Thanks! And nice Celtic coins! I was really tempted to buy one of the later coins since I find the abstract designs more interesting, but I went...
As I've mentioned before, I collect "stories." Below is a story told by coins from my collection. Feel free to add your own coins to expand it. A...
I started collecting stamps when I was about 7 as well. For years I hilariously mispronounced the names of several countries. CCCP - (actually...
But that's not the name of the country. It's the female personification of Switzerland, used because otherwise they'd have to write it in all four...
But what is the native name for Switzerland? Die Schweiz? Suisse? Svizzera? Svizra? None are too far distant from the English, compared to...
My grandfather was a photographer in the Signal Corps in the Pacific during WW2, while my father served with the Green Berets in Vietnam. Here's...
This article gives an explanation. On the Hellenistic and colonial coins of Alexandria there is a grazing horse, standing to left or to right....
One thing I didn't mention in my original post, is the reason I have such a system. I collect "stories" rather than coins, and the story of...
Thought I'd start a thread on strategies we use to choose what we buy and don't buy. Mine has progressed since I started (which was last year)....
If a museum ever asked, whether I would accept would be on a case-by-case basis. Conjecturing here is a bit of a waste of time. My suspicion, is...
Here are my JP and AS. [ATTACH] Julia Paula 20mm, 2.86g Ex Savoca [ATTACH] Aquilia Severa AR Denarius. Rome, AD 220-222. IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA...
I found an article that provides some answers (or questions). Basically they’re just doing the math, that the years are counting some ruler. It’s...
I saw that too. That’s the condition I expected to get… :)
They do look similar, though I have a lot to learn about matching dies. I’m ecstatic to have won this coin. I nearly had a meltdown when last...
Great lots! One of these days I’d like to pick up a lot, but I was very happy at the last Roma. I picked up a Bohemond III, after we chatted...
So, I've figured out the dates part. It turns out the two coins use different date systems. The one from Tyre uses Phoenician numbers. The "O"...
I guess my questions boil down to the following: Until when did Abdalonymos rule in Sidon? Did Abdalonymos also rule in Tyre? Until when did...
Recently, while looking through my coins, I wondered about the dating by kings. Here's an example: [ATTACH] Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III...
Others already have given excellent answers concerning budget use and tips. As someone who started collecting roughly a year ago, the following is...
Few more from Petra. These were taken 14 years ago. The hospitality was amazing there. I entered the ruins before sunrise and for most of my time...
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