I haven't bought a 'good' coin in a few years, aside from my tesserae, but I just couldn't allow this one to go cheap. And while I never actively...
A dealer friend of mine contacted me recently about a handful of lead tokens. I ended up cataloging them for $5/each and first dibs on the others....
Just picked this up from Gitbud & Naumann on Vcoins - a Roman era token from Ephesos in a contemporary silver mount. Considering the wear and the...
Traditional interpretations of the coinage of Claudius place all issues at the Rome mint. Both RIC and von Kaenel, major references in use today,...
A nice piece from an area of collecting that I haven't added to in several years. It was regrettably cleaned at some point. [IMG]...
RIC V was published in 1927 and is agonizingly out of date. While more advanced studies and chronologies exist for most rulers, this "standard...
When I cataloged this for the auction, I misread the legend, initially interpreting it as M[EM]ΦIC. While the antepenultimate letter does resemble...
This is one of the rare metallic currencies used in the Americas prior to the arrival of Europeans. Generally found bundled together in hoards or...
Tesserae from the famous Greek city of Corinth usually take the form of amid-sized piece struck in bronze. Although sharing similar types with the...
There exist on the internet digital copies of this standard reference for Roman coins. They are not official copies, and the copyright holders...
A while back, I had purchased a group lot of tesserae that came with two seals. Byzantine seals are notoriously difficult to attribute even if...
I don't remember WHEN I last started a thread here, but I know it was quite some time ago. Fear not - I am still collecting my specialty area...
[IMG] ROME. temp. Hadrian-Antoninus Pius. Circa AD 120-161 Æ Quadrans (16mm, 2.94 g, 7h) Rome mint Petasus Winged caduceus; S C flanking...
I haven't posted something new here for a while. Forgive me! Its hard to talk coins after coming home from working with them all day. But...
This section has gotten a bit too quiet lately, so I'm going to try to drum up some chatter. Everyone who can, post some early medieval coinage....
Well, I have really been snapping away with these photos. Here are a pair of very rare coins from the US-Philippines. This first piece is...
This was one of the more interesting pieces that I got from my family. I found it in my grandfather's tin of world coins. [IMG] MERCHANT'S...
This was the coin that got me back into collecting, after taking a hiatus in highschool. I was finally able to take a passable picture of it, so I...
As many of you probably know, my collecting is primarily focused on Roman lead tokens, also known as tesserae. The other day, I added twelve new...
What is the luckiest coin? I know silver sixpence are necessary for weddings, and Chinese cash of the Kangxi Emperor are very auspicious. Any...
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