Here's one that was used by Perseus of Macedon to pay for mercenaries in the Third Macedonian War. One of my former favorites. (CT forum member...
After having to sell a lot of my "better" stuff this last spring, this little Taras owl is my favorite (remaining) ancient. [IMG]
I had an Eliasberg coin once which only cost me $350 at the time (early 2000s). Zeno (emperor of the East, A.D. 476-491). AV Solidus....
This one was ex-BCD. If memory serves, it has now gone on to @dadams. Had the round collection tag, too. Check out ol' "Thessalos Thunder...
To err on the side of caution, I'll agree. But wouldn't be surprised if we're both low.
If you win that for 23 quid, I don't see much downside there. Hope the deal goes through! Happy, happy hopping hippos...
BTW, I dug one of those "Swami" tokens like your avatar, once, while out metal detecting. It gave a nice hot signal and was only about an inch...
Sure, it's low grade, but it was in circulation for 80 years. Fun find, regardless.
I've seen better pix, but worse, too. Looks like you left the lights off when your avatar picture was taken, too. But don't change that- gives...
Mmm. Toughie. For me, anyway. It's one of those where I can't quite decide if it's a super-slider 58 or MS63-ish. I'll call it AU63 or MS58. ;)
Neat CWT (Civil War Token).
A tip o' my hat to thee, @geekpryde, CoinTalk Statistician Extraordinaire.
Michael's Deli here in my hometown (Brunswick, Georgia) has a Shrimp Po' Boy that is pure awesomeness on a bun. This one ain't theirs (in fact,...
Cupid (Eros). Next, Seleucid with sandy patina (if AE), or cabinet toning (if AR). Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochos IX Philopater, 113 - 95 BC, AE18...
Quadriga. Next, Roman Republic without a quadriga. [ATTACH]
I find I don't mind flan cracks all that much, in the relative scheme of things. Mind you, the example you shared there might be a tad egregious...
Meanwhile, out in a muddy field in Europe somewhere (perhaps even some of the ones frequented by our detectorist friend @galba68), the answers to...
It IS kind of weird, the perceived value we humans put on certain material objects that have little or no practical purpose in terms of our...
I will add that one or two of the 1880s Indian cents I've dug from 8-10" deep in the sandy, well drained soil of a local park here had a nice...
It's a patina, all right, and a familiar one to me from my detecting experience. It's not so appealing on a 127-year-old US Indian cent - mostly...
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