Cornering the market for the rare variety are we? ;)
I won this little beauty at a very good price at the Artemide auction today. I like the finer style that Roma is engraved in on this type. And...
Love it! Welcome to the 53/2 club! :D [IMG] Anonymous. Ca 210-206 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.86 g, 3h). Uncertain Apulian mint. Obverse: Helmeted...
Some additional info on the L. Hostilius Saserna : there is a proposition that the obverse figure is a representation of Pallor, the goddess of...
Since we are going into RR provincials, I may as well switch metal a little :P I think both of these show some fine style for being RR provincials...
Here are some artistic Republican coins from my collection :) [ATTACH] Anonymous. 210-206 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.86 g, 3h). Minted in Apulia....
Update! Found additional provenance back to 1960 :) [ATTACH]
I found additional provenance for mine in a 1960 FPL, sadly no other provenance for the coin in question: [ATTACH]
My win from the recent Heritage signature sale finally arrived yesterday. Some of you have already had a sneak at it. The obverse here is truly a...
@Andrew McCabe . A fellow collector got one from the same auction as I, and your Caesar came from this auction as well if I'm not mistaken. His...
Here is the one I received. Nothing written on the "price" tag on the back. [ATTACH]
Hello Andrew! I also received one of those boxes with a recent purchase. I will post an image of it in the morning when I get home from work.
Nice one! I also have an ex Hommel collection coin :) [IMG] C. Fundanius. 101 BC. AR Quinarius (14mm, 1.76 g, 1h). Rome mint. Obverse: Laureate...
New arrival from CNG! This is a type I previously had in the collection, but sold it off due to raised quality standards. Very happy to have the...
Thank's Phil! Yes, I did not stumble upon a single specimen or other die that come with this quality and fine style for the type while doing some...
Thank you :) Yes, the middle one is a very popular type for those reasons. But a more likely theory is that the punch-die above the anvil is...
Thought I'd share some recent photos I took of my three T. Carisius denarii that are in my collection. Many of you have probably seen all three...
This is a neolithic stone axe, found during World War II by my grandfather when he was a young boy working in a potato field on my great grand...
To answer you first question I will quote a reply Aaron Berk at Harlan J. Berk gave someone asking a similar question: "Because 90% of the...
Thank you :) No worries at all, I totally agree that NGC many times are far to generous with grade. I far more prefer the conservative grading of...
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