My general approach when buying coins has been to find examples that I don't feel I'll need to upgrade or that upgrading would be challenging....
Not a rare coin but one that's been on my wantlist for years, awaiting the "right" example. This isn't perfect but I couldn't let this one go by...
Just cracked one out this morning!
That aureus is one of my favorite ancient coins but only known in two examples. They're both pristine, though, which makes me hope they came from...
Uncanny: I just watched Short Circuit yesterday!
I vote: ancient bagpipes.
I visited Petra for the first (and hopefully not last) time earlier this year. It was an absolutely phenomenal, surreal experience. I would highly...
The Greek page is equally beautiful: https://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquitiesproject/albums/72157625290328123
That's a wonderful coin - I'm glad it's been returned to its rightful owner. I prefer some of Kimon's unsigned dies over his signed dies, as...
Congratulations on a great coin year despite the massive non-coin challenges. Your Punic tetradrachm is fantastic but wow, that reverse of your #2...
This coin last sold at Heritage this past August for $4300 hammer (or about $5K all-in). I didn't view it in-hand at the time but to me, that...
Interesting. My immediate thought was a concern for authenticity but Vagi walking in alleviates that. $140K isn't unfair at all in my eyes for a...
Tuna are easy to come by if you collect Kyzicus electrum: A hekte: [ATTACH] And a stater: [ATTACH]
A beautiful group! Does the die alignment of each of those denarii happen to work with being able to turn it around to view the reverses with the...
If only! I did see him in an airport once and embarrassingly first thought to myself, "That woman looks a lot like Rod Stewart..."
That's my coin (And image) :) Well matched! [ATTACH]
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Congratulations on a great year! They're all great but the Maroneia is particularly exceptional.
And congratulations on #11!
I'm also waiting to post. December isn't even half over yet... still ample time for new coins ;)
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