this is the only coin I manage to buy all year, it will still be a...
Thank you for the compliments!
Thanks for the mention - I haven't been on the forum very much as of late as it's been busy in my non-coin life. Here's my Vindex denarius: [ATTACH]
It's always interesting to look at the old threads when they're bumped. I posted that coin over four years ago, purchasing it almost seven years...
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