Wonderful work on the research and comparison of the handwriting. Very impressive! I’d love to see a “Curtis’s Top 10 Favorite Provenances” post...
Thanks for the additional information. I believe that the collector who suggested Kroh did so because the coin he bought directly from Kroh came...
This one is a candidate for a sole rule Severina. [ATTACH] Next: Powerful woman
Ding ding ding! Correct on both counts Curtis. The collection was started by Hildebrecht’s father Fritz. The Hommel Roman collection was extremely...
In the spirit of the thread I will add one additional tag for folks to guess as well as a few tags I don’t know about and could use some help...
9 is the Archer Huntington Collection which has an interesting and messy story involving the societies it was bequeathed and loaned to. [ATTACH]...
1 is BCD. Some of the others look familiar as well. I’ll check my notes later this evening and see if I can get others. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here are two Philip I / Adventus types. I gave the top coin to a good friend and kept the second one due to the excellent provenance. [ATTACH]...
Thank you! I did quite a bit of research on this little fraction which was quite fun. Whenever you get a chance to read von Mosch’s paper I’d be...
I’m going to have to post my representative portrait for Apollo. A coin struck my Maussolos of mausoleum fame. [ATTACH] Next: More Olympian...
Wonderful coin @Curtis ! I also enjoy owning plate coins, mostly because the publication chose them for some aspect that the coin illustrated...
Even though it is not beautiful I love this hemiobol from Magnesia ad Maeandrum because it was struck under Themistokles and the open question...
Great coin @JayAg47 !
Nice one! Congrats.
Here is the Cretan version of the myth of Europa and Zeus. [ATTACH] Next: Full figure of a person or god.
Here is the “Farnese Hercules.” [ATTACH] Next: A coin showing a scene from mythology.
Nice coin @The Meat man . Definitely a nice portrait and an interesting reverse. Here is my favorite Constantius Chlorus. [ATTACH]
Please count me in as well LordM. I would choose Lot 1 because it is a nice looking coin that would look good in my collection. I also don’t have...
Nice Siglos @Mr.MonkeySwag96 . Yes, the city wall artistic motif is one I’ve always found very interesting both on coins and other forms of art....
I completely agree. Extremely interesting. Trying to interpret the original meaning behind coin designs is one of my favorite avenues of...
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