Like most good numismatic books, they had a small print run and demand goes up every year.
Hmmm, I would bet you a mountain dew a medieval reenactment coin engraver could discover ten times as much information on how the ancients coined...
Thanks for the clarification 19Lyds. I guess I am puzzled still by the OP. He said he was more interested in the coins, yet wanted them slabbed as...
There is also a countermark book by Howgego for ancient countermarks. Also, Krause books have lots of examples in their pages if you go through...
Most I know of simply self insure instead of paying the premiums. Find out what the USPS rate is, put that money aside on each shipment, and at...
What the heck does "slabbed coins have market value and raw coins have intrinsic value"? I just spent $2000 on three copper, unslabbed coins. Did...
:) I know you know this sir, but many here completely ignore demand. They are conditioned that "lower mintage" means high value, when it has very...
Andrew, I truly do respect that you want nice coins rather than the plastic. However, if that were true why wouldn't you open the set up first to...
There is a lot more truth in this statement than meets the eye......
Gosh dang it and my lack of Greek reading skills. My first impression was it was a pic of GIII, but I misread the legend. :( Good thing I do not...
But demand trumps all. No mintage is too small for a coin no one wants, and no mintage is too big for one in huge demand. I just bought the first...
My quick guess is Elagabalus with Tyche reverse Roman Provincial. Tyche was the patron goddess of much of the Roman East, so d not know the city...
I agree. The SPES has been a classic rarity for a couple of centuries at least. There was a whole multi-page writeup on the type in the Celator a...
We aren't high rollers, we just collect different things. John has coins that maybe 10 survive, (or less), but no one knows about, (and even fewer...
The reeded edge 36 is a classic key for Capped Bust half collectors John. MOst do not survive. I know it seems crazy to us who can buy a coin that...
A few bucks as exonumia. No collector of IHC wants this in their collection, but there are collectors of unusual exonumia would might pay $5 for...
Either is fine sir. Sear Greek does not list the different varieties of these. Both attributions are fine. I wasn't trying to be critical, just...
I love "the Tater"...funniest guy of the four IMHO. Don't get him too close to the whiskey though.
Yours are examples of the small, less expensive types. SGCV references a larger coin actually. They made these in many sizes, with the tiniest...
Yes, they were standard coins in Olbia, along with some other non-traditional looking coins. The most expensive ones have OLBIA on the coin. The...
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