3. Syracuse Tet (die) signed by Eumenos and Eukleidas (SNG ANS 262/259) [ATTACH] 4. Proto-Tortoise (Meadows, Aegina, Group Ib; Asyut Group V,...
What a year! Ugh. Hope you enjoy some of these. My top 5 Romans: 1-3. First portraits of the Second Triumvirate (Crawford 480/22, 490/1, and...
here is the real deal Holyfield (via AJ and TIF): https://www.tifcollection.com/current-favorite-greeks?lightbox=image_q54 the genuine lifetime...
One of my collecting sub-goals has been to put together a collection of NON-PORTRAIT lifetime denarii of Julius Caesar:...
Thank you for the informative write up. Here is an interesting little number (RIC IV 229) I picked up from the Morris collection on Heritage a...
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My next four as promised: [ATTACH]
Congrats @Gavin Richardson, sounds like this auction was fruitful across the board. Concerning the N - "banker's mark" (?), @dougsmit, I really...
Thank you all for the kind comments. @DonnaML , yes, I am counting Aelius. Not sure about G1 and G2 - may focus available funds elsewhere...
Thanks to the AMCC auction in November I was able to complete a 12 Caesars set in denarii. Figured this would be as good a time as any to post...
Thank you for the notice. I did not realize this. Had a chance to see him at a few (local) shows and visit him (at his residence) to view this...
Good idea! Here is a Babylonian stater. [ATTACH]
Here are a pair from Velia. Both are signed by Kleudoros and struck between 334-300 BC. It took me a while to find the latter (facing) example....
That is a nice pair. Here are mine (both CNG, the former ex-Cederlind): [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Waiting on the right RIC II 601 with herald and cippus...
Nice pick up, @Orfew! I had my eye on that one (as a secular games denarius enthusiast), but landed the Augustus secular cippus (RIC I 355)...
Thank you for the write up. I did not realize the difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendar until this post motivated me to do a little...
Thank you Bing for the attribution and extra info. I thought of you the other week when I saw this lot:...
Here are my five favorite Romans (and two honorable mentions for good measure). Shout out to Orfew and Severeus Alexander for making some of these...
Thank you all for the input. To put it in Doug Smith's words, the hippo, athena, and larissa "spoke to me." I had been looking for a Epaminondas...
Here are my five favorite Greeks from 2019, no particular order. Five Romans to come in a few days. [ATTACH] Calabria, Tarentum Nomos circa...
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