Septimius Severus, tetradrachm, Loadicea ad Mare, 209-211 AD [ATTACH] Next: T
Thank you all for your feedback. I need to get back to the dealer to see what price can be reached. I really do not collect these drachms in any...
Yes, I've had the unfortunate experience of having mail dumped on the driveway, under the mail slot, even for pieces that could easily fit the...
Thank you. Allowing for the crude obverse on the OP coin, that is a match, I think.
I came across this really high grade drachm today at Sal's shop. It weighs 4.29 grams. I am considering purchasing it. Sal graciously let me...
Thank you for your concern and thoughtful comment. Tis a strange world we live in these days, with so much information at our finger tips and...
That is truly exceptional centering and strike (wonderful crest) on a basically oval flan. A lovely coin!
Actually, since the start of the pandemic I have not signed for any shipments, be they from the Postal Service, FedEx or DHL. FedEx does ring the...
Nice owl! The transitional classical types have some of the most appealing reverses. The owl on the reverse of your coin has a lot of...
There are a lot of grey areas when trying to classify these coins by Starr group. I agree that stylistically the obverses and reverses often...
This is my only coin depicting a sakkos, from Syracuse, Second Democracy, 465-405 BC: [ATTACH]
That's a nice coin, Bing, with a razor sharp strike and excellent centering. New dies, or nearly new dies must have been used for striking this coin.
Bummer! That's interesting. I thought that the tax status of items imported from the US to the UK were not impacted by Brexit, only imports from...
The package looks as if it partially burnt up on reentry! I'm glad the outcome was a happy one. Nice coin.
A lovely coin!
Thank you. Are you referring to the massive hoard from Turkey? I think that hoard was almost totally comprised of later classical owls.
Nice centering and strike!
Thanks for the suggestion. I will reduce the image size in future postings.
At this point in my life, with the ongoing concerns about the pandemic, a depressing world situation, the drought (lowest snow pack in the Sierras...
Yes, smaller images also work for uploading. The large jpg images can be enlarged once posted by clicking on the image. When I upload an image,...
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