I haven't posted in a quite a while due to way too much work and too little time. This is one of my favorite threads and I finally got my own...
I'm afraid I don't have a picture of this but if you want to see nice dark pictures of it you can stroll over to the NGC site and see a Mysore...
Here are two I picked up today from the medieval section - Louis IX gros tournois first then William X denier. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The William...
Thank you Doug for pointing out those articles. It did strike me as a bit odd that an article about the importance of coin edges had no actual...
I bought something in the last week of July - it took about 10 days until it got shipped but its on its way now with a tracking number.
Those are some nice coins. I also really like this time period and bracteates in particular. Many of them have great stories behind them like...
Just running out the door to work but I think it is McAlee 698 - rated very rare! A great looking coin.
Thanks for the information on this coin everyone. It's absolutely incredible that we can pin down the date of manufacture of a 2,000 year old...
I have always wanted to get a coin from the year that Vesuvius erupted - I knew Titus was emperor during the relevant period but was uncertain of...
Hi Chris - thanks for the great information. The cross-referencing is exactly what I'm looking for. I will try to pick up a copy so I can get a...
Hi everyone - I usually hang out on the ancients forum but I saw some jetons in a recent auction that looked really interesting. I bought one of...
That's a nice coin @Dougmeister. If you want a little more detail for the flip you could use the reference in the Handbook of Greek Coinage...
I think I have a larger version of Doug's three bulls coin. This was from CNG Auction 385 Lot 243 if you want the complete attribution as they...
All great small AR fractions. I haven't looked yet but I wonder what the purchasing power of one of these tetartemorion's was. Could you send...
I live in Canada and customs can be really slow. The longest I have ever had to wait was for a Mughal rupee I won in an auction from an Indian...
Here's one with a differently posed eagle. [ATTACH] Antoninus Pius, Alexandrian tetradrachm 13.93 g 22 mm ANTωNEINO CCEBEVCEB, laureate bust...
I also like the Roman coins from Antioch - a lot of these are larger coins but there were also some smaller ones issued like this Ae chalkous of...
I think that is a Gobl Type II crown with a type 3 reverse. The Type II crown is used in years 3 - 8 of his reign. The character on the left is...
One possible reference for this one would be McAlee 192(a) from "The Coins of Roman Antioch", a great reference if you like coins of Antioch. The...
I've some fun with this particular type due to our very own @John Anthony. I saw the Γ· version in one of his auctions and the bust looked so...
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