If that piece cost less than thousands of dollars, it is modern and the other bidders knew it. Ancient medallions are expensive.
Be honest now, what would you rather have, that OP medallion or this sculpture that the New York Times reports...
I watched it and it is very good about silver medallions of the period.
There is a webpage on "PROFECTIO" types: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/PROFECTIO/ The page has a list of emperors who issued types with that...
Here I am, telling you how to post threads and I can't seem to fix my own! I can't get rid of the [ATTACH] (missing image) symbol. It has the...
I recommend CoinTalk to friends who join but don't know how to begin a thread. One asked me what to do and here is what I wrote one of them today:...
Time to open the snowplow business for the winter! Make money to spend on more gold coins!
Here is a new webpage on coins of Panticapaeum: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Pan/Pan.html The famous "Bosporus strait" is the narrow waterway...
Academia.edu is a great site for having academic articles about ancient coins. It sends me emails when articles I might be interested in are...
Your Geta is a first-issue type with his first name beginning with "L" (Lucius). For the story of Geta's coin portraits, see here:...
Licinius I ?
[ATTACH] 28-27 mm. 8.45 grams. Diocletian, retired May 1, 305 DN DIOCLETIANO FELICISSMO SEN AVG Laureate bust right in imperial mantle, holding...
Not many of us can say that! What a wonderful group! Splendid!
[ATTACH] Panticapaeum MacDonald 69 "c. 310 - 304/3 BC" 22 mm. 6.73 grams. Bearded Pan right with narrow pointed ear Forepart of griffin left with...
Here is a site on late Roman AE from the period of Valentinian (note my username) and later: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/ It has over a...
Allectus has two so-called "quinarius" types with ships: [ATTACH] 20 mm. 2.66 grams. IMP C ALLECTVS AVG LAETITIA AVG Q C in exergue RIC V.II...
Different cards may have significantly different conversion rates. I use a different card when in Canada because its rate is 2% better than my...
A BIG charge. I'll write about this below. Yes, I, too, highly recommend Wise.com. Actually, it is closer to 8%, whereas Wise charges about...
Philosophy! Fun! What does the owner of a painting (or coin) have that the rest of us don't have? What does the owner of a NFT image have that...
Ancient-coin collectors seems to be close to unanimous in recommending "Collect what you like." I completely agree. Here is a website for...
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