Wonderful examples. Yes, I'm finding that the gradient background is better than solid black. Your photos are excellent and light years ahead...
That's an excellent coin, just superb, both for the obverse and reverse.
Yes, Zeus/Baal does show some mojo!
Thank you, Bing. As a new member and an old timer collector at the same time, I really enjoy the forum and sharing coins and information with...
Thank you! Thanks! I really appreciate the help from both of you.
I was hoping that another shipment would arrive this month, but that is clearly not to be. The volume of packages flooding the postal system has...
Thank you all for your opinions and suggestions. This medal does have mystery and a certain aura, and I am inclined to think it was presented...
I did a recalculation of the weight, and it comes out to 8.6 taels, based on a tael weight of 37.46737 grams for a tael. I need to decipher the...
Thanks. Sorry for the misspelling of taels in the thread's header. I guess I had Dickens on the mind when creating it.
Thank you. We live in a time where there are plenty of certificates certifying just about anything, but unfortunately not for this medal. There...
I won this 10 taels sycee salt tax ingot in 2005, during the New York International Coin Fair auction conducted by Ponterio and Associates, Sale...
And that's the challenge. I would need to find a contact with the estate, and that's no easy task.
Thanks! I hope to have more Roman coins to share with CT members next year.
A nice stater and denarius. I sold my Boeotia stater many years ago and never replaced it.
I agree. Unless you're a high roller, willing to pay the price for a high end coin that you're not familiar with, out of sheer impulse, comfort...
I normally post threads on the ancients, and, to a lesser degree, world forum sites. However, I decided to post on this forum a silver medal that...
I really don't think of coins being out of my comfort zone, unless we're talking about a coin whose high valuation, and known record of fakes, as...
And I think that is why the tetradrachms of the Ptolematic kings are very similar. They stuck with a design familiar to merchants and the general...
Cool Hadrian tetradrachms, Donna. I wasn't aware that there was one with a mummy on the reverse, but I guess I was just too wrapped up in things...
Like your coin, this coin that I purchased, and awaiting delivery (a long-term prospect currently), also came from Sardes, a bit later than your...
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