I'm referring to the days when people would come out with a book, say, on Morgan Dollars, that focuses on "proof-like" or "semi-proof-like" and...
I guess the closest pre-coinage object that I have is the Babylonian frog, a stone weight at around 1.5 shekels. Old Babylonian Period, ca....
Here is an imitation follis, or fals from AH 41-77 or 661-697 CE, that I acquired last July. As you can see, it parallels the design of the...
I gave up collecting US coins ages ago - too much hype and promotion. I guess as a romantic, amateur historian and lover of art I've always...
Yes, the basic elements of English are Anglo-Saxon, but over the centuries, especially following the Norman invasion, other influences were added....
I have two young friends, kids actually, who have been learning Mandarin since grade school. They are also fluent in German, and, of course,...
In addition, people living in poverty and in war zones are not inclined to report their finds to the authorities, and are very likely to sell...
English does have Anglo-Saxon elements, but it is essentially a polyglot of other sources. Do you remember the series "The Story of English"?...
I think you are correct - the decadrachm shown in that grainy image doesn't seem to have been sea salvaged, judging from its weight and overall...
That's a youthful portrait of Phillip II. A nice example!
The swiss army knife comes with a magnifying glass for some models. This glass has x20 power and I find it very useful for examining very fine...
Fascinating...
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While I agree that museums can, at times, be problematic, even corrupt institutions, depending on the countries where they are located, I do agree...
I think that I actually saw one of these decadrachms, I believe, late last year. The images were sent by an Israeli dealer who was visiting the...
As the covid-19 pandemic proceeds, along with all of the known unknowns and unknown unknowns, and daily reports of cases and deaths, I came across...
Here's a bust of Claudius and a tetradrachm from Alexandria, a fairly close match as these things go, although his ears are a bit oversized on the...
Interesting. Possibly the flan shifted during striking in a manner that created weakness of strike on the opposite side of the flan flaw? Could...
The coin is in the proper weight range, so it looks as if the flan was improperly cast, creating a flan flaw. The obverse seems to be weakly...
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