The Odyssey continues. The final destination is supposed to be San Jose (Cupertino), but now the letter is at New York, again. Sign of the...
That's one beautiful coin. I've cracked open a few slabs and a I have a few more coins that need "liberating". I just need the will to do it,...
I have a few large flan Justinian I folles. This is the best grade example: Byzantine Empire, 539 AD AE Follis Justinian I (527-565 AD)...
That's an excellent example of a Byzantine over-strike, a widespread practice during certain periods, creating all sorts of interesting...
Thanks. So, it's probably an engraving error or a sloppy strike. My guess, then, is that the engraver started engraving the foot to the right...
This is a large Gordian III provincial bronze from Antioch, which arrived yesterday. This is the only example of the twins and the wolf that I...
This coin arrived today, from MA Shops. It is a billon tetradrachm of Elagabalus (12.8 grams). The vast majority of his tetradrachms were minted...
Tracking deliveries now through the USPS is beginning to look more like reading passages from the Odyssey as letters and packages move with...
Here's Caracalla's sestertius with Asclepius and the serpent on the reverse. Somewhat rough, corroded surfaces with this example, but pretty...
Thank you.
Nice coin. Yes, Vespasian was a general who served under Claudius during his campaign in Britain and later leading the Roman legions in the first...
Here's sestertius that I purchased in Besançon, France in 1992. I remember the little coin and stamp shop, tended by an elderly lady, who...
Here's one more follis, from the Heracilan Revolt (608-610 AD), Alexandretta Mint (located on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey). 10.6 grams Ex...
I guess that I am on something of a role. The light is right, the camera is behaving itself, and I am finding more interesting coins as I paw...
For many years I have proudly owned a shekel of the first Jewish war, a period of upheaval, the loss of tens of thousands of lives and the...
There are some superb examples in this thread. I've been tempted to acquire a Punic tetradrachm for type, but the high price for a good example...
My approach to cleaning coins is basically "less is better". Each new coin is evaluated to determine if it would benefit from cleaning, using the...
This is very nice coin. I like the rendering of Philip II of Macedon on the obverse as well as the well centered reverse. Yes, the surfaces are...
More likely a glitch on the part of MA Shops or an error by the seller, I think.
This is a very nice article. It seems that the very early British coinage was based on Greek and Roman prototypes. The butting bull depicted...
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