Congrats on a fine and diverse year! I like the fourree and the Macrinus is extra special because it can be traced to the ground. The Azes tet...
Really?! It's a nice auction but I didn't see that much "mindblowing" material compared to prior years or compared to typical NGSA, NAC, or...
Great year, Andres! I would like to get some earlier Macedon kings like yours. The JC portrait is of course enviable :). The relief of the...
Congrats on a fine year, @Parthicus! It's nice to have some collectors of non-Western ancients here to shed light on areas that might otherwise...
Wow, Bing-- you had a phenomenal year! It's very difficult to assign a favorites order, much less pick a favorite, but the ones that spoke most...
Looking forward to seeing your list, P-man! I'll come back to this thread after you've finished posting all the coins so as to not constantly...
There are some cool coins in this thread. The Constantius II portrait in the first post is wonderful and hilarious-- he looks like a mischievous...
Congrats on the great year, FF! You are so hooked :D.
What a fantastic example, Bing! The large flan is wonderful and centering great. My first two came from my first coin show and were my main...
The short beard, which threatens to be a neck beard, reminds me of some coin portraits of Geta. The features don't look like the neck bearded...
I've hiked around that uninhabited island but to the top is not particularly fun, especially when there is excellent snorkeling awaiting in the...
I will miss the views and my condo though. Here's the view right now: [ATTACH]
It's not much of a sacrifice. We get along well and I'm more than ready for reliable electricity (in the US Virgin Islands it costs $0.43/kWh and...
Texas. Various reasons, but mainly because my 87 year old mom is having increasing difficulty living alone. Having her move to the Caribbean...
You've had a great year and we've all benefitted from your research and writeups! Thanks, RC :). It's difficult to choose favorites but I like...
You're looking in the wrong place. You need to look in Forum Ancient Coins' Fakes Gallery. This exact coin-- the exact photo, is shown. It's a...
The reverse of that Valentinian I is very artistic, OJ! The reason I'm up early and late these days: [ATTACH] The movers are coming tomorrow....
I recall from having gone through this with another (mostly) beloved member before that CT does notify members of the banning/deactivation. They...
The chin looks a bit receded and the bear doesn't stick out as much as it does on the person shown on many of the coins above... if it's not the...
Sorry for the confusion, my intro was vague. That's my mom and me in the story-- I told the story to a coin friend five years ago so it was...
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