Nice writeup, Jochen! Here's a coin for your thread. This is, incidentally, the first coin for which I ever uncovered a significant provenance...
Here are a few from my collection with portraits of Pompey Magnus [ATTACH] Sextus Pompeius. Denarius, Sicily 37-36, AR (3.89g, 19.5mm,...
My contribution to the wine skin toting, soon to be flayed satyr thread. [ATTACH]
Neat coin and congratulations on figuring out the undertype. I've always found overstriking perplexing to figure out so I am impressed when...
Toning, you say? Yes, yes indeed, we speak that here... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Excellent! Be prepared to be amazed. When I went a few years back, I reviewed mostly Roman Imperatorial trays. I had several million dollars...
It might be a bit late to make the reservation, but you can have access to the British Museum coin cabinet and look/handle anything in their...
Thank you very much. I had to beat back the hoard to win it but I'm sorry you were one of them. Going back to our topic - is it an investment?...
Brilliant! This quote sums the entire topic in one sentence for me. I plan to steal and use it, but will pay you back with a picture of a lovely...
[ATTACH] The portrait on this coin is excellent, btw. Congratulations.
Ancient coin collecting and the discussion of alternative assets or investments is always interesting. Ancient coin collecting is a spicy...
This is my example from the run of interesting types by these moneyers [ATTACH] C. Publicius Malleolus, A. Postumius Sp. f. Albinus and L....
Ken, how does this show stack up with ancient dealer attendance vs the San Francisco show in December? I usually attend San Fran and plan to...
The Penates examples lurking in my trays: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Sorry, but it's a modern forgery.
Our own Valentinian has a great website that does just that. http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/
You can research a coin type you are interested in on CNG's archives to get a feel for what they might be worth. If it's a common issue, there...
That's NY's fault, not CNG. You should move someplace that's nicer to its residents.
A wonderful resource for researching Roman Republican coinage can be found at Coinage of Roman Republic Online (CRRO):...
i believe that Harlan Berk in Chicago owns the Hans Schulman photo files, though I’m not certain if that is the same card file mentioned in the...
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