Nice one! I'm sure I either watch-listed or bid on that one too. Is that the 1977 book? I don't have the 2007 revised volume by the son yet, but...
Yes, I remember at least one such thread, and I recall being satisfied with the answer, but I can no longer remember where or what... Several...
Very interesting writeup, thanks for sharing! Salm ibn Ziyad seems to have been lucky not to suffer the usual fate of rulers who lost medieval...
Phew, that's a tough one! So far RPC only has 51 types from Docimeum & only a total of 266 specimens. (Roughly 160 records on ACSearch.) That...
Congratulations on the new addition! Looks like a nice broad flan & well centered on both sides. I've got Gordian III Antoniniani, and I've got...
This is one of the Republicans I still need for my "Barbarians, Captives, and Enemies" Collection. But the same experience applies to others in my...
Actually 26775: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/26775 Don't feel bad about mistaking Astarte for Fortuna... Lindgren & Kovacs (2388) made the...
"Z.P." is the Austrian coin dealer Zeno Pop. (Zeno Pop is a proper name, not a nickname or abbreviation!) "L. Rose" hundreds of RIC bronze &...
If you're going to get one of the Philip Staters, get one from the Magnesia mint! They had some beautiful dies. This reverse is 100% perfect. I...
It’s actually not too complicated once you know what you’re looking at. It’s just a “social network diagram” (I happen to be familiar with them as...
Note: My "Provenance Glossary" entry for R.L. Grover (1910-1998) excerpted at the very end of comment... (That's a great NF thread!!) Aha -- we...
These are really cool -- it would be great to have the pots, too. Probably all the same types all the way through. Sometimes they can become...
Also, here's one of mine I IDed using that site [IMG] [IMG]
Not sure. There are a bunch with Nun & Ayin above on this list:...
Here's the site you want -- you'll have to navigate to the correct type. Very useful:...
Lovely little coin! Noble Numismatics is one of my favorite secret weapons -- but now you've let the cat out of the bag... :banghead::mad: I've...
It's more than just pareidolia. There are various design features in Celtic art that have been well known to generations of scholars (both of...
I will keep an eye out -- I feel like I see copies of III pretty regularly. I've got a duplicate of I, which is usually the harder one to find and...
Did anyone else participate in Kuenker's auction of the Alois Wenninger Library? Or any other recent book purchases to share? Or books you've...
Nice elephant coins! I've got a couple of these and agree that they are very underrated coins. Both of the coins below were extremely affordable....
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