Hey friends, what do y'all think about this little mystery, a bronze I found in a mixed lot of provincials... [ATTACH] I attribute it to Olba...
The day of reckoning has come my friends! Post your Saturnalia gifts (if you want to) and reveal your identities (if you want to). [ATTACH]
Do any of you RR gurus know what the control mark on this coin is? Something serpentine with what appear to be antennae? Some sort of slug? I know...
Hello friends, here is a selection of excellent coins at prices well below retail. Please PM me if interested. Payment can be by paypal, or postal...
I don’t often do show reports, but here’s a synopsis of my trip to Baltimore yesterday. The drive from Lancaster PA is about 1 1/2 hours, and the...
Since I emceed this bountiful exchange of good cheer last year, I figured y'all wouldn't mind if I did it again - somebody's got to. If you would...
Some form of shell money appears to have been used on almost every continent: America, Asia, Africa, and Australia. It was originally used as a...
Just out of random curiosity, how many types of only the Egyptian tets of only Philip I can we post? I'll start with Tyche... [ATTACH]
The Roman conquest of Britain didn't begin in earnest until the reign of Claudius, after which occur these imitative types, modeled after asses of...
I acquired this Celtic stater at a show in Harrisburg yesterday. Curious little thing - dated to the 1st century BC but still imitating the...
So I got a PM from Ardatirion suggesting I set up a table at the Red Rose Coin Show next week. It's something I've been considering for a while,...
So my wife and I were driving through a small town in PA a couple of days ago and came across a used bookstore. We dropped in on a whim. They had...
...I came across this 4th-3rd century BC kylix (drinking vessel) of Campania, in which the potter used a Syracusan decadrachm to make an...
In his vision of the Battle of Actium, Virgil writes, “Hinc ope barbarica variisque Antonius armis, victor ab Aurorae populis et litore rubro,...
Hello friends, here is a selection of ancient coins for your consideration. Shipping in the US is $4 First Class Parcel for any amount of coins....
Well here's my Baltimore thread. The highlight of my trip was seeing Doug Smith in person (it's been a couple of years) and getting his autograph...
Ken Dorney sent me this charming little bronze of Arados... [ATTACH] One of the reasons I wanted it was for the clear date beneath the prow on...
This coin, the first of its type that I've acquired, has led me down a rabbit hole that questions its traditional analysis. In Early Hellenistic...
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