Hadrian AR Denarius ca. 130 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate bust left, with slight drapery on far (right) shoulder, HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P / Rev....
I wonder if Germany to the USA via China sets some kind of record for misdirected mail! I guess I'm lucky that nobody in the Chinese postal system...
I'm so sorry. We'll all keep our eyes open.
It certainly is! But I'm very glad I finally received it. I had pretty much given up, mostly because of the complete disappearance of the package...
Well, the coin from Germany that I won in a Künker auction, sent to me via Deutsche Post on April 13, was finally delivered today, after six...
I've ordered from retail Spanish dealers like Aeternitas and occasionally Lucerna and Marti, and haven't had any big problems -- even with waiting...
The coin shipped to me from Germany on 13 April has suddenly made an appearance on the USPS tracker, after disappearing for almost six weeks: May...
Sorry, I'm still completely baffled by what you mean when you pronounce an ancient coin "original," and whether a coin found in the ground would...
The problem is that dealers and auction houses in the UK and on the Continent have so many great ancient coins -- certainly a much wider selection...
Here's a copy and paste of one of my posts on this subject, from about two years ago. (I haven't checked to make sure that all the links still...
A wonderful coin and write-up, @ValiantKnight! Here's mine: Hadrian, AE Drachm, Year 17 (AD 132/133), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate,...
So if a coin is found buried and the dirt is cleaned off, it's no longer "original" in your view? You do realize that ALL ancient coins were found...
I don't understand no. 6. What do you mean by "original"?
You still don't get it when it comes to ancient coins.
Beautiful coins! I hope they arrive quickly: the Roman Republican denarius I won at a Cayon Subastas auction in late February, mailed to me in...
Macrinus Augustus and Diadumenian Caesar, AE Pentassarion [5 Assaria], 217-218 AD, Marcianopolis Mint, Moesia Inferior [now Devnya, Bulgaria]...
Here's the entry for Mairat's book at Numiswiki, together with the following breakdown of the different pdf links with reference to their...
Aurelian, silvered AE Antoninianus, 274-75 AD, Cyzicus Mint. Obv. Radiate cuirassed bust right, IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG/ Rev. Female personification...
Edit: too late! One of my favorite Probus coins: Probus, silvered billon Antoninianus, 278-280 AD, Rome Mint [4th Emission, 2nd Officina]. Obv....
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