No, not for now.
Nope, 100% natural colors, from Morocco. I've been collecting agates and other minerals since 1966. Dyed agates are of one color, sometimes...
Beautiful reverse!
I paid a premium for this coin, but it was worth the cost. This is one of the nicer imitation tetradrachms that I have seen in a while - good...
There's a lot of controversy about the eyes. The consensus is that the eye opened over the later course of the mass production. That can be seen...
Photographing small inner worlds. I'm still on a learning curve. [ATTACH]
I think both coins are okay. Weight information would be helpful. Who did you buy these coins from? The top coin has an owl style, and an eye...
I think there was initial care in producing these coins, and the quality declined as the necessities of war and capital projects demanded greater...
Yes, and the smaller denominations, relative to the massive output of tetradrachms, are not a readily available, and when they are, they often...
More bull.... Thrace, Byzantion Circa 387/6-340 BC AR Tetradrachm Rhodian standard Obv.: bull standing left on dolphin, 'ΠΥ above,...
Here's "Mr. Chunky", a dishekel from Sidon. I wonder how slot vending machines worked back then. Also, that chariot and driver must have been...
Speaking of owls with counterstamps, here one example that is currently on hold at Roma until the shipping situation, due to the pandemic, with RM...
From my perspective, your coin is authentic. It has the hallmarks: the style of the design elements are consistent with the period; there's...
That's a very nicely centered coin, with good preservation as well. It's hard to nail down a specific date. The eye is opening up, so that would...
Equal Time. The Good Queen Bess - [ATTACH]
I find this practice of announcing the maximum book bid during a live auction reprehensible and unethical. I've attended both floor auctions,...
Arethusa ARETHUSA arose From her couch of snows In the Acroceraunian mountains; From cloud and from crag...
I took three years of French and barely remember anything, especially when it is being spoken. Tres Difficile!
I've done both. I have only sent a handful of coins for slabbing. Most of the ones I have came to me that way. I've cracked open slabs in...
Thank you all for this very informative chat. Is earring size another determinant of classification? I've noticed that the earring becomes...
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