I'll probably do a writeup of my first coin show experience-- World's Fair of Money, Chicago, August 2014. There's just so much detail though and...
Last week I trolled for tets on eBay with Emmett's book in hand, looking for potential winners. Since this type of coin is usually rather...
I was hunting for a Nero and this was just too beautiful to pass up... [ATTACH] Nero (AD 54-68) Rome, 63 AD Orichalcum sestertius, 34 mm, 26.7...
Sadly, I know nothing about the reasons behind the imagery. I bought the coin simply because I like the type and want some coins with lizards. I...
A recent CNG auction had three large lots of later-date Alexandrian tetradrachms and the price was reasonable... The auction listing showed a...
I didn't see it coming. I was just being a good daughter, helping Mom make a sensible disposition of her father's hoard of old US coins. "Sure,...
This type of coin caught my eye a while back. At a glance, I thought the plant was equisetum. It's not; it is thought to be a now extinct plant...
Buh bye wagon! That didn't last long. Observing the recent Roma auction led to logging in to the Roma auction which led to much clicking. :D...
A thread started by vlaha last year raised many good questions and led to many of us wondering how to pronounce various ancient words. Ardatirion...
Another tiny treasure from the Goldberg lot. This one is pretty interesting. I think the attribution is correct but I haven't found any pictures...
This is another one from the Sept. 2013 Goldberg mixed lot, just now getting around to it. The coin had no label or attribution. The portrait...
This one was vexing since I'm not very experienced with Roman Imperials. It's from a mixed lot (Goldberg, Sept. 2013), many of which I never got...
Through individual purchases and fortunate finds in mixed lots, I'm starting to accumulate some nice provincials of Alexandria. Buying Emmett's...
It's a beautiful day in coinland. Spent the morning watching the Greeks go by in the Roma auction. This afternoon I'm cleaning and protecting my...
Guess it pays to clean the house once in a while :D Found this under a piece of furniture in my workroom. It must've come from the large mixed...
Random sighting on the web... :) [IMG]
I had this on my watch list at Heritage, not with any intention to buy but just because it was a nice coin and the grading was intriguing. In...
Probably a good thing since I have another upcoming coin on my radar, plus I already have one of these superjumbo Ptolemaic bronzes. But dang......
On ancient coins, why do most of the female faces have no indentation of the upper nasal bridge? You can draw a straight line from the sloped...
[apparently there is a character limit and this post is too long... so I will have to divide it in two] I’ve had great fun diving into ancient...
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