Great coin!
Wow that is a beauty! Great pickup!
One of my most recent coins is this silver tetradrachm struck under Ptolemy I. I have always liked this type struck under Ptolemy of the deified...
Definitely a barbarous imitation of an official issue. I like the sideways "SSS" mintmark! :D
Absolutely fantastic coin! What a fascinating issue. Congratulations on a well-deserved acquisition, to add to your Constantine I Constantinople...
Looks off to me. I'd be really wary of "affordable" coins of Gordian I or II - generally their coins sell for thousands. Is the seller an...
Lovely coin! I had it on my watch list but didn't bid on it.
Another fine portrait of the Tetrarchy. [IMG]
Really nice coin @cmezner.
You know how it is, when you're browsing a coin auction or store, and a coin suddenly "jumps out" at you? You immediately recognize it as...
Beautiful!
[ATTACH] Next: another coin struck during the lifetime of Christ.
Looks like it is the base metal core of a silver plated contemporary counterfeit. Neat!
Okay it's not my latest purchased but just last night I took fresh photos and created a new composition. I also studied the type some, and found...
Nice haul!
Lysimachos also struck smaller drachms with the same Alexander portrait/Athena design as the tetradrachm. They're a little bit less common than...
IT'S HARD TO THINK of a more iconic figure from ancient history than Alexander the Great, or a more consequential one. He succeeded his father...
Künker? That is a little strange then, they're not exactly a little-known back-alley house. I've bid there before, never won anything. As far as I...
I agree 100%. The auction house is completely in the wrong here - they dishonestly altered the product, i.e. removed a significant portion of its...
Nice coin! This was my first Augustus coin: (I've since sold it; this is the old dealer's photo) [ATTACH]
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