At the end of last year I said that I would get some more aesthetically pleasing coins and more Greeks in 2021... what an awful year to gun for...
You read right. One of the coolest and least understood symbols (along with so many monograms) is the countermarks on our ancient coins! But few...
My mania really knows no bounds. [ATTACH] OK. Not that crazy. But close. I actually forgot that this package was coming today:nailbiting:...
First appearing in very early writing in Hesiod's Theogony (c. 730–700 BCE) the Greek Goddess Hekate (Hecate) is a true witches' witch. [ATTACH]...
Where are our LRB pros at? I thought I would give myself a fun little adventure and picked up a 2 buck LRB in the last NBS sale. I had a good...
Savoca STILL put on their bi-weekly auction, despite it being Christmas. What kind of auction house ignores that it's one of the most holi...
The title really says it all. This is a post of a coin from a place nobody knows exactly where it is, or should I say was, most say Macedon due to...
Sadly, we've seen yellow and orange makeup on bronze coins for a while now. Especially busted up LRBs to hide pitting and to help Legends pop....
Not meaning to break anybodies SOP or protocol, but this is my party:kiss:;)and you're invited. So, I give you ten of the coins that the average...
I am always happy to get a coin featuring a different labor of Herakles, as witnessed by my latest article on the man/God:...
The title says it all. Though, I do recognize the face and thought I would remember who it is (or at least the area it is from) when I bid the ten...
I recently purchased this intaglio listed as, "ROMAN INTAGLIO SEAL BRONZE RING, GOD SOL IN QUADRIGA Roman Bronze Seal Intaglio Ring, circa...
After last years MONSTER year of Macedonian Shield coins: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ryros-top-10-macedonian-shield-coins-of-2020.370866/ I...
Researching a silly little..I mean fleur de coin, of Gallienus that came in a lot I received the other day and I stumbled across one on eBay....
THE GRACCHI BROTHERS, MARIUS, SULLA, CAESAR, POMPEY! The power vacuum that the late republic produced created some of the most powerful and...
Janus, the God of beginnings, endings and transition, ironically, was likely NOT where we get the name of the month January. The ancient Roman's...
I've picked up a few coins for their unique artistry lately showing some of our favorite emperors unlike how we are used to seeing them and...
A descendant of Julius Caesar's first wife, the only wife to give Caesar a child, Julia. Plautilla would do Caracalla the same favor, as coin...
Stumbled across this and it had some wonderful pictures of unique artifacts, so I thought I'd share. Britain celebrating giving back the most...
"Half of what I say is meaningless." Such a perfect lyric for Julia the Elder:[ATTACH] The most impactful woman that time forgot. Who 2059 years...
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