You can normally tell from the toning if a coin is going to have an old provenance or not. I have a pretty good working knowledge of the coins in...
Most days it’s enjoyable. This group is part of a consignment of about 500 coins, most collected in the 80’s. Looking forward to the other boxes...
It’s the insightful comments like this that make discussion groups so enjoyable. Barry Murphy
43mm This box made up for the 800 late Roman coins in VG-F that I had on my desk before lunch. Barry
The last box I opened for today had a few nice coins. 2 Alexander distaters 2 Syracuse 100 litra, one ex Arthur Evans A Euainetos dekadrachm,...
Just a follow up to my first post in this thread concerning the Ainos tetradrachm in the HJB sale. After studying the photos I initially thought...
"Why didn’t NGC label it as brushed or cleaned obverse?" The coin wasn't brushed and we don't label coins as cleaned as nearly all ancient coins...
Concerning the original coin and the 2 surface grade, the coin has some fairly long and deep scratches, there are some issues on the neck, and the...
I checked the plated examples as well and it doesn't match any of those. There are 6 known obverse dies for the fourres. None match any of the...
This new Leu Eid Mar is a bit of a puzzle. It purports to be from these dies: [ATTACH][ATTACH] This is the Leu 17 (1977), lot 833 = Naville II...
I started a new thread for anyone interested. Barry
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