Nice one, David, although I have mixed feelings about you extending your greedy little hands range to include bronzes :p :D. I hope you stick to...
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Distinguishing one from another is not always easy and opinions have changed during my short collecting time. I still have to update the...
Big ol' congrats, @Justin Lee! She's a lucky woman, I'm sure :). Here's some marriage advice: make liberal use of three little words. [IMG]...
Welcome back, @Curtisimo! You have been missed, and wow-- what a re-entrance! The coin itself is fabulous. "Fine style" is not a phrase that...
Oh. Phew! :D Emoticons can be very useful in preventing such misunderstandings. A grin or wink emoticon would have been useful in this...
[IMG] Roman Republic moneyer L. Julius L. f. Caesar, 103 BC AR denarius, 17mm, 3.9 gm Obv: Helmeted head of Mars left; CAESAR; ・C (retrograde)...
At that price I think it was a steal! I'd love to have one with the upper jaw teeth facing upwards. What was the engraver thinking?! :D
Here's a dirty and colorful old snake and it was only $15.31. Okay... that's a bit disingenuous since it was part of a group lot and there were...
What is the nature of that campaign? Why not disclose this on your CT profile?
I think the debasement of Egyptian tetradrachms in Roman times makes sense when you consider that Egypt was a closed monetary system and the...
I have wondered the same thing but haven't investigated. Maybe there are contemporary carved busts which are known with greater certainty to be...
It's from a couple hundred years later than Ptolemy I. https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=383033 [IMG] PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT....
The three day auction ended only two days ago. I expect to get the invoice within a week. Of course I prefer speedier processing but my...
[IMG] MOESIA INFERIOR. Nikopolis ad Istrum Elagabalus , CE 218-222 AE 26 mm, 11.1 gm Obv: AYT K M AYP ANTΩNEINOC. Laureate, draped and cuirassed...
A cartoonish horse. (And that obverse! Wacky.) [IMG] CELTIC, Central Europe (Rhineland). "Dancing Mannikin" type 65 BCE - CE 1 AR Quinarius, 13...
Let's get this thread rolling again :). The last country posted was Egypt. Here's an ancient coin from Kyrene (modern-day Shahat, Libya... for...
The prestigious gods flew on winged serpents :D [IMG] THRACE, Pautalia. Caracalla CE 198-217 AE29, 16.4 gm Obv: AYT K M AY CEY ANTΩNEINOC;...
Sweet redemption!! Beautiful bronze, David :).
That is an infamous coin here on the Ancients board :D. The thread about it is a CT Classic-- always good for a laugh....
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