A later Memmius from 56 BC. AR Denarius. Crawford 427/1. Obverse: C MEMMI C F. Head of Ceres right. Reverse: IMPERATOR - C MEMMIVS. Trophy and...
Looking at Geissen now. All descriptions appear to be coins from the Köln collection. I find no "type" descriptions from other collections. I...
Its not always true that you need to watch the hammer fall. Biddr has a "proxy bid" feature in some sales, by which Biddr will bid on your behalf...
Remember that Naville is an NAC affiliate. Chances are the Naville employees were helping with the NAC room auction yesterday and today. I doubt...
I'm not home, so can't check right now. I will do so this evening, unless someone else beats me to it. Off the top of my head, I don't recall...
May their memories be eternal! [ATTACH]
Complete sets of Geissen are not terribly easy to find. European sources (i.e. MA-shops) can be helpful, and full sets come up now and then in...
Oops, I think Zumbly is correct. I hope @dougsmit didn't rush out and buy Kampmann's book based on my previous misstatement. I hope you'll agree...
I believe Kampmann's book is entirely illustrated by ex A.K. Collection coins. I dont own the book, but any A.K. Collection Alexandrian I've...
Milne has separate entries for coins of different weight and size because his book is a collection catalogue, not a series catalogue. He needed...
@rrdenarius , good luck. It has happened to me when a winning bid at my max was awarded to someone else who bid earlier. I can't remember the...
Before you buy it, I'll add three bits of additional info on Geissen: 1. The Greek coin inscriptions are written in upper and lower case Greek,...
I have Emmett.and use it. It is very easy to use, and it is inexpensive. Emmett numbers are easy to find. I suspect that's why you see it...
Beautiful coin, Nick. I like your picture more than the auction pic.
In the ancient coin realm, of course, we have 17th and 18th century struck fakes (Paduans) that are very collectible in their own right, and later...
I'm similar to others with safe deposit storage. I always have a couple of new purchases that need to be photographed, weighed, measured or...
Hi Steve, Nice A. Pius. Since it's an A.K. Collection coin, you should keep a lookout for an old auction provenance, as many A.K. coins have 'em....
Etrurian coins were intentionally produced that way. @AngelDeath is looking for accidental one side strikes. The only accidental cause I can...
So many great coins get posted on CT, and I hate to mention just one. @Carthago 's beautiful L Thorius Balbus Is forever stuck in my head;...
Probably because I did not participate. :sour:
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