You paid $90 for an uncleaned ancient coin? Hopefully you mean more than one.
I'd never heard of them.
Ditto. I love how those late-medieval/Renaissance-era Spanish coppers so often come with nice earthen patina. Here is a nice (but very...
Yes. They're fine if they are pedigreed to an actual historical hoard. And if they are, it's sort of up to you to decide whether that's worth a...
That is one sweet pistareen!
No, it's isn't. It's better than that. More in the vicinity of VG10 to maybe not quite F12, I'd say. Here are the PCGS/Photograde standards....
Oh, cool. It took a sec. Without @spirityoda's assistance, I might not have spotted it.
Awesome! You're really killin' it! I think the Coast Guard badge is cool, though in rough shape. And all that silver is lovely, as usual....
"Quadriga" is a great vocabulary word, isn't it? I remember when I learned it. Has a cool sound to it. You can guess what "bigas" and "trigas"...
Wait, what? Do elaborate, please. Or better yet, I suppose I should go back and read the rest of that Wikipedia article I linked to, huh? ;)...
Done.
Didn't one of those guys supposedly have Alexander's breastplate? I mean, like as in his armor (cuirass), not his sternum. Must have been a wee...
That was mere musing on my part. Perhaps I'll rewrite. Thanks. I like the silvery color of yours. Edit: there, fixed it. Hope you don't mind...
I wouldn't let that deter you, since someone else will inevitably post one nicer than mine! ;)
I take that as high praise indeed, coming from you. Thanks. Hey, you've got one with two canopic jars! Cool!
You were class of '85, weren't you, Sal? (If my math hasn't failed me.) Class of '84, myself. Nice one, to have come out of circulation. I...
Sure, it's fun, particularly for a circulation find. These were heavily advertised when I started collecting in 1976.
This second post is merely in case I need this space later, for more images or whatever. Feel free to post your similar coins, or anything with...
Roman Egypt (Alexandria): billon tetradrachm of Hadrian, ca. 117-138 AD; canopic jar of Osiris [ATTACH] Obverse: Laureate and draped bust of...
Man, I remember you posting the image of that Swedish coin. The reflections give it a really trippy 3-D "floating in space" effect. I can see...
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