Nice bird on a ball. Interesting that the Romans knew the earth was a globe and we still have flat earth folks.
I should learn Italian. I can understand some of the numbers. This lot started at 40E and hammered for 1150E. There were 48 bids to get there. The...
I am and picked up a couple of items. One was not labeled right! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Q. Titius. AR Denarius, 90 BC. Obv. Head of young Bacchus...
Thanks for sharing your coin buying thoughts. I enjoy coin shows. I see a lot more RR silver than RR bronze. The few cast pieces that make it to...
I agree, looks like the second strike is rotated a bit.
The perspective is not quite right, but the reversed C to the left of the tripod is one bull horn. That part is easier to see in hand. My camera...
Nice coin. Augustus liked to have his grandkids on coins. I only have pictures of my grandson. [ATTACH] I do have a coin (wedding medal) with my...
A lil bird - [ATTACH] [ATTACH] A bigger Bird - [ATTACH] two NBA greats, too bad they played for other teams... Go Rockets
@ro1974 in the words of Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water, for you - [MEDIA]
Roman Imperial Silver Denarius, 159 AD [ATTACH] [ATTACH] AP from British Museum I do not normally buy Roman Imperial coins, but this...
Great catch! This is the first RR silver mini-set I completed. I especially like Tarpeia's hair flying. I even bought the Augustus re-print. She...
Not sure what the dealer said about the Jana-Lion, but it is interesting looking. It might have been better with the heads of Alexander the Great...
Hope it is ok to add a few more cast sextans. I love 'em. They cost less than the full sized pieces => I can get more. My shell coin next to a...
@stevex6 Great coin! There is a lot to like about your coin. The surfaces are good and the shell has most of its lines (mine do not)! I am not...
Nice coin!
with less than 100% confidence, I'd vote to clean it. That is a great find. The bits of metal you can see under the deposits do not look bad. You...
Crawford has a table of over-strikes. He used this information to help order some coins. The corn ear-KA sextans over Hieron II (Poseidon/Trident)...
@Valentinian - good post, sent my renewal today also. I feel like DQ fighting windmills when I read about how easily coin import restrictions...
@Curtisimo @Deacon Ray My package from Israel arrived today, 2/27/17. I ordered the book on 2/19/17. Eight days shipping from Jerusalem... not...
I am not sure yet. My first guess is a flip-over double strike. You can see a clean example in my post of the coin -...
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