Netherlands (Gelderland): "St. John" type gold gulden (florin) of Arnold van Egmond, ca. 1423-1472 [IMG] [IMG] Obverse: St. John the Baptist,...
England (Anglo-Saxon): silver penny of Aethelred II, struck ca. 997-1003 AD [IMG] [IMG] Obverse: bust of Aethered II facing left. Reverse: Long...
Do roaches and ants have any trade value? If so, I'M gonna get ME some ancient gold! LOL Seriously, though, @panzerman - your coins amaze and...
The Hercules type in the OP is common, huh? Funny, they've managed to elude my notice until now.
Yeah... while on that topic, can somebody tell me why this silver coin type has the SC? First I can recall seeing. PS- no- wait- I remember,...
In 2013, I did another big purge and sold off pretty much all of my old collections, rolling them into the present "Eclectic Box of 20" which I am...
Interesting banker's mark on @Orfew's coin, and while fourees like @Bing 's coin do not appeal to me aesthetically, I must admit they are...
We already have a few correct guesses, and at least one person found where I had previously posted about the mystery coin here on the CT forums!...
@Orfew- that was the major selling point for me as well. Be sure to check out the alternate photos. Though technically rather modest in grade,...
@stevex6- "coinpliments" is a most excellent word, and should be included in the Oxford English Dictionary, I say! The (six?) ancients I posted...
It is indeed. I have enjoyed it raw for many months. It is destined for a plastic slab eventually, to be consistent with my Box of 20, but in...
@stevex6- That is the very first "Shabamm!!!" I have ever received, and love it! Hope to earn more! LOL
You are correct. I am moving over to CoinTalk full time. However, once I catch up on the overdue housekeeping and reposting of older material, I...
I am only just now getting around to moving my stuff from the Collectors Universe Forums over to here. I have in the last year become...
@ab initio- thank you for this detailed backstory!
In this particular case, and with most of the relatively few ancients in my "Eclectic Box of 20", I buy them "naked" and then "clothe" (most would...
PS- @Eaglefawn again, but to everyone else as well: who says I'm not a family member of yours? Are we not all one big numismatic family? Shoot...
Today I have moved my ancient coin subthreads over here to CoinTalk. So that's about 6 down and 14 to go, I guess. Eventually my Collectors...
@Eaglefawn, yours is exactly the kind of detailed compliment I like to receive. It made my week. Thank you. :shame: Limiting one's self always...
Ancient Byzantine Empire: gold tremissis of Justinian I, ca. 527-565 AD [IMG] [IMG] Obverse: D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVI, pearl diademed, draped,...
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