It's almost unbelievable that museums -- or collectors? -- once thought it was a good idea to write accession numbers directly on coins. Writing...
I hesitated (briefly!) to buy this coin because of the poor reverse, but I like the portrait on the obverse, and it wasn't very expensive. I've...
So what exactly does he mean by "tribal issues"?
Thanks! Having an all-Roman Republican Top 10 and a separate post for my favorite non-Republican coins was effectively my way of avoiding having...
Thanks, @panzerman!
By the way, even though I've posted it before, I might as well post my other coin that probably has a cupid, given how fond I am of it: Roman...
Thanks. Interesting theory, and I'll definitely go look up the article. Still, I would feel that the theory was more persuasive if someone showed...
I know DHL is a German company, and I think I might have read somewhere that it's affiliated in some way with Deutsche Post. I had the same...
Perhaps that's an issue unique to Canada. I've never been charged a penny in customs fees for any coin shipped to me from outside the USA, whether...
Anything's possible; they didn't explain. And I really don't feel like emailing them to try to find out, or try to talk them into changing their...
Thank you.
As much as I love Roman Republican coins, it's more for the fascinating reverses than the obverses, with some exceptions. So here are a few of my...
OK, so clearly all these pages were primarily discussing the son -- in other words, not the moneyer of the biga of Cupids coin. But interesting...
I only know about the two Lucius Julius Caesars, father and son, because back when BMCRR was published in 1904, Grueber thought the moneyer of my...
In my experience, London Ancient Coins is the fastest in the biz. For example, I placed an order Sunday night, it was shipped Monday morning...
Just out of curiosity, what do they charge for Fedex shipping?
Oy!
Or, as in the thread I started a few minutes ago, "sorry, but we don't ship to the USA and have to cancel your order." And you'll get a Paypal...
Just out of curiosity, is there a particular source for the idea that the obverse of the T. Carisius denarius might represent the head of the...
Has anyone in the USA recently been successful in ordering and receiving coins from Germany? I had some bad experiences with shipments from...
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