My other stater of Elis that I posted before. This is supposed to be 1 of 3 known, the other 2 are in museums. This one has totally smooth...
Very nice coins, TIF! I love the monkey, those are pretty unusual on ancient coins. :-)
Here is an interesting Elis stater with surfaces that are crystalized (or otherwise transformed) into a pattern that is apparent when magnified....
Good luck John! I hope we see some new beauties posted here.
Very nice coin as always! John
You need to squeeze in some coin time during the growing season! Maybe time to train an heir to carry some of the load? :-) John
I did not think paying multiples of the going price for the same coin was worth it but I could be wrong. People and governments are getting more...
I am lucky to have a friend at work who is a part time us coin dealer. I show him my better new ancient coins and give him a common coin now and...
Great coins all! How many lion headed human figures are there on ancient coins? I don't mean lion skin head dresses either which are very...
I really like the fouree owl, Doug, that is really intriguing. At some point coins have a lot of interest to me as artifacts of the past rather...
The seller (from Albania) notes "not sure for authentication". Yeah, not sure....
Nice detective work! John
Beware...especially if you are a salad dressing bottle.
NFA had great coins and nice catalogs. I was so poor back then I had to scrape to buy the catalogs much less the coins. I would have bought every...
Wow, super sharp details! I love your collection. John
It is a round shield held in the rider's left hand. There are similar calvary shields on other coins. What is unusual is how it is directly...
The halo could be the rider's shield.
Beautiful coin AJ. Look at how the rider has a "Mohawk" hair style that parallels the look of the horse's mane. That has to be a deliberate...
Nice coin! I like the reverse type. Victory types with wings always look striking to me. Glad things are going better for you. What other...
Good job picking that lot to start with and a good job cleaning them! What cleaning techniques did he use? John
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