Congrats on the rarities, Orfew! Must be difficult, being a speciality collector, when your to-find list starts to shrink along with...
I have not, although I have a bunch of coins for which there are one or few examples RPC. I assumed if they came from auctions then RPC would...
On the rare instances where a reprimand gets pinned to the top of the Ancients board, I read it once and then click Ignore Thread. Marvelous...
I am jealous of that one! It was on my Biga watchlist but I ended up bidding heavily on a couple of earlier lots. I shut down the computer...
If you said I could have three of these I'd explode trying to pick them, but I narrowed it down to five :D. I'd love to have a Sidon dishekel...
I love it!! It has a bit of a Carl Hiaasen flair :D.
That's a thick one! :) Commodus has many interesting provincials too. [IMG] MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Commodus AE 25mm, 8.5 gm circa CE...
Very intriguing indeed! This is shaping up to be Thread of the Year-- so many new ideas for this old mystery!
[IMG] CARIA, Mylasa 450-400 BCE AR hemiobol, 7 x 9 mm, 0.5 gm Obv: facing forepart of lion Rev: scorpion within incuse square Ref: SNG von Aulock...
I love that coin!! [IMG] Sicily, Syracuse. Dionysios I c. 390 BCE Æ tetras, 14 mm, 1.8 gm Obv: head of nymph facing slightly left, wearing...
Beautiful portrait! Love that reddish brown patina. Looks like leather. Here are a couple of very worn but interesting winged thunderbolts:...
Gladly, sir :D [IMG] SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles struck 310-305 BCE AR tetradrachm, 17.40 g, 24 mm Obv: head of the nymph Arethusa left, wearing...
Brutal!! Congratulations on your well-deserved retirement! Sounds like you're going to have a great time catching up on coins :).
[IMG] CALABRIA, Tarentum circa 344-340 BCE per CNG's cataloger; 380-345 BCE per Cote/Ratto; AR nomos (didrachm); 21 mm, 7.72 gm, 9h Obv: Warrior,...
:wideyed:o_O! There must be an interesting story behind that statement :D. I like the coin :). Thanks for that background, @Silphium Addict :)....
A lot of us spent most of the coin year on the mat. :hurting: However, when your (arguably) least interesting Top 10 coin is a freakin' A-Pi...
Here's to an uneventful course of illness and speedy recovery! :)
Playing with this monogram is so fun! Here's another thought. If Rho and Upsilon are correct, why is the Upsilon attached where it is? Perhaps...
More notes on why I don't think it's a Brutus monogram. Wouldn't it be more likely to draw a BR monogram like this: [ATTACH] But even so, why...
The more I consider P Y, the more I also like it. Among other things that bothered me about the monogram containing a B: why curve the lower...
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