Since I buy and sell ancient coins as well as collect - or rather buy and sell so that I can collect - an objection having been lodged to using...
unless of course thieves take them and melt them down
beautiful group!
Love all of them especially the Claudius! What a beauty!
Tyrant guy??
Wonderful article - unfortunately, I purchased much of the higher grade coins in my collection from Eastern European sellers during the "amazing...
I thought a membership just gave you prices, and coinarchives was the site that cost that much. It is a lot of money for a collector though -
Ultimately I did not try to win the Caracalla sestertius despite being a die match to the British Museum coin. The winner had 100% of his bids...
boy is bidding on this coin a difficult decision.....
Sorry I should have been more clear - I have never had a coin like the one you lost out on - My inquiry is this: there is right now a...
I have had many of those - you just pray something as good or better will come around. The coin I mentioned above just got bid on by a guy that...
Curtis - Blake Davis here - a couple of days ago I found a Caracalla sestertius for sale - a rather scarce one - on Italian ebay. A few months...
P.S. Coins from Kyme seem to be pretty common now - I saw one that looked like this for $40 on VCOINS
I have sold many of this type, although in lesser condition. Still $245 seems like a high price - unless this is a really rare type.
I think you have you are confused about the definition of “imperialist” - with modern nation states seeking to impose their power against others...
US Customs is not only difficult but it is corrupt - I found that out representing someone accused of smuggling - although he was exonerated, we...
Fascinating coin!
Check out the site “Four Bad Years” for wonderful examples of Trajan Decius.
Provenance is one thing authenticity is another - if it is authentic who cares where it came from as long as it wasn’t stolen? By stolen I mean...
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