I assume you are aware of the German book published in 1998 by the Deutsches Archaeologisches Institut in Athens: Der makedonische Schild by...
Boy, how times have changed! In my days, all it took to get a coin, even if it was in the 5 or even 6 figure range, was to keep your hand up.
I have contacted the owner of CNG and he is very much aware of the problem. Here is what he asked me to convey to the Forum: One flaw in the...
I bought medals of Queen Christina not knowing much about her, just because I had the wonderful bilingual book of her ancient coin collection...
If anyone wants to read about a different way of thinking when it comes to buying fakes they can go to what I wrote to Wayne Sayles and gave him...
It would be my pleasure to post photos of credible fakes, both Greek (mostly) and (a few) Roman (not so credible, I think) but I do not know how...
You may be pleased to know that in Nomos 4 (10 May 2011) lot 1036 was a very similar coin to yours and hammered at 1200 Swiss Francs. The buyer...
I would be very pleased to do so but it will have to be in February as i am now traveling away from my Black Cabinet and I do not have a...
Why should I feel guilty? They are generalists and I am a specialist. I can only distinguish fakes of certain areas. A museum curator who is...
The only fakes that really interest me are the ones that have fooled museum curators or well known auctioneers of ancient coins. Hard to get, but...
The Trikka is my favourite because I know how hard it is to find this obverse die in decent condition.
I know a young man, a brilliant numismatist, who was doing a die study of the coins of Cassander but had to give up numismatics because he could...
For whatever it is worth, CC was quite a character, an old fellow who dealt in ancient coins for as long as I knew him and who died at a very...
It is listed as a "Petasos type helmet" in NAC 55 lot 13 (this coin)
It is a long story… It starts in Zurich in the early 80’s where I visit a well-known firm of ancient coin dealers and auctioneers. They show me a...
Dear FSR, It must be a very credible forgery if it was sold by you, a very experienced and wise dealer, as genuine. It also took the buyer a whole...
Wayne Sayles has written a good book called "Classical Deception". In it, on page 122, he quoted my thoughts on forgeries that are rather...
The BCD "unknowns" were gathered over a period of intense collecting that lasted about 45 years. Some were exhaustively researched in a good...
Thank you for this information. I will annotate my copy accordingly.
The early (1860's) edition may say on the cover that it goes up to Romulus Augustulus but in fact ends with Maximianus Herculius plus 7 additional...
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