Ancients require a lot of patience and sometimes trial-and-error attribution, but we are happy to help! The #1 piece of advice I can give when...
Beautiful coins! The seller fees must cost you an arm and a leg for a group that nice - I'll PM you my address and save you the headache :D
Thanks guys! I'll probably need some time to gather my thoughts and notes, because this is about what it looks like in my head at the moment......
I couldn't imagine who would insist on the attribution to Nectanebo despite the mounting evidence... [ATTACH] No idea at all.... Since there...
First two batches (80 coins) made it in late last week! I've been a kid in a candy store going through them, even though I am beginning to have to...
Nice Severus II! He was the last "easy" (read: sub-$100) emperor that I acquired. I have one as Caesar (Carthage) [ATTACH] And one as Augustus...
Very nice! Are the coins that yellow-white color in hand? I was eyeing that one as well but decided not to bid on account of the fact that I've...
CNG largr lots are usually good quality - my only gripe is that one of the earlier lots I bought (Central Asian coins) described a Hunnic drachm...
Glad that the neighbors are ones you trust! We used to have a great mail carrier but she retired about a year ago. Her replacement has zero...
Septimius Severus, Nikopolis Bust of Hercules Similar: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=115722 Looks like a nice reverse!
Are you wanting large lots to build up a collection quickly, or are you looking for very specific issues? Many auction houses will offer literal...
Thanks guys! @dougsmit and @Spaniard the coin in question is just a really off-center obverse strike. It is the ribbon in front of the nose, and...
A bit of an update- still chomping at the bit to get my 80+ coins in the mail (combined with ebay wins) - they should be here within a couple...
Great write up! This Trebonianus Gallus is easily one of my favorite Roman coins [ATTACH] Also recently got a screaming good deal on a...
Thanks all and very nice coins Al and Panzerman! I wish the barbarian coins of the early dark ages weren't so rare and expensive - it is a...
After a grueling almost two month wait, my twins from Leu finally arrived this week. I don't generally like to post coins until I actually have...
The apparent weakness of the strike bothers me more than anything. The mint workers at this time were among the best in the entire Imperial period...
Exactly what came to my mind, too. I was fortunate to have worked from home that day; my wife's aunt didn't get home until 13 hours later. I...
As promised, here is the possibly barbarous example of the type [ATTACH] It's a little clearer in hand; these tiny module AE4s are tough to...
The mint workers at Rome during the reign of Severus Alexander and Maximinus produced some of the nicest coins of the entire Imperial period,...
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