Sorry to be so judgemental--it's not the coin's fault if it's bronze--but aren't bronzes of Elagabalus from Antioch, Syria, supposed to have a...
I got this in a small bulk lot. I've never seen one before. It looks like a fourrée obol from Miletos. Although the surface is very dark, it looks...
I just received this coin in the mail yesterday. It's from Roma eAuction 84: [ATTACH] Sextus Pompey AE As Sicilian mint, Ca. 42-38 B.C. Obv: MAGN...
This little AE15 is credited to Alexander the Great by both Price and Hoover (HGC). Maybe I'm imagining this, but I thought someone on CT said a...
I have an ethical question. I sell a lot of coins, mostly on eBay, and I keep all the old photographs of the coins that I've sold, although I no...
Here's another little fellow from the Roma group lots: [ATTACH] Kings of Macedon AE15 unit Obv: Diademed young male head, right, within border of...
Here's an interesting little Greek bronze that I got in a lot from Roma: [ATTACH] Kings of Macedon Antigonos II Gonatas, 277-239 B.C. AE20 Obv:...
Here's another coin that I received in the lot of coins from the William Stancomb Collection that I won in a recent Roma auction: [ATTACH] MOESIA,...
I just discovered this. It seems pretty useful, so I thought I'd share it in case you haven't seen it before: Ancient Numismatics Link Hub My...
This is one of my favorites from the Roma lots: [ATTACH] THRACE, Odessos, ca. 120 - 100 B.C. AE17 Obv: Laurate head of Apollo, right. Rev: OΔHΣI...
This is one of the coins that came in a group lot from a recent Roma Numismatics auction: [ATTACH] MOESIA, Istrus, AE23 Pan-, magistrate 3rd...
If so, I'm wondering what your thoughts are about eBay's new payment policy: bypassing Paypal, holding onto your money for 3 or 4 days and then...
I recently won a small lot of unattributed Carthaginian bronzes, ca. 4th - 2nd century B.C. I'd like to identify the mint and mint dates. Does...
Well, not exactly buyer's remorse. More like imposter syndrome. Most of everything I bid on in the last Roma eAuction went for multiples of what...
I've noticed that when someone mentions another CT member in a post, the name is usually preceded by an @ sign. Is this what is known as tagging,...
I've always been something of an opportunist collector. I stumble upon something interesting and unexpected, and that spurs a new collecting...
This coin was part of a lot of unattributed silver fractions. All the coins were from Asia Minor, mostly Ionia, Aeolis and Troas. I've attributed...
I received two coins in a bulk lot that looked like someone tried to strip them down to bare metal and then gave up halfway through the process....
Every since Coin Talk went down for a while last week, I've seen some strange things happening with images. Many posts refer to a coin photo...
I was looking through some duplicate coins in my CtG collection, ones that I haven't published online, when I noticed this unusual GENIO POP ROM....
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