Just received a package from a recent purchase (more to come in the coming days) and I decided to do a little bit more comparison on this...
I get the opportunity to visit my 10yo son's 4th grade class next week to talk about and share my coins (they will get to hold history). My plan...
An interesting article about captured lead pollution in Greenland ice cores and the ups and downs of the Roman economy via coin production....
I've recently picked up a couple of provincial coins from Pautalia, Thrace that I thought I'd share. [ATTACH] Pautalia, Thrace Faustina II, AE,...
In this article, the 3rd one in is a brief on the royal Tyrian purple used by the Roman elite:...
I've got this one Greek bronze that has this delicious greenish-blue candy coating on it. [ATTACH] Pella, Macedonia, ca. 187-31 BC, AE20...
Here are 3 coins I've been waiting to be delivered and they finally came this morning. [ATTACH] Marcus Aurelius, Ruled 161-180 AD AE26 As, Rome...
I've finally gotten to documenting the IDs for the last 3 of the 6 coins that were delivered to me about a week and a half ago now. Here they...
I've been searching and searching and can't seem to definitively nail down who is on the AE As reverse and what the early part of the text is...
[ATTACH] Rhodes, Island off Caria, AE10, 350-300 BC Obverse: Diademed head of Rhodos right, wearing earring and necklace. Reverse: Rose with bud...
[ATTACH] Aeolis, Temnus, AE10, 4th-3rd Centuries BC. Obverse: Bearded, laureate head of Dionysos left. Reverse: TA to left and right of bunch of...
[ATTACH] Teos, Ionia AE10, 3rd Century BC Obverse: Griffin seated on haunches right, left paw raised. Reverse: Kantharos, with a bunch of grapes...
Got the delivery today of my recent 6 coin purchase. I feel like I got a relatively decent deal at just over $60 for all 6 including shipping....
I won this rough coin (among a handful others) last weekend and I've been using my waiting time to ID them. I've got the others but this one is...
Picked up this MA coin a couple weeks ago as my first coin of 2018. It's a little rough, but I really liked it's textures and the over all...
I've got a wedding to pay for in the coming year, so I'm downsizing my collection. Here are some of my Severan & Antonine collection. If you like...
I've got a LRB that I've been cleaning and it's too far gone for me to make out the ruler (I can tell it's a LRB bust, though). [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I have a big feeling this Faustina I denarius I just bought is a fake. [ATTACH] [ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'm selling a handful of my coins on Ebay. Check them out! 7-day Auction ending Thursday 9/21, 9:46AM CST: 1853 3 Cent Silver Piece, Almost...
The coin is 10-12mm bronze, and about 2mm thick, yet it appears to be a small flan for the die, or maybe trimmed/clipped, and the strike might be...
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