James, I don't look forward to the day when life makes me do what you have done with your collection. It hurts my heart (hopefully, not...
Then that's probably him. Weak bidder. :woot:
Nice coin, Spork! A very nice example. You have no idea how close you came to not winning that coin. Not by me...a story to be told at...
That is a nice provenance history that you've got on your coin. You obviously get "it". I always find it particularly interesting to learn about...
Most plated coins were made as contemporary counterfeits, intended to deceive in commerce (they really should be called plated instead of...
I just wrote a post on a coin that has a peripheral interest in the Mithridatic wars, but it is quite rare:...
It's a numbered control mark: upside down VIII = 8. According to Campana's corpus, he cites examples of I, II, III, IIII-, Λ, IΛ (ligatured in a...
This is one of my treasures that I bought in NY at the NYINC show earlier this month. [ATTACH] Photo from NAC 83, May 20, 2015 The Social...
An interesting plated example and type. Here's my official issue [ATTACH] : L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus AR Denarius...
Well, it's the nature of ancient coin collecting. It's tactile. Specifically speaking to taking the coins out of the flips, it's necessary to...
Some random photos of NYINC for those of you who need to be tempted to participate next year. Viewing Triton Lots: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] What...
I went to the one last December in San Fran. Had a blast.
The live auction starts tomorrow in NY.
I'm here. It's cold. Viewed Triton today. Looking forward to the bourse later this week.
How about a Roman Republican drachm? Anonymous Drachm, uncertain mint circa 225-214, AR (3.27g, 17.8mm, 6h). Laureate Janiform head of Dioscuri....
And what the heck, one more since I haven't posted in a while. This coin I bought, I think, without any prior provanances and have since...
Ave, Michael. Good to have more RR nuts join the fun. Here is one of my favorite purchases in 2018 which is a very rare hybrid of a common...
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