I must admit I was surprised with myself, being so careless and just looking at the reverses. My good friend RBW, unfortunately no longer with us,...
I assure you that I never intended to advertise my coins, either in the open or in the sly. Of course I cannot stop you from believing so.
Apologies to everyone. I realize I did the wrong thing, at least from the point of view of the majority of the members. Also, I somehow thought...
CNG e-396 closing April 26, lot 98 and Roma e-35 closing April 29, lot 120 These two obols seem to be from the same pair of dies. The CNG one is...
Weight is 4.68 and diameter is 15mm. Dies adjusted to 6 o'clock. If I had to risk a guess I'd say a Thracian dynast. But this is only a guess. I...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Any identification help (or hint) will be appreciated
On the 16th of September of last year a specialized collection of Postumus was sold in a european mailbid sale. Two hundred lots of (mostly) very...
Having collected Greek and Roman Provincial of well defined geographical areas for over 50 years, it was time to sell and did so by auctioning one...
Hi SteveX6, you may call me BCD if you wish but I chose ab initio as a pseudonym because I felt it would be too presumptuous to advertise myself...
Yes, it is! (I envy your ability to transfer photos from different places into this discussion). The legend is ΑΘΑΝΑΣ ΑΛΕΑΣ and the temple was of...
I have a small collection of Greek (Classical and Hellenistic) silver, formed over the last half century, composed of "pierced" coins. They...
I have known a collector who always bought extensively tooled ancient greek coins for his collection (because they were cheaper) and when told...
Siphnos has different types so I checked SNG Cop 785 and came out with Tenos. I am making this correction rather late, but better late than never.
I have come across several Greek Hellenistic bronzes with the reverse (or the obverse in a few cases) "planed" as you say. Most of them had file...
[IMG][IMG][IMG] This type must be quite rare, I only found three examples in Coin Archives (see above). Strangely enough they were all unsold when...
I can only judge the Greek as Roman prices are a mystery to me. Some Roman price tags with lots of zeros though at the current NAC sale of which I...
I find it unusual but also interesting for someone to collect such a wide range of ancients. What amazes me is that every coin you show is...
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