My suspicion is this isn't really an age thing. In the case of Heritage, they have a more international reach than most of the other auction...
I'm of a firm belief that you can describe all collectors/investors by a triangle. The following are each of the corners: Investment driven - You...
I'm sure you're aware of this already, but there's a book on coins found at Vindolanda. It may provide at least some insight. Presumably of the...
Here's my one Colosseum related coin. Description is from the CNG listing. [ATTACH] Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.29 g, 6h). Rome...
Here's an article with a bit more information. The author suggests that this was done from the earliest times when city names appeared on coins,...
(two disclaimers before I post: 1) I don't speak Greek and 2) you know a lot more about ancients than I) I don't know when the convention...
There's only three obverse and ten reverse dies for this entire run, so the odds of die matches are higher than many other coins. This looks like...
Here's my only Judea Capta. This was a bit of a controversial coin in our house since this was a rather low point of our history. However, I...
Here's my only Augustus: [ATTACH]
The following are my general impressions in areas I pay attention to: Alexander bronzes - increasing Alexander tets - decreasing, except for the...
Bidder 1 had a max bid of at least 9000. Bidder 2 placed a bid of 8500. In most other auctions, Bidder 1 would have won the coin at 8500. However,...
One interesting phenomenon I noticed about Leu is how lower bids affect higher ones. Leu at least makes the bidding history transparent. The...
I think this tet is lifetime based on Leu's dating of 324/323 BCE. Since the Persians used fire signals off mountaintops to deliver messages, news...
Hello everyone! I thought I'd start a thread for Leu wins. This was my first time taking part in a Leu auction and hammer prices seemed to be very...
I always enjoy reading these types of posts in order to see and learn about coins I could never dream of owning, or ones that maybe I could own...
In my opinion, no. Your previous paragraph explains why. Nope. As others explained, there are better options. Why do you ask us questions,...
Nice! I've always been tempted by some of the unknown mint coins. My suspicion is someday a researcher's going to write a paper proving something...
Mostly by attribution and history. Asandros controlled Caria from 323 BCE until he was ousted by Antigonos Monophthalmos around 313. This coin was...
Recently, I took part in two auctions and picked up some new favorites. In the first auction, I originally bid on two coins. Of course,...
That's a pretty cool frog! I never realized people collected them, but I used to collect antique firecracker packs (sold them to fund my coins),...
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