Very nice selection, I especially like the detail of Phalanthos holding up the helmet and the dismounting warrior is indeed rendered in a very...
@pprp For clarification I don't give an owl's hoot about legal impediments to private ownership (I also agree that Turkey has no right to the land...
I'd like more clarification regarding the hoard. Was it found in Turkey and then smuggled out, or was the dispersal officially approved by the...
Very cool! I forget who posted it but recently a beefcake ~6.95g Gordian III ant was shared. These obese outliers are quite special in my opinion,...
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The irregular ovate profile, apparent unstable irregularity of the "rim" and lack of characteristic wear on the high points which would be found...
I found this, looks quite relevant:...
Guess I shoulda looked a bit more closely at the monogram, it would be quite at home on one of Anastasius' Nummi. I wonder if "commemorative"...
It appears to be the glass "seal" broken off from a hand-blown glass bottle with the hexagonal part being the remains of the wall of the bottle,...
They run the spectrum but some of the Spanish-made fakes of the Iberian and earlier Roman bronzes are exceptionally well crafted transfer-die...
I've bought 4 denarii from that seller and was watching that one too, and while some of their silvers look strange I think it's a result of...
Lovely example of an interesting type, the toning is awesome too and would be a clear declaration of age to someone who didn't even know that...
That would be my primary concern, war nickels are far from the most popular and heavily scrutinized US issue so it would be much more likely that...
I've never thought about looking for coins on Facebook but oughta give it a shot. I joined when it was just for college students in '05 and...
Very cool coin, thanks for sharing! I don't have them photographed but have been working on a denomination run of these Tenedos silver coins. One...
Limits? Absolutely not! I approach collecting coins the same way I approach collecting anything else; like it's a superb buffet where I can...
It looks like it's made of zinc (not known in its metallic form to the Ancients) or some sort of "pot metal". I have no idea what the symbols are,...
Ya gotta watch out for fake modern dies being pressed into genuine patinated ancient worn-smooth coins. Here's a presumed pressed fake Lipara...
That axe looks like may be a simple, late bronze age 1100-800 bc Koban Culture piece from the Caucasus/Black Sea region. I'm always suspicious of...
Looks like a Tetradrachm of Arados in Phoenicia. With the wear the weight seems OK. The soldered loop looks quite old, and back in the day worn...
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