I have seen reports of several found in the US. One was found at the San Jacinto Monument (I do not have a link.), but we could not keep it. Old...
I buy most of my ancient coins online from the EU. Brexit changed that. I have had to supply extra information after buying some items, but not...
how much you spend at an auction is a function of: how bad you want it, how bad at least one other wants it, depth of the underbidder's pocket and...
I'm not sure, but a few of these offered dates older than Rome. [ATTACH]
great coin & write-up I have one from Spain too. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The Byzantine book I use most is Bendall's book on scale weights. [ATTACH] I bought my Byz coin book from a friend at a coin club meeting....
@Ryro Your coin has all 5 fingers. Excellent! My caestus coin looks a bit like a Texas Longhorn fan. [IMG] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Triens Tuder - Obv...
Anyone having luck in the NN auction today? I picked up one lot. It was not the lot(s) I targeted. I have a few of these already, but in...
Great Idea - Owl Sunday. I have a few, some on coins - The first one is a post card I bought recently. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I have noticed this problem when I post something and decide I missed a few words. When I edit the pictures go away and the brackets appear. I...
The Dupondius (= 2 Asses) was issued over several centuries by Rome in both the Republic and Empire. In the Empire, the ruler wore a crown to...
Great coin. I am a fan of RR voting coins. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I had only one target in this auction: "elaborately cut from a Constantius Gallus". I got if for 10% over estimate. It falls in the Ugly Coin...
@robinjojo It does not look like a coin weight to me. Most of the scale weights I have seen are smoothed more than this piece. I would expect to...
Interesting coins! I have a tiny one. It's diameter is less than a rooster cast bronze coin that arrived recently. [ATTACH][ATTACH] Greek Asia....
I enjoy seeing the artwork on your coins. I saw a 96L coin when I was looking to describe my scale weight. The coat of arms is on several coins...
Interesting Griffin post! I have a few on ancients, but the most recent is a small scale weight from Genoa. [ATTACH] Italian States GENOA 12 Lira...
The coin is a Roman Republican denarius - Roman Republic, AR Denarius. Rome, Q. Cassius Longinus, 55 BC Obv - Veiled bust of Vesta right;...
I noticed a couple of voting coins in this weekend's Nomisma SPA E-Live 20. It is a good thing I did not see this one before the auction started,...
great coins, thanks for sharing.
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