Very nice example!
I guess times have changed. I remember going through Customs on return from Europe in 1992. I had a Nero sestertius, purchased in France, in...
eBay is a casino when it comes to buying coins, be they ancient , world or US. For world coins, I'm pretty old school. You might try Karl...
Nice coin! When did you buy it?
[ATTACH] When the mention of silver coins comes up, one often thinks of the silver dollars of the United States, the 8 reales of Mexico and...
Thank you all for the excellent coins! Here's one more, from the same lot. This coin is a nice grade. Byzantine Empire, 1143-1180...
Very true, variety rarity is not necessarily indicative of high value. Also, I've seen some Roman provincial bronzes with high rarity selling...
That's a tough decision to make for me. Since I am old, and the time-space continuum has taken on weird proportions, I will limit my "best" buy...
Here are the two coins, properly labeled and the sides of the second ordered and oriented correctly. Empire of Nicaea, 1222-1254 John III Ducas...
Thank you! The reverse on the second coin was abstract to the degree that I would not have considered that possibility.
Here's a coin out of a large lot that arrived yesterday. It is a half tetarteron of Manuel I, Thessalonica Mint, 1143-1180 AD. I believe it is...
For me, ancient covers any coin produced from the fall of Rome, in 395 AD, and the period of the Eastern Roman Empire, including Byzantine...
I hope that your power is restored quickly. It must be unbelievably difficult to cope in a situation of subfreezing temperatures and no means to...
Interesting. It is possible that the same engraver was used to create the reverse owls, along with other design elements. I am sure that the...
I've discovered the pleasure of large lots, in particular Byzantine. In the past I have found some really nice and interesting coins, as well as...
Here are two more. Circa 465-460 BC, 17.14 grams [ATTACH] Circa 454-404 BC, 17.22 grams [ATTACH]
It is really quite amazing that such a delicate object has survived for millennia. The leaf looks extremely thin.
Here's a Parthia version of Athena. Parthia(?), 'Athenian Series' AR Tetradrachm. Hekatompylos(?), circa 246/5-239/8 BC. Attic standard. Head of...
Nice examples. Here's my rough sestertius, purchased at a small shop in Besançon in 1992. Rome Mint. This coin might be RIC 264. 23 grams...
I don't think Brexit has affected shipments between the UK and US. I have one shipment from Roma that seems to be moving along smoothly. If you...
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