Roman concrete is very impressive. While the Colosseum isn't quite as intact as it once was, it certainly has held together well, considering its...
Great picture! I use the Galaxy S5 myself (not for coin photography, however) - it is a quality all-around device.
I've always thought of this coin as reminiscent of winter due to its light blue toning. Appropriately, I won it in January, in the middle of a...
Fantastic :D Now I feel a bit saddened for not owning any front-facing coins. It wouldn't look nearly as good with some daggers and a turtle...
This coin follows after my earlier thread, The Ancient Olympics, originating from a later olympiad and depicting Zeus on the obverse, again...
This coin was minted at the site of the ancient Olympics in Elis, but was not minted for the games. Rather, it is one of the types which the...
Thanks! For those who have been following my posts over the last several months, you'll recognize many of the coins (although there are a number...
I've always admired this coin. Galba seems to have some very distinctive portrature on his coins (denarii included) but yours is at another level...
Would this count? [IMG] :)
I think my most precise and un-embellished portrait is of Pompey the Great. I wouldn't call it my favorite portrait (that honor goes to Antoninus...
Fantastic coin! I love the animated GIF and your write up, as always. There is another example coming up in the next Triton sale and I may need to...
Thanks! Some of the attributions are less precise than others but there is a fairly well established sequence of types laid out by Seltmann's book...
A happy surprise and a wonderful coin! Great pick up!
Very glad this came through! Congratulations on a great coin!
I've always enjoyed the Olympics and it was only once I started collecting ancient coins that I learned about the ancient games and their coins....
I agree with TIF and IdesOfMarch01 - in today's world, most of "the best" coins are simply not available through private transactions. I have long...
That is indeed very artistic - one of the most aesthetic sigloi I've seen. Great coin!
Gold darics are known only in the last three groups of the four sigloi. Your shooting siglos is a fantastic coin!
Darics are historic coins, an important part of the chronology of numismiatics, but they often come very crudely designed. I've included one on my...
I agree - it is a very abnormal by intriguing design, remaining very abstract but still holding some semblance of organization in its geometric...
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