@Roman Collector, assuming that you're right that this coin celebrates the birth of Fadilla, what do you think the reason is that coins were...
It's beautiful. I still don't have a quadriga among all my Roman Republican coins, but I'd be very proud to own one like yours. PS: Just out of...
This should be close enough, even though it's in abbreviated form: Galba AR Denarius, Aug-Oct 68 AD Rome Mint. Obv. Bare head right, IMP SER...
To me, 99% of the coin's appeal lies in the sphinx. Which is far, far superior on the new coin. So what if there's a scrape on the obverse? I...
I suppose Bloomsday must have been canceled last year.
I wish I could help you, but I am not qualified to judge the coin's authenticity -- I can rarely tell unless it's obvious! But if you knew before...
Roman Republic, Manius Acilius Glabrio, AR Denarius, 50 BCE (Harlan and BMCRR) or 49 BCE (Crawford), Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head of Salus right,...
Right, but this is in the UK, and I have no idea what the law provides there.
Does the punishment increase with value? If so, the guy's lawyer had better hire a numismatist as an expert witness, right away!
I haven't said much in this thread. But I think I've mentioned before that I would very much like to have 1 (one) ancient gold coin -- after all,...
A million euros! Because everyone knows that worn Byzantine coins are worth 100 x their weight in heroin or meth. People melt them and inject them...
Stack's Bowers still has a store in NYC; they've been around since the 1920s. They're known for their auctions, but also have a large retail...
I like it a lot. What's the diameter?
Congratulations to you and the widow on the fortunate outcome! I know you can't explain what happened, but I do hope that it turned out that the...
There's another thread in which the OP explains that he was informed that the coin was tooled, and was able to return it:...
You seem very intrigued by the idea of owning a coin once held by someone famous. Does a coin you like really mean any less to you if you simply...
Can you post McAlee's description of 790? Or the corresponding description of that type in any other reference work?
Four more 2021 threads, with write-ups of seven new coins, for a total of 17 new write-ups this year, eight of them about Roman Republican coins....
Here are links to nine threads I started this year, with write-ups and photos of 10 new coins I bought. Some of the write-ups are longer than...
Thanks!
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