Oh, BTW, @DonnaML I forget to address part of your question above which is also an interesting one: I think American auctions may have always...
Nice Poseidon! I'd like to get one of these when I find the right one (I've been seeing a lot of attractive examples lately, I believe a bunch at...
That is a fantastic coin (I love the undertype peeking out of the galley prow!). I wish I hadn't been absent from CT during the @stevex6 era!...
Thanks! Haha, that was actually one incentive to shift my collecting interests in this direction: Now that I spend much more time...
I've showed these coins before, but they fit many themes! Many Roman coins exaggerated their emperors' exploits in war and captive-taking...
What a great pair of coins from BCD Thess. II -- I love that the chain of custody for each can be traced virtually completely to their discovery....
Great Hemidrachm @Edessa -- love the deep tone (thought it was bronze at first!). Here's my Rhegion, Bruttium AR hemilitron (7mm, 0.31g) -- much...
Wow you're right -- even the geography
Haven't ever used it but I wrote down a note that it seemed worth investigating further. Please let us know how it goes!
No harm sharing anyway! (Perhaps they can be buried away in comments you didn't see... I had to go digging around the CT search engine to find...
A fascinating question, glad you asked! I call myself a newbie still, but I do have an answer (two actually!): Two great volumes have tried to...
That is a great coin and great post @John Conduitt ! Thanks for sharing! I've got a few of the types pictured but the first coin shown is one I've...
@DonnaML -- that's a fantastic coin with a fantastic backstory! I'm glad you linked that post because there are a number of other wonderful...
Do you have any ex-CT Member coins that were the subjects of interesting posts or comments? I think it’s been a while since there was a post on...
Just out of curiosity, how do you know it's Bagis in Lydia if you can't read the legend? Quickly glancing at coins of Lydia, Bagis in ACSearch I...
I love it! Great blog post and topic and coin. Dattari is such a fascinating collection (and one of my favorites, since there are so many --...
That's a great Septimius and a great "next" theme! Though we've just seen a Gallia (and I included her thumbnail above as an aside ), I can't pass...
Oh, Gallia herself! Or Gallia-as-Pavor -- or as I like to imagine, Vercingetorix's wife or daughter, now lost to history, as-Gallia-as-Pavor, at...
I think they look pretty good. Helios looks a bit blurry, but the rest are crisp. I think you should try removing the background (or at least crop...
Non-Roman Ruler on a Roman Coin: Well, I know opinions differ, but personally I am a believer that this is Vercingetorix, captured and returned...
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