It could be just the photos, but most of the Alexanders look odd. One particular oddity is lot 57. AFAIK the mint for Price 3575 is not Crete, nor...
Maybe for the benefit of the doubt we should just assume they all are?
I'm new to ancient coin collecting, but the following are basic principles I use for buying. 1) Don't buy off EBay 2) Don't buy off EBay 3) Don't...
[ATTACH] My mother saved this cover that I mailed from Viet Nam. I used to doodle cartoons on many of the envelopes; this one shows a Viet Cong...
What I'd really love to see is a "no holds barred" review of all auction houses and sellers. Each one would have a score, and each fake found in a...
Personally, I won't be bidding at Frank's auction, but not due to his poor sense of humor. In full truth, the main reason is he's not offering...
Here's my Lysimachos. These have been pricy lately, so mine isn't nearly as nice as most of the others. It does come from the Perinthos mint,...
As I mentioned in the now deleted thread, one great thing about ancient coins is we can discuss topics that were once extremely political in a way...
But then naturally the Thasos stater truly represents an alien (nowadays mistaken for a satyr) carrying off an ancient thracian for enlightenment...
I agree. Personally, I didn't get involved in the political side of the discussion, but had several posts involving the history and intentions of...
My LCS does carry ancients, though they're a small fraction of their inventory. Their prices for buyers are competitive, though I've never bought...
There's the antoninianus, which is a few mm larger than the denarius. The only thing is the silver percentage rapidly declined, but the ones from...
For what it's worth, a major hobby of mine is photography. The art has run in my family. My father photographed the Japanese surrender on the USS...
The headline of this post should say it all. I didn't need to look at the coin to say it's fake. Personally, I don't touch EBay. Way too many...
An athenian owl will be easy to come by. Most auctions have multiple copies. I second the recommendation that Roma Numismatics works best for your...
This was my first time bidding with Nomos, and I was very pleased with my "haul." My top priority was this shield coin of Pyrrhos. They don't come...
This looks similar to LeRider 4 p.252. If so, that would make it a quarter-stater (the copy I found is 12mm, 2.11g) from Philip II, though a...
This reminds me of several other conversations I had with either my sons' friends or nieces/nephews that stopped over. I was showing them my...
In fairness to my nephew, he's only 22 and he makes about $500k a year trading sneakers, so he's not an idiot. He's just so wrapped up in the...
Yesterday, my 22-year-old nephew stopped by, and during our chat I brought out two recent purchases I have yet to put in my album - a Ptolemy...
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