I would like to know what percentage of coins won at auction or purchased from mainstream dealers, imported from Europe to the USA with proper...
A great coin! I almost bought a Roman Alexandrian coin depicting a hippo a couple of weeks ago from cgb in France -- it's from Hadrian, not...
If a coin is returned to the dealer because customs won't admit it, any reputable dealer will refund the money to the buyer. There's no "theft."...
I also see this announcement at only one store. I checked a number of other German stores, and there's nothing. If stores in Germany couldn't even...
I don't see that you provided a link to the WSJ article. This all sounds like something that happened more than a decade ago, anyway. When was the...
Is that a general MA-Shops announcement, or an announcement by one of the dealers?
I see the figure as male, and thus agree that it's Mars. I've posted this interesting article in the past about the personification of Virtus...
My favorite Julia Domna, portraying her on the reverse as Isis with the infant Horus (Harpocrates): [ATTACH] Another Julia Domna as non-Roman...
I don't understand your edit: you still say that every Roman Republic coin is at risk of seizure, and that's simply not true. It's only Roman...
Lot 357, the one from Arles.
Congratulations to all the winners. I didn't bid on any coins myself, but I had three lots for sale, all either duplicates or close enough that I...
There has been more than one example shared on this forum, from people's personal experience, of Lanz refusing to honor such guarantees even when...
Just fyi, that's not correct. The 7-day return privilege is for non-auction "buy now" purchases, and has nothing to do with authenticity. One can...
I think your serpent is very nice! Fortunately, I didn't have to pay $400 or anything close either. I very much wanted an Agathodaemon, but I...
"Audrey" looks a bit like the Agathodaemon, but, for better or worse, I've never been a blonde!
She, fyi.
A great example as well. I particularly like the poppies. I don't think Hadrian used those on any of his Agathodaemons.
I've wanted a Roman Alexandrian coin depicting the serpent Agathodaemon for quite some time, and finally found one that I both like and decided I...
Here's my Trajan denarius with an extremely underfed and scrawny Dacian captive in mourning. If the average Dacian really looked like that, I'm...
Why not buy from Europe? Shipping delays? Losing money on the exchange rate?
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