[ATTACH] [ATTACH] One quarter Mina (Tetarton) scale weight, Levantine region of Northern Syria, circa 250 – 100 BC. Obv – Seleukid anchor, note...
I was reading some info on Rome and saw this game. I die all the time. Maybe you can do better....
2020 has been a tuff year in many ways. On the plus side, I have learned to visit on line by Zoom (the ANS has a great series of meetings on...
Had an interesting day watching the Themis auction. I only bid on halves, and won both - a cut Augustus denarii and a half Libra scale weight....
An email from the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild arrived this week, 10/8. They asked for help by sending comments on renewal of the MOU with Greece...
I was not planning to go to the NYINC in January 2021, but I am disappointed to hear this year's show is off the table. I will have to look at our...
How often do you run across an item in an auction that "has your name on it"? I have posted plumb bobs on RR coins and Roman plumb bobs here...
Like a lot of folks, I have spent many hours drooling over coin auctions in the last 5 months. In this time, I obtained the largest and smallest...
An uncommon cast bronze As arrived this week. The coin was broken to make small change and is only about a Sextans worth of bronze. Enough of the...
Athena / Facing Owl on Palm Frond; Mysia Pergamon 200-100 BC [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Small Bronze Coin, 200-100 AD, Mysien Pergamon Obv - Helmeted head...
How often do you buy two coins because they make a good pair in your collection. I bid on these, in different auctions, because they had similar...
Coin weights from Old Coins I often see an ancient coin that is new to me. Most of the time, I pass on it because it does not fit my collecting...
On 5/31/20 I bought a One Semissis coin weight produced from a repurposed LRB coin Constantine (?) / Campgate. The same day, I bought a Byzantine...
A recent purchase is a 2 ounce bronze weight with an inscription. The inscription is either V or C. I suspect the weight had other letters, but...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I bought a prow left Sextans in the NAC auction May 25, 2020. It is the 3rd prow left coin I have bought in less than...
I recently added an interesting piece of cast bronze to my collection of Roman Republican coins, cast bronze money from Central Italy and Roman...
When was the word Stater used to describe a weight or coin in Athens? I do not know the answer, but the weight below suggests that it was in use...
I am like lots of folks and trying to find interesting stuff while holed-up at home. The British Museum sent me a link to their Rome 1st century...
This year I have picked up two interesting coins from one hoard. I have wanted a better Owl for a while and fell for this one at a coin show. A...
I am like lots of folks and chomping at the bit due to stay at home orders / advise. I picked up a couple of RR snacks to help pass the time. The...
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