In a single day's work? Wow. I've seen some other impressive results with Na Thiosulfate such as @JayAg47 's owl tet and a few others
Wonderful, that sounds exciting! I think I have exactly two coins of Tarentum, including one Diobol. Really lovely coins, I can see why you would...
Everytime I see these my mind starts racing to figure out if more can be learned. Most people would consider the "India ink" labels damage but I'm...
Thanks! Yeah, that's always a big issue. What I want to know is how many museums have sold their coins anonymously because they don't want to deal...
SPAIN, Colonia Romula (Seville). Tiberius Dynastic/Family Æ As (29mm, 11.45 g, 5h), with Germanicus and Drusus Caesars. Struck AD 14-19. Ref: ACIP...
My impression at first glance was octopus (or the related images like cuttlefish, etc.) That's funny, I would've posted one of the 3 or 4 coins...
Thumbnails for a quick preview (all images w/ captions & links also in an imgur album, incl. summary pricing data for the 20 coins (since it's...
No, I wish. But I do have a pair Valerian coins displaying Parthian (Persian) captives (VICT PART; there are also VICT PARTI). HIGHLY ironic!...
No it's much WORSE than 5Euro per coin. It's 5% of the hammer. (Not just Tauler y Fau, everywhere I think.) So I paid 18E for the last (360E...
@maridvnvm -- so glad you revived this post, because I missed it the first time around. Most of my trophy types also have captives with them,...
Congratulations -- this sounds fascinating! Whatever the relationship between coinage and philosophy (or absence of relationship), I'm looking...
$13.75 each (including fees). Purchased in 2019 in 3 groups. I still haven't photographed them all individually, so here are 15 of 48 of these BCD...
Very cool! This is a great area that I love. I happened to have some on mine out on the desk so i took a group shot. I'm glad you posted this...
[ATTACH] Greek (Hellenistic). Attica, Athens, New Style AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.73g, 6h). Magistrates Ktesi- and Eyma-, Nike, c. 139/8 BC. Obv:...
That's Paul Barford's blog. Even those who think looting is very concerning should consider Barford a serious discredit to their position. He's...
I've appreciated hearing your perspective on this and related topics, and feel I'm in agreement on anything substantial. To be fair, though,...
Very cool! I love the coinage of Kyme, and Aeolis more generally. Here's a bronze that's of a common type generally, but I've been unable to find...
Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) Collection: [ATTACH] Roman "Barbarians, Captives, and Enemies" Coinage (my "BCE Collection," incl. the Dattari...
Main topic: I've been wondering about this Athens (?) Drachm since I (successfully) bid on it (Roma Numismatics Limited, E-Sale 16, 28 Feb 2015,...
I like this idea for a thread! Gives me the nostalgia feels... I think my very first ancient coin was an Alexander III Herakles / Bow & quiver AE...
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