On a serious note, that is the best looking Aegina Stater I've seen
Them Staters is wild in these here parts. [ATTACH]
I would say it is definitely the highlight of my Archaic Greek collection.
My Drachm [ATTACH] My Obol [ATTACH] 7.77mm, 0.42g
I wonder if they got in trouble for coming to work drunk.
Q Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, Imperator, AR Denarius. Military mint in Africa, legate Eppius, 47-46 BC. Q METELL SCIPIO IMP, laureate head of...
If anything it's peace of mind. "NGC thinks my coin is authentic." It's also nice that it will sell for more down the road when you supply the...
I don't know if I agree with NGC's use of grading for Ancients, anyways. There are so many variables w/ coins that weren't machined. I'm sure you...
The most I've spent on an RR was $150 for a Q.Metellus Scipio & Eppius Legatus - has Africa w/ an elephant headdress on the front and Hercules on...
Augstus Denarius is a hellofa first ancient to obtain. Most start their collection w/ LRB's.
I know, I know. Because they would all be fake.
Do you think NGC has ever graded a strike on a Gonatas Tet that wasn't 5/5?
It's hard to express sarcasm over text. Eh, vlaha?
Maybe it's the original coin that the forgers used to make a mold for the fakes. :rolleyes:
I read an investigative report into Price's work on these. That individual said that there are 2 or 3 die examples where BASILEWS is present and...
Wow. That's actually in surprisingly good condition given what I've typically seen. As far as his portrait, those horizontal rows are probably the...
I think my most disappointing "non-purchase" was a Sicilian Akragras Didrachm (the one w/ the crab and the seagull) that went for $450 from...
I may have exaggerated a little bit w/ the Otho comment. I saw one sell on ebay for $200 a few years back with with the reverse nearly completely...
and for good measure, a second brother, before I go to bed. Alexander III AR tetradrachm. Head of Herakles right wearing lion skin, knotted at...
Alexander III AR Drachm. Kolophon mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ALEXANDROU, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre;...
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