Updating with some photos and a video now that the coin has arrived. It is superb in hand. [MEDIA] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thank you! Yours is still among the better ones I've seen.
Thank you Joe! My longest wait I had prior to this for an export license was around 4 months, so this is by far a record for me. I haven't heard...
Thank you! The wait got so long at times I almost forgot about the coin, Bolaffi were very bad at updating on the situation as well. I think they...
Today after one year and eight months, my female head series denarius finally arrived from Italy after getting export papers. I got very...
Looking the same? :eek: Blasphemy! :joyful: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks Aidan! Sadly I had to accept a refund in the end. Three different offices declined the applications. One was gracious enough to offer...
Definitely a record for me, I think the longest I've had to wait for a coin requiring export papers from Italy before that - was around 4 months....
UPDATE: After almost one year and seven months, the coin is finally being released and shipped tomorrow. So happy, the hammer I got it for is a...
Thank you! I have held so many different ancient coin types, but never a chunky Athenian Tetradrachm, looking forward just feeling the density in...
[ATTACH] When this light series Sestertius went into 5 figures it got quite obvious I was most likely bidding vs "Clio". I did push it a few...
So it happened, the right coin finally showed up. I must admit that one reason that I have been holding off buying one is that I honestly ain't...
I received a big package from CNG the other week containing wins from the first half of the year, some of you have probably seen them all by now....
Just won this at auction (may have overpaid in case it's something common) and could need a bit of help to identify it as I'm having issues...
Here are photos of the other types I have so far after a recent cleanup in the collection. Anonymous, 210-206 BC, Apulia. Crawford 53/2. [ATTACH]...
Had a good run with a recent consignment, so I have some extra funds. Having not added anything to the early Republican coinage part of the...
Thank you! Yes, all the coins are from my personal collection.
Since I received my 'Fleet Coinage' dupondius' not long ago, I now have a set of all the larger denominations within the coinage (As, Dupondius,...
Thank you! :)
Thank you. Yes the nose is quite prominent, but it is probably a die break that happened early on in the striking process as the break is visible...
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