I am a bit color blind (some of the chart dots I do not see), but I see most colors (unless you ask my wife). When I hold the knife close to any...
I bought a new light for photographing coins. OK, I know not everyone calls these coins, but maybe pre-money is close enough. The pictures above...
Great coin P-man! I like to show non-ancient collectors coins of Mars, Athena, Aollo and Roma. I ask is this a guy or a girl? Their answers are...
Cool coin. There is something attractive about a unpublished coin. Sounds like one you should send to NGC or PCGS. My unpublished coin is tiny:...
Someone sent me the pages describing the lot that included my coin. There is a note about lots 209 to 227 being from an Italian sea hoard....
Nice coin. I have no late Roman or Byzantine silver coins. I like the portraits. It looks like they have had a scare or consumed lots of coffee.
Someone texted me the pic below and asked what it is. Anyone have a clue? I do not know anything other than the pic. It looks like a pig and...
The provenance of books can be as interesting as that for coins. I have two or three David Sear signatures in books, but none with my name.
Nice group. Very early coins and an early coin. I like the location of the bankers marks on Juno Sospita's nose and chin. I think bankers marks...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Anonymous Semilibral Quartuncis, Struck Rome, 217 to 215 BC, Cr 38/8 Roman Republican AE, Anonymous, Semilibral, Quartuncis,...
Nice coin / collection RS.
I was busy the last half of July and several items from overseas arrives this week. The wait time was 1 to 2 weeks. Most had a day added because...
I collect time period also, but Roman Republican and cast Central Italian coins. [ATTACH] A couple of large bronze pieces. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Of...
Short answer, no. In room light I do not see much blue. I am still working through how to take pictures with my new camera. I bought two new LED...
[ATTACH] My piece of an ax head (left) is more like a quadrans, 81 grams. It is ex-McCabe collection! The one on the right was described as a...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] A bronze currency bar arrived this week. This one is about the size of a Sextans or 1/6 th of a Roman pound. I have seen them...
Interesting group Doug. None of these fall in my collecting area => I can tell only a little by a glance. I guessed the obverse dieties of #2 &...
Nice OP coin and all. One of my favorites - [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great coins. I picked up a 3 Graces several years ago when CNG sold the Mark Stahl collection. My coin is in the book, color plates 1 & 2....
I normally pass on Greek coin lots, but this one struck my fancy with the horses. There are 3 Numidian Micipa / horse coins, 4 Punic Tanit / horse...
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