Pretty nice one. They were derivatives of sassanid issues. By this time sogdians and hepthalites were pretty much the same people, right before...
Its funny, but I would wager gold coins from this period probably survive more than copper. It makes sense when you know what dire straits the...
Nice Andronicus III. I can never tell between him and his granddaddy Andronicus II. Late Byzantine bronzes are very scarce coins. THey stopped...
Yes sir, but you also know people always THINK they are predictors of future values, no? Just look at this thread, with people throwing out...
Send them back. I am being 100% straight faced serious that you should find a good dealer and ask him to price your list for you. You will see how...
Lol, relax brother. Remember that stupid Vahran II sassanid I posted? Any ancient collector claiming he has never bought a fake probably either...
Btw, to throw a bone to Anoob, this look is a little more common on authentic coins from central asia/persia than it is from roman/greek coins....
Considering these are two very different markets, I do not put almost any weight into ratios. Both have their own separate supply/demand...
For a beginning US collector, I wouldn't mess with anything other than the Redbook. I will never tell you more information is bad though....
Yeah, DCA is always prudent. My concern is we saw a drop and hold to $25, then drop and hold to $22, now a drop and hold to $19. Makes a dude nervous.
Could it be real, yeah. But I will put it this way, I have seen maybe 100 authentic coins with that "look", and maybe 5,000 fakes with the same...
I hope others come on later and jump all over me for being paranoid, but that coin makes me nervous. Style, surfaces, everything is making me...
Like most things in life, it depends. Treehugger gave you a nice writeup if you are looking to collect large silver coins. However, this is posted...
Well, silver will tone. Honestly, toning is really an extremely good thing. One, it provides a defensive layer to the metal. Two, once you educate...
Regardless of whether this was Littleton or not, ANY dealer refusing to honor a printed price in a current offering would never again get one cent...
I used to be that way too but slowly getting over it. Its amazing how many coins you acquire when you buy group lots. I believe I have three US...
I bought a little junk world coins. Premiums still not representative yet. If prices stay around here, premiums should decline to normal.
My main interest in these has always been early-middle issues. I have a few late ones from lots, but never really paid attention to them I guess. :(
Tbh i never knew there was such a reverse.
Sogdian Traders has some information, but a lot more about chinese than persian due to the nature of the letters they found. Persia's major...
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