I hope you aren't being sarcastic, because I'm glad about it too. I just read through this thread for the first time, and I don't think anyone...
I'm a "newer" member compared to a great many people here -- I joined at the end of January -- and nobody (with one completely unimportant...
Happy Birthday, and a great coin! I graduated from law school the year you were born. I was only 10 at the time, of course -- very precocious....
Aren't a lot of those actually billon -- essentially, debased silver -- even if they're advertised as "silver"?
Yes. I got the impression originally that the auctioneer was saying what he said when the live bidder had bid considerably less than the book...
I love reading well-informed reviews of books about coins, and I've read all of yours, and those at augustuscoins, before -- and was looking...
When I'm in charge, all the billionaires' ancient coin collections will be confiscated and redistributed among the masses of ancient coin...
I think it must be fairly standard to ask for references; I remember that the German dealer (I admit I've forgotten the name) in one Numisbids...
Thanks, and I get the feeling -- as in "Wow, my coin matches one published in The Numismatic Chronicle!!"
Fascinating, @dougsmit. In RPC III online, the entry for the Trajan camel drachm (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4076) gives the following...
All I know about that person (and I won't repeat his name) is that he's very famous for having an art collection worth hundreds of millions -- and...
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