If my European feelers fail, I do have an American firm in mind. Maybe I could ask him if he'd be a go-between for a certain coin that I want....
I quite enjoyed the April Fool's Day joke. I'll never forget the time some years back in my old time radio hobby when one of the foremost experts...
Walgreens? I assume one does this via the FedEx delivery manager app? This option must have come about more recently than 2015. Saturday delivery...
Question: when shipping coins, is FedEx good about requiring signatures - Europe to the US? Even the Post Office has been horrendous about that...
I've recently started ordering from London Ancient Coins, from the Uk to the U.S., with no ill effects. They also ship via the Post Office, which...
Mine was $1200 for a Johannes Tremissis, purchased in the late '90s (whatever year Men in Black came out) from HJB' HQ. I was in college at the...
Isn't the bust on your coin holding a globus cross? So wouldn't that throw out Apsimar? Perhaps you could just attribute it to Justinian II with...
That's a cool coin. I have a fairly nice one but it's unphotographed. I wanted one badly at the time but I regret the large Ptolemaic coin I...
I was too lazy to pull my copy of Sear and headed on over to Wildwinds. Lol, my coin is the plate coin for wildwinds S 1260.
What are the other candidates? S 1455 and 1469?
I don't claim to be an expert but I'd say you're correct. Justinian II (I love his coins of the first reign) has a very distinctive look. The...
It's quite the interesting topic. Why didn't they melt the recalled owls instead of hammering them? Wouldn't that have been easier and neater?
Interesting; does the 253 style continue until the New Style coins?
Do you think the magical slab would have jacked up the price?
Given some of the bloated auction results of late they do seem like relative bargains.
I have but one measly owl. Nonetheless I found the article to be most interesting. Only one thing confused me: " What are the basic differences...
I wonder what kind of vessel would have been carting around 400+ solidi? Given the presence of a few western solidi I'm guessing a wealthy...
I'll take a guess on the double Antoninianus; 10% silver?
Yay! I got it right :joyful:. (I remembered it from a dealer's listing).
Hey, at least it wasn't FedEx.
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