Nice coins Doug. Are the oblong features on the mountain volcano vents?
While in New York, my wife and I had a chance to see one of my favorites. [ATTACH]
I have picked up a few scales and / or scale weights recently. This week a double pan balance from the mid 1900's arrived. The scale came with...
I have been reading a bit about Roman scales. I want to know more about how the Romans paid their soldiers at Veii. The first time Roman soldiers...
Thanks Ken. I posted the question here after looking at examples on acsearch. I thought I had seen the words: "Jesus Christ, King of King" online...
Great Portrait!
Nice coin! I like silphium seed on coins. I would like one like the one in Wikipedia, [ATTACH] but all I have is one that I call a silphium seed...
I like large bronze Byzantine coins, but do not have books on them. I wanted to show a friend an anonymous follis, but had trouble translating the...
Happy hunting! The British Museum in on my want to see list!
I am a bit out of norm on this one. I think a coin from a known hoard is worth a few extra style points when picking between two coins. Is B...
Likes and dislikes are a part of our hobby. I am reluctant to clean my coins for fear of causing or uncovering problems like pitting. @red_spork...
My wife and children tell me I use that word too often also. I prefer the word as it applies to coins. See the three Graces coins - [ATTACH]...
TIF, it looks like you are collecting die varieties of the sewer coin. The reverses have interesting differences in step size and cippus shape. I...
Nice upgrade! How many times have you traveled the Labyrinth? My upgrade is a modest RR coin. The before and after, and a bit of a write up:...
great thread @Roman Collector ! @TIF , I am an engineer and had to buy a sewer coin. My wife and I were discussing your potato mlp diorama when we...
Interesting coin and write-up @panzerman . The cross on the obverse looks like cut marks at first glance to me. A second look shows it is a 3d cross.
I received a few e-mails recently from Tkalec, but it has been several years since I bought from him. Back then he had an interesting mix of high...
My guess is that she was a stunner, or talked a good game. Many of the Roman women on coins look like their men, but not all.
My wife and I returned today from the NYINC. We planned to leave Tuesday, but our trip was postponed by sleet, ice and cold weather predictions in...
Great coin @Carthago - interesting portraits of Mark and Sol. I saw this Mark and Cleo coin at the show in CBG's case. The coin was a bit worn,...
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