I noticed several of the Roman Provincial coins attracted spirited bidding. Not my area, so I drank an extra cup of coffee watching these lots. I...
nice coin and write-up! I like Roma wearing her helmet while sitting.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Most of the ancient coins I have are not from published hoards and do not have find data. Several of the cast pieces...
TIF you are on target. I too would like to have a hippocamp biga. When I read hippocamp biga I think of Fantasia.... [ATTACH] not quite the same...
I think the post about tooling of bronze coins has plenty of merit. How to spot them and sharing one when spotted. I would like an Octavian...
Great coin! Are you a poet in your off time? old gold from the Ghent Mint
My favorite coin - [ATTACH] [ATTACH] My favorite medal - [ATTACH] [ATTACH] my daughter's wedding medal, mintage about 50
I feel your pain acg (and maybe caused it). Sorry to buy the one you were eyeing. Patience will work for you, I am sure. I found a small piece of...
Great coin. I think a family set is a good way to start a collection. One of the first ancient coins that caught my eye was a youthful Geta. I do...
I picked up an interesting coin at a coin show last weekend. It was a bit out of my normal collecting area, Provincial, Imperatorial, but who can...
NAC's auctions have a statement to this effect: "None of the coins offered in this sale are subject to any kind of US import restrictions ....."...
Astragalus (knucklebone) - one in cast bronze [ATTACH] [ATTACH] and one in silver (or silvered) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Wow! great detail on your coin.
Talk of grading ancient coins reminds me of a book on book grading: Slightly Foxed but Still Desirable, by Ronald Searle [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The...
Doug, When I started collecting ancient coins I used your web site and the one by CC. I found there was a lot to learn before buying ancients. I...
I like your necklace. Did it come strung, or did you piece together the different shapes? I bought some ancient Iranian beads I gave to my...
Ken, you get a +1 grade for your daughter's cat. My curio shelf has a few items: plumb bobs "authentic" native american ceramics a beach rock...
I am waiting on my A46 coins, but it has only been 3 weeks.... so no surprise. Lots from Elsen & LAC were purchased about the same time and...
Interesting thread! The early and late Romans had plenty of over struck coins. I have seen several this year and picked up a couple. [ATTACH]...
Sorry for the double post of this coin, but I found it because of this discussion of rare. The coin has a symbol not listed in my Roman Republican...
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