@Mat , I like your mastery of the Armenian keyboard! I'd say "It's Greek to me" but that wouldn't be true. I can wade through Greek, but Armenian...
When I offered to give (low value) coins to young numismatists on the list there was one who could not get his parents to give permission for him...
Here is a remarkable "Turkoman bronze": [ATTACH] Nasr al-Din Artuq Arslan, 597-637 AH, AD 1201-1239. Large. 29-28 mm. 11.15 grams. Turkish male...
This came yesterday. [ATTACH] It is 26 mm and 7.25 grams. A follis (M = 40, for 40-nummia) of Byzantine emperor Phocas (AD 602-610) minted at...
Under the Roman Republic there were yearly elections. Two types of denarii have voting scenes and this is one. It is far more explicit as to what...
I just added six coins of the Roman procurators of Judea onto this page: http://augustuscoins.com/Greek.html They are in Hendin's book on...
You did a great job showing us the parts of the group-lot photo hiding parts of coins and then the full coins. Nicely done!
That would be very unusual, for the reasons you state. Look at the edge at 9:00 on the reverse photo. It does look a lot like foil wrapped around...
I wonder if Roma and other firms would be happy to take payment in dollars at about the nominal conversion rate. They must occasionally buy in...
When I wrote the OP I had used TransferWise to get money from Canada (I am in the US). Recently, for the first time, I used it to pay. I got a...
There are some provincials with types of the labors of Hercules: [ATTACH] 28 mm. 11.61 grams. Geta. 198-209-212. Struck at Hadrianopolis....
@Alegandron , that is a gorgeous and huge coin. I bet it won't fit in a 2x2 flip!
I have been working on a site about the quadrans denomination of Roman imperial coins. Here it is: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quadrans/ Note...
If I thought it were, I would have used buy-it-now to buy it out from under you. It would be worth more than $19 + $15 shipping. He has photos...
Last night a friend wrote me that CNG had books in their next sale closing in two weeks and he was thinking of bidding on X and what did I think...
Given the time to do it, one would learn a great deal going through those two books and matching them up. That's a project which could end up on a...
Here is one from Laodicea ad Mare: [ATTACH] Diadumenian, son of Macrinus who reigned 16 months in 217-218. 30-29 mm. 16.72 grams. M OP...
Sometimes posts happen so rapidly that two respond to the same theme. I think the theme in red above is next.
Theme: Flavian silver [ATTACH] Two Flavians in one! Vespasian/Titus. B before = year 2, AD 70 Tetradrachm of Antioch. Prier 108. RPC 1942....
If you are thinking of buying this book (which I own) be aware that the part of the title in big print on the cover is very misleading because the...
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