My wife and I visited Baker, Nevada last weekend to see the Perseid Meteor Shower. It was plenty dark on U.S. Route 50 (America’s Loneliest Road),...
We have a coin show this weekend in Houston, Tx: Bellaire Coin Club Coin, Stamp, & Collectible Show Aug 4th - 5th, 2018 Arabia Shrine Center...
I have picked up several Roman scale weights, scale parts and coins showing scales. This coin is in the latter group and was a consolation for...
Three scale weights arrived recently. This one looks like it has a wolf or wolf and twins on it. Take a look and see what you think. I have not...
I bought three weights in a recent auction. The best item is one in the form of Cupid. Note the chain is a thick braid formed loops crossed at 90...
I read an interesting presentation on Academia.edu by Clive Stannard. Yes, the Stannard adjustment guy. You can get a copy here:...
I bought an interesting cast coin today. I will post that coin when it arrives. This coin was an adder. I saw it in the Roman Imperial section and...
Silver Hemiobol Boar Lion; Mysia, CYZICOS [ATTACH] This coin caught my eye in a recent auction. I bought it as an unsold lot to show my family...
I like old books that have drawings of Aes Grave. I found one on line from 1839: L'aes grave del Museo Kircheriano : ovvero, Le monete primitive...
I bought a 3/8th Shekel from Brutium, during Punic occupation, in electrum, 216 – 211 BC. I have posted the coin here, and on my blog -...
I picked up an unidentified coin at a recent show. It was described as a drachm or hemidrachm. It is 2.47 grams and 14.7 X 15.9 mm with a 12 die...
I an a terrible procrastinator. I have been putting last minute touches to my display box for this weekend's Texas Numismatic Association meeting...
There is a coin show in Houston that has a few ancient coin dealers (Pegasi, Nilus, 900 Fine, and a few others that have some ancient coins for...
A Small Janus Head and Prow Right Bronze Coin Roman Republican As Cr 97, 99, 100… Something Else? This coin is not easy for me to attribute. My...
I have picked up several cast bars this year. Some have marks and some do not. [ATTACH] From left to right: #1 Central Italy AES Signatum (bronze...
I receive a lot of auction ads. I thought the last one from Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger was interesting -...
I received an interesting coin Monday thanks to Ken Dorney. [ATTACH] The auction ended Friday the 13th and arrived Monday. That was a quick trip...
I will give a short talk to the Bellaire (Texas) Coin Club on Monday, 4/16/18 at 6PM. The talk will be about: Roman Money from before founding in...
I saw an interesting paper that I thought our Legion guy @Bing might like: Stamp Impressions of the Legio X Fretensis. In: H. Geva, Jewish...
I attended a coin show last month in Houston. It was a medium sized show, but it did have a few dealers who sold ancient coins! I have not bought...
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