Ah, so you were the bidder who nabbed that coin. Nice one :). OMG! ... Seeing such high-end coins in on GC was shocking! Definitely not the...
Well that is just too cool! What a coup! Congratulations :)
I see some small bronzes of Troas with a similarly shaped lyre, large dotted border, and tripod reverse. They're smaller though: ACsearch hits...
Sounds like another fun and successful father and son adventure! Size and weight of the last two might be helpful. Those potatoes look...
How cool, especially that you have the matching Trajan coin! @Roman Collector, thanks for that link. I never would have imagined there were so...
Maybe they consigned it to CNG, weren't happy with the bidding, bid on the coin themselves, and won? Maybe they did sell it but leave it on their...
You can only see the detailed bidding information if you bid on the coin. At first I didn't see it either because I was looking under "My...
Hmm. Perhaps I missed some important point in this thread? I thought the original post had morphed into a discussion of whether or not Leu uses...
Good advice. I've edited my post to read "Calling shenanigans based on my data would require a great deal of imagination."
The idea is at least 1,875 years old :D. Here's a page from Emmett's book showing the "zodiac series" of Antoninus Pius: [ATTACH] Even in...
For the record, here is my Leu bidding history. Calling shenanigans based on my data would require a great deal of imagination. I've bid in four...
Interesting! Unfortunately, it seems few auction houses opt to enable proxy bids on Biddr.
I have many coins with tags from fixed price sellers and I sincerely doubt the prices on the flips were anywhere close to what the seller actually...
Fantastic coin and writeup, RC! As for your coin, the object is between Apollo's hand and the tree sure looks like a lizard to me... a lizard...
What a nice pair of portraits on the Matidia coin! Coingrats :)
Yeah... dodgy indeed. Supposedly a stater of Seriphos (not Aegina).
What a fantastic example of the type, @bcuda! Wonderful writeup too :). I'm also drawn to pagan emperors and themes. It's just more fun to read...
Fantastic writeup, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix! Very enjoyable :) I'm with @ominus1... I want one!
I've shown this poxy Pax a dozen times but here it is again... [IMG] Vespasian, 69-79 AD sestertius, 35 mm, 25.2 gm Obv: IMP CAES VESPAS AVG PM...
"Milvian Bridge" (probably not, but it makes for a good story :D) [IMG] Commemorative Series under Constantine I 330 CE; Æ 14.5 mm, 1.16 gm...
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