I wish all my cointalk friends, a Happy Christmas/ Joyous Holidays! And many nice little gifts (coins) under the Christmas tree:) John
I saw that Alexander of Carthage in NFA Auction catalogue, I think same one that featured the Saturninus Aureus/ both coins where mint state:) If,...
Al, that is a gorgeous weinbrand bottle. I like brandy=weinbrand filled chocolates. Remember first trying them at Christmas when I was four years...
I am with you, so there are now two of us:) John
Ever, since I first started collecting, I found out to my dismay, that I could not afford the coins I craved for....in that first NFA auction...
Your list is stunning in 2109 or 2019;) my favs are the Julian II and the Caligula piece, rest are very nice also. I can hardly wait for your 2109...
AV Pagoda ND 35mm. 3.79g. Eastern Chaluykas Kuttalonga A circa 1050AD There are about 50 known examples from 9 different Kings. These is ex: Dr....
You picked up some really nice coins VK! They are all interesting and great historical aspects. I really love the square Baktrian example:happy:...
CNG has a book, by Jesus Vico (Corpus Numorum Visigothorum) Is this a good reference work on the coinage of the Visgoths? John
Or like the Rock Hudson movie, A Magnificent Obsession:)
Larry Adams also was a famous collector, I ended up with 15 of his nice coins. My fav. one... Triton XIX AV Pagoda 35mm. 3.79g. Eastern Chaluykas...
Queen Christina succeeded Gustafus Adolphus after he was KIA at Lutzen in 1632. She tried to get Sweden out of the "Thirty Years War" but failed....
Great addition! I think that I have around 300+ Dukaten coins in my coll. All the way from tiny 1/32 Dukat from Regensburg to the 10 Dukaten from...
My main group where "papilionidae" of the World. In other words I specialized in "Swallowtail Butterflies" This group includes Parnassius/...
Here is one from famed Lissner collection, not from actual CNG event, but quction where this coins appeared again..... Maison Palombo auction AV...
Here is one I got from Downies Auction/ formerly Norweb/ Farouk, went from a "king" to "American High Society" legend to a ordinary "blue collar"...
Here are 2 of mine from Baron Von Bruck collection. German Rulers/ Sicily AV 2 Tari d'oro ND Messina Mint 2.6g. 11mm. Friedrich II Von[ATTACH]...
I know he had a Proof US $4 "Coiled Head" (Stella) in his collection. He was really big into rare US coins.
Yes, I have two that where formerly in Norweb collection John Here is Farouk in his Mercedes-Benz 540SSK given to him as wedding gift from Hitler...
Too bad for the current President , that he is not into ancient coins. With his vast resources he could have a complete collection of aurei/...
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