A few years ago I collected 90 years of (yearly) raw data on the S&P, starting in 1927 before the Great Depression. I have since updated the data...
I personally find this topic to be interesting on both a practical and theoretical level, and my thinking and analysis of it run along similar...
It's my understanding that ancient striking on a hot flan produced flow lines due to the maximum force being applied in the center of the die,...
About five years ago I won a Hadrian Hispana aureus, part of his travel series, at an NAC auction. A few months later, my dealer informed me that...
It might help gsimonel if you also explain what an "alert" is, and how it's delivered to the person "alerted" (Fedex? UPS? Barking dog?). ;-)
Your coins look quite good in the Quickslabs. I encourage you to print labels for them -- I've done this with all mine. One each for the obverse...
I should have been clearer in my original post. I was NOT providing any sort of definitive opinion on the authenticity of the coin, but rather...
I think you've pretty much answered your own question: - Coin's weight not provided - Diameter/size not provided - No provenance/references -...
In my copy of RIC, there is no COS IIII bronze of Vespasian that has an obverse legend remotely similar to IMP CAES VESP AVG PM COS IIII. You're...
In analyzing the effect of slabbing on the prices of ancient coins, there are many obvious and subtle factors that need to be considered. Two of...
Here are some links to the Roman aurei I've previously posted: 12 Caesars:...
Using Quickslabs is, in fact, how some of us collectors on CoinTalk store our coins. We can still remove them for display in, e.g., Abafil cases...
Any specific coins of which you're aware? Looking at recent auction hammer prices and speculating about whether that coin's consignor received...
If you have direct or indirect experience in this area -- examples of coins that were desirable enough to merit payment from the auction house in...
CoinTalk contains a lot of posts and threads with information about auction houses and sellers' fees. Here's just one example:...
This is a visually stunning coin. In addition to the artistic quality of the portrait, I'm particularly drawn to the precision and beauty of the...
I've often wondered how the Romans fed their armies, both during battles as well as when they were on the move. Feeding 50,000+ male soldiers...
Count me among those who believe that the original post is in somewhat of a gray area. Especially note that, if the OP had not included his...
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