Sby is probably Seaby - they used to publish RSC until bought by Spink. The numbers in RSC actually come from Babelon for the Republican coins...
Well done, Bing! It seems you've got all the ones that can be feasibly collected! ATB, Aidan.
We came close to a bidding war, it seems :D I threw in a few low bids and ended up only with this. I might get to these this month, Cucumbor...
Cool :) I got a lot as well and they've been lying around for nearly a month already. Good luck with the IDing! Here are mine... ATB, Aidan....
Here's Hercules being drawn in a biga of centaurs - Cr. 229/1: [IMG]
D. Junius Silanus denarius - 91BC. Not worth much in that condition. http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s0225.html
I've picked up eight or nine of these Piso Frugi denarii now - Cr. 340/1 - here are a couple of the prettier ones: [IMG] [IMG] On the music...
Here's an example of Crawford 141/1 - TOD denarius: [IMG] And a fourrée: [IMG] I think I posted about these before - todus or todillus is a...
As the poster of the silvery coin said he's not a coin collector, it's worth pointing out that it's a modern copy of a decadrachm of Syracuse...
Wow - some amazing coins in that sale...
I'll be there in January - my third trip to the NYINC. A mixture of tourism and coins, looking forward to it :) ATB, Aidan.
Congratulations! I look forward to reading it.
Frascatius has been known as a reliable seller on eBay for many years. I've only made one purchase from him - a couple of books - but would have...
Ah, yes - I met my Larissa at a coin fair in Dublin in February 2010 - our eyes met across the table. Someone else had his grubby mitts on her,...
Here's to the happy couple - here are Nero and Poppaea. [IMG] ATB, Aidan.
You can actually spend quite a lot of money and get these mounts "hypertuned" - https://www.darkframeoptics.com/product/celestron-cg5-gt-hypertune...
Hi Sallent, It's the AS-GT, (Advanced System - Go To) also sometimes known as the CG-5. There's a polar alignment scope, covered up in the pic....
I just noticed that my Celestron is on the same mount as the one in the original photo' in the thread. It needs to get out more, though! [IMG]...
We are greatly amused :) I've got 7 of the series (8 if I count 2 Euterpes) - no very old provenances, though a few are ex-another CoinTalk...
I love that medical gadget - that's the flu' season sorted, then. ATB, Aidan.
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