Thanks everyone! My hemihekte is thought to be the only known example with any part of both lions showing, and hektes are equally tough to find...
The lion head coinage is among the earliest which can be definitively attributed to the Lydian kingdom. Most of these coins are anepigraphic –...
Wishing for your fast recovery!
Stunning relief! Your side on pictures also show how nice the patina is, whereas the auction house images leave it up to the imagination. A great...
Fantastic coin, but I can't be too happy about it as I now have the Beverly Hillbillies theme song stuck in my head...
An excellent upgrade! This sale proved quite difficult in which to buy much. I managed to purchase just one coin but the large number of...
The definition of what constitutes a coin is somewhat vague, but I'd argue that my earliest is this striated hekte, from ~650 BC: [IMG] Slightly...
:) I do try to find pedigreed examples wherever possible, and I've managed to amass a fair number of well-known pedigrees. To avoid taking over...
It's all in how you sell it: phrase it as "I buy antiquities and pieces of ancient artwork" and you'll certainly pique your dates' interest ;)...
The gold coins of Alexander the Great are some of my favorite types. Great purchase!
Yours is a very attractive example! I managed to finally upgrade mine, which is why I'm selling my current coin. These are the auction house's...
I've consigned a small group of select ancients from my collection to Harlan Berk's latest Buy/Bid Sale. Many have resided in my collection for...
Google Docs is nearly on parity with Excel's native functionality, both of which are superior to MS Works. Granted, both also have esoteric...
I was staying at a hotel in San Diego and they had a display with a Widow's Mite secured and encased in glass, as if it were the Hope Diamond. It...
Fantastic points - I've encountered several instances of this myself, in a somewhat different capacity, and your view has added some context I was...
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