I really enjoy your travel stories, pictures and coins! Where are you going to next? John
Some great coins there people! Saturnalia is not over yet! John
WARNING: A long, rambling, artistic treatise on a couple of old coins follows. My last coin purchase of 2018 was this stater of Kelenderis....
I would like to hear much more about @jamesicus experiences. I am a bit younger than he but I remember the pre-internet days of collecting,...
Hey Neal, it took me 5 minutes at acsearch.com. :-) Go there, type in Neandria, scroll, bam! Try it. The trick is to pick the right keywords,...
Here is a better preserved example: [ATTACH] mage: Fotografie Lübke & Wiedemann, Leonberg https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1515089 John
Great set of coins for an "off" year! I agree with your assessment of what was interesting about those. There are so many things to find...
.08 grams is a mistake, it must be .8 gm. I have a very thin 5 mm coin that weighs .45 grams. One as thick as yours could easily be .8 grams....
Great story and pictures. You should be able to obtain all those types again if you desire. Funny how many people were turned on to ancient...
Doing a little catching up, Mkay? [ATTACH] Ionia, Klazomenai, c. 386-301 BC, AR Tetradrachm, 14.86g Obverse: Theodoros, magistrate. Laureate...
Welcome to cointalk! Nothing screams fake about it, but there are people more knowledgeable about Septimus here who can weigh in. If you are...
Very nice coin, Ro! That is a great find. Merry Christmas to you too! John
Very nice coin Miles! The history of the Byzantine empire is so rich and full of drama. I plan to give it more studying as I work through all...
And here I was halfway out the door to Trader Joe's for a pepper grinder... :-)
I would have sworn it was an ancient coin. Interesting that uniface coins were still being struck that late. When you said uniface I was...
Great looking photos! What lighting set up are you using? John
Cracker jack prize?
Nice obverse too. John (This is my post #2112, down with the priests of the temple of Syrinx!)
Cool writeup and coins. You have given me some new targets! I have been down in the wine cellar all day looking for the perfect amphora of...
[ATTACH] Sicily, Gela AR tetradrachm, 17.3g, 480-470 BC. Obverse: Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, Nike flying right above to crown...
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