Bingo! This lion 1638 daalder of Georg Rakoczi I of Transylvania came by way of the World-Wide auction in May 2017. Gamberini 60 26.8 grams...
That's a very nice coin and a very scarce mint! I've collected these historically significant and fascinating coins for many years, though now...
Utrecht, 1638, though I must say the style is somewhat odd, I guess just idiosyncrasies typical of these coins, but it could be an imitation,...
Does this photo of your first OP coin look better? I used haze reduction in Photoshop and reduced the lighting. [ATTACH] For the second photo,...
Modern jewelry coin, a poor reproduction. For a general guide, here's what an authentic hammered cob looks like: [ATTACH]
Here are three more recent purchases. This is a coin that I have been seeking for a while. A lot of the examples on the market have fair to poor...
Good point!
That is a really cool collector's ticket and provenance. Also, a very interesting coin.
Nice coins! I really like your Alexander III imitation tetradrachm - nice style and strike.
That is a very attractive OP coin, but the hammer price seems high. I'm really not a collector for that period, but it appears that you were in a...
My first ancient coin, an Alexander III tetradrachm of Salamis, has long departed these shores, as have many other coins acquired in the late 70s...
Nice coins, especially the OP coin! I was lucky to secure this coin through MA Shops a year or two ago. [ATTACH]
Well, as Joseph Campbell said, "Follow your bliss". If your bliss is for attractive, high quality coins, so be it. They often fetch the higher...
"I seem to see Athens, it's terribly chic. Atop the Acrop'lis, it's terribly Greek. There's Venus, Adonis, 'n us. Cheek to cheek. Oh how chic! To...
Nice drachm and obol! Your drachm has very nice detail for this very scarce type. The obol has a very nice reverse. That's also a nice group of...
I normally do not collect ancient coins of Southeast Asia, but this coin has a lot of appeal, so I took the bait: Pyu States, Sriksetra (Funan...
Julia Mamaea was the force behind the throne, to be sure, much the way Livia was during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius.
I thought that I will add cobs as I photograph them to this thread, rather than create a thread for each coin, which, while the coin might deserve...
I think that is a very appealing coin. I have trouble, honestly, detecting smoothing unless it is really obvious. That fact is that the vast...
That's a very nice example, at a great price! I find the sestertii of Severus Alexander quite appealing. They are very available, much like...
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