The revival of this thread reminds me of the sad reality that I never got this coin: it was lost in the mail -- pre-pandemic -- on the way from...
And (at least) from Lydia (which was directly east of Ionia), as in this coin I purchased not long ago: Lydia, Tralleis/Tralles, AR Cistophoric...
It's beautiful. What makes it a "cistophoric" tetradrachm? I thought that by definition all of those -- including the ones minted under the...
I prefer both sides of the second coin, since the first one is rougher in-hand than it looks in photos. [There I go again, talking it down and...
LOL. I try to be very careful with my antiquities, especially the pottery. It's all behind or under glass, in various kinds of display cases...
I've actually been on the lookout myself for a while for a nice 5th century BCE Attic owl. Not another tetradrachm, though; I would really love...
No, I don't think I would ever do that. I'd much rather have 20 $100 coins I like, or 10 $200 coins, than one $2,000 coin!
I've never sold, or tried to sell, an ancient coin. (Not even the handful of drecky LRBs I bought for about a quarter apiece when I was 8 or 9...
Also an important consideration! As I indicated above, even if I made the decision to try to sell, if there were a consensus that I could only...
You all make some good points. I will continue to contemplate!
A little more than two years ago, I bought a Vitellius denarius that would probably be considered a "budget" example, given how much really nice...
@TIF, one 19th century hoard from which plenty of coins are still available is the 1887 East Harptree Hoard, which was found 16 miles southwest of...
I agree with your usage. Otherwise you could say that Lincoln campaigned in Georgia, which might confuse a lot of people!
Also: two of my protective ancient Egyptian amulets -- one of Bes and one of the Eye of Horus (the Uzat Eye) -- representing concepts such as good...
Four coins, ranging from 27.8-29 mm. Diocletian, silvered AE Follis, 294-295 AD, Nicomedia Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, IMP CC VAL...
At some point, I might replace my avatar with a photo of my cat Ziggy. Whose portraits are much better than mine. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And this...
I'm surprised to hear that, and wonder why that's the case. After all, isn't the Royal Collection in the Danish National Museum, as memorialized...
I'm not familiar with this narrow a definition of the word "portrait," but apparently you're not the only person to view the concept that way....
@Ed Snible, if you want to spend the money, I see two copies of the 2-volume Bulgarian edition of Topalov's book available for sale online, one...
I feel the same way. The obverse is astonishing. If it were perfectly round and the face were a bit more distinct, I might guess that it was an...
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