So, I believe your drachm falls into Class A6Lc2a or A7Lc2b - classifications by a numismatist by the name of Petranyi. See this page for more...
Arethusa is famously depicted on Sicilian staters/tetradrachms - which are the size you're looking for. But $200 won't bring you close to one of...
The second coin is a drachm of Apollonia, struck during the Roman Republic protectorate of Illyria (modern Albania), 1st to 2nd centuries BC. The...
One of the diagnostics of the 18/17 is a die clash at Liberty's knee, which all examples show, even in lower grades... [ATTACH] I don't see that...
The Fuld catalog is definitely a good deal.
This sounds very intriguing as I'm currently reading Matt Ridley's The Rational Optimist - How Prosperity Evolves. In short, Ridley puts forward,...
One of the nicest I've seen!
Wine-swilling-sex-mad Celtic is redundant.
I doubt it. Have you seen this thread?
Great coins! Something else for my want list.
Those catalogs were very popular in their day because they appealed to peoples' treasure-hunting instincts. Sometimes Mehl made more money selling...
That's cool! Keep us posted as to what interesting coins you acquire from that arrangement.
I punched that legend into google translate and got International Womens Year, which was a United Nations commemoration in 1975. I'll get back to...
Don't ask me why. But one thing that intrigued me was that most of the Eastern Bloc circulating coinage of the period was so much flimsy, boring...
These are some of the more interesting and substantial souvenir exonumia of the early 20th century: pewter medals that borrow devices from the...
The value is good, but more importantly there's a huge amount of history and numismatiics to be gleaned from those coins. Nice haul.
I don't know about the grade but I really like the color and character of the coin. I'd be happy with it too.
It's the laureate bust of Apollo, who is frequently paired with a tripod, as that was one of the ritual implements of his cult dating back to the...
Thank you kindly Bjoern!
I get a little nervous when I venture out of my wheelhouse. I picked up this Genoa Republic denaro, and the only information I've been able to...
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