Is anyone going to Coinex in London? My wife (the knitter of the family) and I are headed to the Shetland Islands for Wool Week the last week of...
A friend found this coin on the floor of her office when she moved in a few weeks ago. I could not identify it. Can anyone here ID the coin? I...
I enjoy watching on line auctions. I watched a couple this weekend and plan another early next week. I wanted a cast sextans that is a bit ruff,...
An interesting lot from CNG arrived this week. It is a one Libra weight from the late Roman or early Byzantine Empire. I have collected weights...
I picked up two coins this week to make a small set of RR coins with voting on them. I suspect that there are some control marks that involve...
I picked up a few interesting pieces at the Bellaire Coin Club show last weekend. I collect Roman Republic and cast bronze, so three of these I...
This weekend is the Bellaire Coin Club coin show. If you are in the area, please plan to attend. I helped set up yesterday and already know one of...
I received the news this week that Simon Bendall passed this month. I did not know him, but have one of his books, Byzantine Weights An...
A package of scale weights arrived today. It was a long wait for the weights due to export papers. In hand, 3 of the 5 weights match ones in my...
I had a good time watching parts of a couple of auctions. I have done this for many years, but still have some things to learn. I was late to one...
This silver bullion coin is not at home in Ancient Coins, but maybe folks here will grant me a bit of leeway. The following coin has features that...
[ATTACH] I saw this coin in an auction recently. The golden tone intrigued me. How could it be that gold. Was it genuine? I looked on line and...
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Hi, Did any other forum members participate in auction 348 on May 8 - 9th? If so, have you been invoiced yet? I bid in the auction via SixBid. I...
I saw this coin offered in a recent auction and it haunted me. It is a great example of a cast coin: large (at 204 grams it is considered...
The average condition of my RR bronze coins is lower than my RR silver. I find well worn bronze coins that shill show its major features good...
I received an email titled: Ancient coin sale - RomanLode going out of business sale. The on line shop is on VCoins and of course, I had to look....
I had an interesting talk about coin grading with a coin collector last week. He was upset that his US silver 3 cent coin was graded 62 when it...
I recently won a lot of cut coins to add to my growing collection. I have a box of 50 not well defined Roman Imperial coins headed my way. Anyone...
A scale weight arrived today from an interesting selling country: Cyprus. The price was modest, so I was not too worried about it being lost in...
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