500 kg / 17 g per tetradrachm = 29 400 coins
I thought the group would be interested to know how I determined this coin was plated, and how this issue was resolved. One of the members...
Thank you everyone who commented on this coin. My plan is to first send a note to the dealer with my observations. I’ll probably ask for an...
Thanks to Mat and shanxi for your replies. Pardon the copy of the photos that follow. I’m limited to the cameras in my Samsung phone and Surface...
[ATTACH] This photo is the reverse of what I think is a plated drachm, modelled on a coin issued by Caius Caligula in Caesarea, Cappadocia around...
Thanks to everyone who responded. As I see it, other than tardiness no one on the forum experienced problems with the Austrian or Canadian postal...
1. Can I ask collector colleagues – particularly from Canada – if they’re ever heard that the Austrian mail service will not accept coin...
Terence 1. Thank you so much for your comment. 2. Looking at it anew, I think that my coin has the obverse of Vlasto 760 with the...
I write to ask for help in attributing the following Tarentine nomos, please. Specifically I’d really appreciate your thoughts in response to two...
To be fair, acsearch just responded as follows to my question about which auctions they have indexed. (Their response was received after my post.)...
I thought the group would be interested in reading about my experience with the ex-numis and the acsearch image search engines. My conclusion is...
One of the considerations of ancient coin collecting is the level of uncertainty you’re willing to accept. Leaving aside those who are...
Thank you TIF and Valentinian for taking a look and responding. I appreciate your comments.
... oops, sorry for the duplicate photos!
A couple of years ago I purchased the following sestertius of Agrippina (AD 42 – 43, RIC 102) at auction. The catalogue description (Roma e29 lot...
Thank you Carausius. My denarius is from Naville's auction 31 of May 2015, lot 350. So it's nice to know that it is likely from the E E...
Thank you very much red_spork - what a shame my coin wasn't the Deidius denarius photographed in the auction catalogue! Appreciate the help. D
[ATTACH] Hello Group! Can someone please help me determine the if the above denarius (Mn Acilius Glabrio, Cr 442/1a, Syd 922) is from the E.E...
[ATTACH] … this archaic owl was only affordable to me because of the flan flaws back and front. I really like the late archaic style of this...
[ATTACH] … this owl (almost) got me in a bunch of trouble. I was looking for one that was well centred from the classic period. Only *after* I...
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