In going through my collection recently I noticed that some of my silver is dark, very dark. Now I don't think what I have is the normal "cabinet...
We all hope that "Fortuna" or good karma or heaven, smiles upon us and bring us good things. In the case of historians they often show us why...
I could use some assistance in nailing down a couple questions. First is the Ptolemy Tetradrachma. I can't tell Ptolemy the First from Ptolemy the...
The Spartans had their Three Hundred and the Persians had their Immortals. Alexander had his Companions and his got his Successors. And in the...
Usually I try to acquire coins that are pleasant to look at. I prefer smooth surfaces and have no objection to just honest wear. I also prefer my...
Have you ever noticed that ancient coins often figure rulers and their relatives? Some may be side by side, on one side, or one image on the...
Well, we in the Northern Hemisphere have just entered Spring, and for most of us it simply means a pleasant time of the year. But in the Ancient...
The other day I saw a coin posted in an article on horses and one of our members, Curtis, put up an absolutely gorgeous coin of Carthage, a...
The horse has been a prominent part of human life for several thousand years and played an important role in commerce, recreation and combat,...
Those of us who like to study the culture of Antiquity, in this case its food, are well aware of the importance of grains, olives and grapes in...
I need some help on this one. Like dealers, I have a junk box I have tossed stuff into when I got a hold of something I didn't know what to do...
My daughter likes to buy me ancients for Christmas and birthdays. In her last purchase the dealer threw in this Chinese ancient. My daughter...
I buy a number of coins, usually one at a time using US domestic (occasionally Canadian) on line sites. I have never had a delivery problem before...
I have been wondering about something, that is, what were the likely thirty pieces of silver paid in the Biblical account of Judas betraying Jesus...
One of the interests of students of ancient coins is to research and write about the images on them especially of that periods' most famous...
One of the things we like to do here is write and read about the interesting characters of antiquity. Often we like to evaluate their performance...
Well, with a title like this, I'll bet the more inquisitive posters have opened this one. I got the idea for this topic from a custom at our...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Most of us who collect ancients are well aware of the names of the different denominations of coinage from drachmas to...
I was perusing my collection the other day when I noticed something I had not thought about before. My Greek coins had great pictorial...
I have some medieval coins, mostly early English pennies I want to sell but have no dealers nearby to take them to and I don't want to mail them...
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