[IMG] It was common practice in ancient Rome for the emperor to distribute the wealth of the empire back to deserving citizens on special...
The book with the front-facing portrait is: Anochin B.A., Coins of the Ancient Greek Cities of the Northern Black Sea Coastal Line. Kiev 1989....
I instantly preferred it over both A and B, even considering the problems.
Option C, wait a month for a better one to come up, spending perhaps a little bit more money for a coin you instantly like.
Your Thessalonika is my favorite, but all are great, including the shield cent ;)
In honor of Independence Day in America, here's a relatively new purchase of mine depicting a historical victory. I acquired this coin because of...
Wonderfully styled obverse and a beautiful trident!
#3 is definitely my favorite, with light fully and consistently illuminating the portrait. #4 is too unevenly lit in my eyes, a bit heavy from the...
Those are indeed great sets, all of which I find vastly more interesting than the Twelve Caesars. My other planned set is the Croesus staters,...
I agree - the 1/24th is quite well done considering its size. It has a nearly identical smaller brother in a 1/48th, but I've been outbid to the...
Thanks everyone! Thanks! Managing to get a 1/192 (on a bit of a gamble from horrible auction photos) was the catalyst for me wanting the entire...
As I alluded to earlier this week, I've been working on fleshing out my "denomination set" of early electrum. I have several of these...
Well spotted!
Great coins everyone! I have a disproportionate number of Neros in my collection, and several more on my wantlist: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
I generally copy the pedigree precisely as written in a later catalog just for consistency, but will revise it :) Thanks!
RIP, Vespasian. My only coin of his is this aureus, from the Boscoreale hoard, buried under the ash of Mt. Vesuvius until it's excavation in 1895....
FYI, the website has been updated and it now reads $484 as the price realized: http://agoraauctions.com/listing/viewdetail/17562
It would seem the $6000 is a typo as beneath it reads 537 EUR. That's still strong, considering the $150 estimate, but slightly less illogical.
Thanks to a bit of a small coin buying spree, I've recently significantly decreased the average size of coins in my collection :) They're all...
Great coins, everyone! I think I will indeed keep both denarii. My main issue is that, so far, I've avoided duplicates entirely and have instead...
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