I'm slowly going through the big mixed lot from Stacks. They are essentially unattributed, although some have a ruler's name. This one had...
An interesting albeit corroded, tooled, and overcleaned coin from the recent "TIF's Folly" mixed lot :D In an old paper envelope, handwritten in...
Guess my luck ran out. Bid blind on another large mixed lot, this time from Stack's. No pictures. The description was Approximately 93 pieces...
You may have heard me talk about putting together a themed collection... it's finally done! "Done" being a fluid thing, of course. I already...
These Histiaia, Euboia tetrobols are plentiful... and abundantly faked. Finding them appealing, I've kept an eye out for the right one for my...
The postman brought three elephants this week. I've been looking for a Caesar denarius and in one auction had bids going on two, hoping to win...
These arrived today. Long story, but in a nutshell I was gunning for any of many large lots of mixed silver Greeks an auction 5 weeks ago. Was...
I could use some help with proper attribution of this coin. Apparently the books most likely to help are Burgos, A. La moneda hispanica desde sus...
Rather than continuing to add to the thread where they were initially posted, I'm starting a new thread and will put all such labels here as they...
Admit it, you've sometimes seen a coin and thought "Hey! That looks like ________". Post them here :D [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
For a certain themed collection, I've been hunting for an Artemis and hound issue. Focused in on provincials, decided to go with this father and...
This was one of those "what did my finger just do?" purchases. I was bidding on a couple of other coins in the recent Pecunem auction. I had...
Picked this up at a recent auction mainly because I liked the simple design and I hadn't seen the type before. Now I'm reading more about it and...
Some interesting stuff. I am not exercising restraint :D Noob will be proud of one of my purchases, a hun.
A few months ago a friend, upon hearing that I was collecting ancient coins, said he would like to have a coin issued by a pharaoh. Hmm. "I don't...
Fresh from the mail truck. [ATTACH] Roman Republic, C. Postumius denarius 74 BC, Rome 18.74 mm, 3.6 gm Obv: bust of Diana right, bow and quiver...
Got my gluteus kicked in the Gorney & Mosch auctions today and yesterday. Such grand plans... I spent so many hours studying the lots--...
This was in the Goldberg lot, in a stapled 2x2 with no information. It looks very similar to other Edessa issues of Elagabalus but I haven't...
Since tomorrow is Columbus day in the USA, here's a nice bit of Columbus-related exonumia. Disclaimer: it is embarrassing that we celebrate this...
This came as a nice surprise in the Goldberg lot, which was billed as 'mostly bronze Greek and Roman'. Very artistic rendering of Jupiter. Not...
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