I didn't get very much. I got one of the Marc Antony Cistophoric tetradrachms and a denarius of Hadrian. I felt a little poor as i had visited the...
I met Nerva at the show. I thought the show was very good. There were about 100 dealers and the quality of the coins offered was good. There...
I will be there.
My worst was a coin I bought from a Swiss auction. I live in Canada and the address as well as the postal code were correct but instead of Canada...
Many years ago I bought a Philip II antoninianus with a hard green encrustation on the reverse, though it was no where as bad as thr Severus...
I would like to thank everyone who participated . I had a good time and wish the best for @Ryro. Looking forward to voting in the next round.
I have one Claudius sestertius I bought it about 2 years ago in Munich RIC 112[ATTACH]
I have been collecting ancient coins since the summer of 1971 and in the fall of that year I started buying coins from foreign dealers. On the...
The drachm coinage may not have anything to do with the returning veterans as some 11,000 of them were still in Cilicia under the command of...
I would like to thank all those who voted for me as well as those who voted for @AnYangMan. He did a wonderful job of presenting his coin and was...
Severus Alexander's tetradrachm of Aurelian is a truly phenomenal example of a coin which is usually seen in less than ideal condition very well done.
When I first started to collect Greek coins I did so chronologically rather than regionally and by city. I did see some rather odd groupings and...
Coin photos seem to be a really difficult thing to get consistently right. I remember buying two silver Greek coins from an online auction. Coin...
Okay I would like to give it a shot.
Alexander III Tetradrachm Amphipolis Troxell Group B 7 Probably minted from 332 B.C. to 326 B.C. Lifetime Alexander tetradrachms from this mint...
As very few ancient coins are perfect I have to get used to a medley of both good points and bad as I assess whether or not I want to buy the...
Most likely the ship which was part of a fleet which left St Petersburg in the Baltic Sea heading to the Pacific Ocean to fight the Japanese Navy...
I think there is a fundamental difference in the collecting of ancient coins and modern coins. Most collectors of modern coins strive for...
Ancient coins are quite a bit different than modern coins as the grades tend to top out at EF. Thus they tend not to have the wild price...
I have a Philtairos tetradrachm with his head diademed. It is thought to have been minted while he was still alive. The celators working at the...
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