For Tennesseans such as myself and @Victor_Clark, and folks in the U.S. close by, the Frist Center is hosting an exhibit on ancient Rome, with...
[ATTACH] So late Friday night I was scrolling through some online coin dealers’ inventory at about 11 PM. Probably a bad idea. Anyway, I knew my...
My impressions may be anecdotal and inaccurate, but it seems to me that I have received multiple international coin packages with their contents...
So late last night I was scrolling through eBay and saw a coin that looked mighty familiar. Upon closer scrutiny, I realized why it was familiar....
I’m recataloguing my collection and am searching for a consistent terminology for LRB’s. I think I’m going to dispense with the AE1, AE2, AE3, and...
[ATTACH] Actually, I want to know how I should clean my crocodile. I finally got one of those COL NEM coins and am very pleased with the...
I am awaiting a coin from Canada (Newfoundland). It was purchased on Jan. 2 and mailed Jan 7. It's now Jan. 29. Three weeks seems a tad long to...
[ATTACH] To me, these "two victory" reverse types are among the least interesting LRBs, and this particular coin is no beauty--at least not the...
I just ran across this product on eBay and thought it was interesting--especially for novice collectors. Someone has put together type sheets for...
I just ran across this article and don't recall a CoinTalk thread on it, and a quick search didn't turn up anything obvious. Apologies if this is...
I thought New Year’s Day would be an appropriate time to liberate Antoninus Pius and his piggies. [ATTACH] This was my only slabbed coin, and in...
[ATTACH] So I recently purchased this lovely Maximinus II Daia follis formerly owned by @Aethelred and sold by @John Anthony. It came with the RIC...
A couple of times in the past year I’ve check VCoins and noticed that a dealer whose stock I was mildly interested in was no longer with VCoins....
Here’s my top 10 list for 2017. Apologies ahead of time for this long-winded preamble. I started collecting ancients around 2004 and collected...
[ATTACH] In the past few months I picked up a Julius Caesar denarius with an Aeneas reverse. While shopping for a very long time, I probably...
Hadrian 117-138 A.D.; Struck: 119-121 A.D. AE Sestertius; 32 mm.; 22.25 g. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG PM TR P COS III; laureate bust...
[ATTACH] I'm still working by fits and starts on my university's meager collection of ancient coins. Here's an Alexander the Great drachm. I have...
So despite having collected ancient coins for over 15 years, in many ways I am quite inexperienced when it comes to more sophisticated aspects of...
[ATTACH] So after finishing the Iliad last week, a student came up to me and said she had a Roman coin and wanted to know if I wanted to take a...
[ATTACH] So every once in a while I will post a coin on Facebook with a little write-up for nonspecialists. I got this one in this week from...
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