I looked into TransferWise because of these posts and may consider when extra charges for using credit cards are high. I use a credit card from...
The Himera didrachm was conserved by Frank Kovacs, a friend and dealer well known for this type of work. The obverse legend on the Motya tet is...
Looks like a match to me Congratulations on your observation!
Here is a Himera didrachm deaccessioned from the ANS collection (1984'65.28) before and after professional cleaning: [ATTACH] AR didrachm 483-472...
Very appropriate topic for today! Don't have many Roman coins but one of my favorites purchased from Barry Murphy several years ago: [ATTACH]...
Thank you so much for the new link - my link is broken for some reason. I checked it before but not after posting. BTW, I think BnF Gallica is the...
Here is a unique Attic weight didrachm of Kyrenaika from the Biblioteque nationale de France with Eros: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] AR didrachm 313-312...
John Yes, very unusual. This was a limited issue of a single obverse die and 3 reverse dies (the other 2 dies have a “I-Pi-O” monogram on the...
Here is a posthumous tet from an uncommon mint with head facing left: [ATTACH] Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR tetradrachm 305-300 BC 16.99 gm, 28mm O:...
Great owls everyone. I love the clever word play for the thread. I have several, mainly on Magna Graecia drachms. Here are two of my favorites:...
I have dealt with Jesus Vico over the years for some nice ancient Spanish coins and they do tend to move slowly but I have always received the...
Nice coin! This may interest you: The best reference for Kyrenaika AV coins is Naville L Les monnaies d'or de la Cyrénaïque de 450 à 250...
I could not understand what you meant by “purchase price expressed in a code”. Could you please elaborate? A simple code might be “A = 1” to “J...
The flow lines on the RRC 197/1 denarius do add to the sense of speed. Here is a facing quadriga view I have always liked: [ATTACH] Kyrene AV...
Apparently, prices had dropped in the mid-1990s when I started seriously collecting ancients. Used to routinely get nice coins from CNG auctions...
Jonas Flueck uses facial recognition technology at ex-Numis.com to find coin provenances. I have submitted 5-6 images of my coins that looked like...
I focus more on finding lost provenances for Greek coins, but I don’t see anything that would eliminate your coin as a match. I assume the weight...
Ed Since you obviously have super powers, can you use heat from laser vision to repair it?
Right on cue, a RBU (rare but ugly) Kyrene AE from the last Roma auction arrived today. [ATTACH] AE unit 12.43 gm 19 mm head Apollo Karneios...
Gotta love those thick flan KOINON AEs with the "throwback" style to before Ptolemaic rule. I also like the overstruck KOINON AEs. Here is one...
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