My general approach when buying coins has been to find examples that I don't feel I'll need to upgrade or that upgrading would be challenging....
I spend far too much time pruning and strategizing over a long term wantlist in an attempt to quantify future purchases and plan the direction of...
I had a wonderful week at the CCE, spending time with a few forum members and getting some early insights into upcoming auctions. The venue was...
I've consigned a number of nice ancients which are being sold next week in the upcoming Gemini sale. They are coins I've upgraded or no longer...
I've enjoyed all of the Top 10 posts so far and have been delaying mine until one final purchase comes in which could be a contender... but alas,...
I've recently acquired both of these coins, crossing one more off of my Twelve Caesars list and adding the Vindex denarius as a "bonus" which I've...
I'm still woefully behind in posting new purchases but wanted to share this tetradrachm. It was a particularly tough coin to photograph,...
The lion head coinage is among the earliest which can be definitively attributed to the Lydian kingdom. Most of these coins are anepigraphic –...
I've consigned a small group of select ancients from my collection to Harlan Berk's latest Buy/Bid Sale. Many have resided in my collection for...
[IMG] Fearful of Athens and the growing power of the Macedonian Kingdom, Olynthus and the other free cities of the Chalcidice banded together in...
[IMG] Because of the inherent value of coins, minting processes have historically been tightly controlled and precise, dictated by the ruling...
This coin is a continuation in my group of coins related to the history of the Colosseum, my favorite historical structure. I will likely still...
[IMG] It was common practice in ancient Rome for the emperor to distribute the wealth of the empire back to deserving citizens on special...
In honor of Independence Day in America, here's a relatively new purchase of mine depicting a historical victory. I acquired this coin because of...
As I alluded to earlier this week, I've been working on fleshing out my "denomination set" of early electrum. I have several of these...
Normally, I try to avoid duplicates in my collection but recently I couldn't pass one up. Both coins are Sextus Pompey denarii of the "filial...
I'm very substantially behind posting/writing up new purchases but I'm going to attempt to return to a rhythm of Saturday posts, starting with...
I've been on a bit of a posting sabbatical and am considerably behind in writing up newer purchases, but was mentioning this coin to a forum...
Today marks the 2059th anniversary of "the" Ides of March, when Brutus assassinated Julius Caesar, in an attempt to bring Rome back to its...
I've had a surprisingly productive numismatic year, acquiring many of my overall favorite coins and launching my website, Colosseo Collection. I...
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