I don't remember how much I bid, now! LOL I think somebody else won.
Looks like they're up, now. I checked earlier and the page wasn't up yet. Off to see what Lot 312 closed for ...
Poland: silver ort (1/4 thaler), 1621 [IMG] From my old "Holey Coin Vest" collection, of course.
Well, they are metal. And bronze is not a naturally-occurring alloy, so there is that.
I always liked those, for the design itself and for the incuse dates. Moving to the other side of Russia, let's go to Finland, at a time when it...
That, as it happens, is the correct response to that joke. I told you it was stupid! :rolleyes:
I did some browsing. Looks like there will be no Bar Kochba for me, in the foreseeable future. I knew the silvers were pretty well out of my...
And a nice one it is, too. Maybe I'll get to join the club. I had a Julia Mamaea denarius in my old pre-recession collection, but can't remember...
Double post. Sorry. Phone is being stupid.
Um, is it just me, or does St. Matthaeus look rather *ahem* ... busty in that rendering? No? Just me, then? OK. I'll go wash my mind out with...
An old and kind of stupid joke: Q: what do you call an Italian astronaut? A: a specimen. Didn't get It? Good. There's hope for you yet.
Indeed. Maybe one day. See prior note about how my taste and budget often fail to intersect. ;)
Good question. Just don't suggest he try buying any ancient coins. He'd most assuredly end up with fakes.
Wonder how many other little small details in ancient coin designs have backstories that are lost to us - or, at times, overlooked by us. Guess...
Hey, at least it's a CircCam! I suspected it would be in the "junkbox" pricerange, but think it's neat, all the same. File it under "cool...
Back to China, to give me an excuse to post this recent addition. China (Republic): silver yuan ("Junk dollar"), Year 23 (1934); Sun-Yat Sen and...
Neat. I like that Probus.
Nice. If I win the one in the FSR auction, I'll try to shoot some better pix.
ISIS in Palmyra is but a tiny, recent, short hiccup in the turbulence of history. There were Crusaders, Mongols, and all sorts of other...
Now you're getting into a very interesting line of thought, which I've long wondered about myself. I would imagine 95-99+% of the ancient coins...
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