I wish I had the wherewithal and time to visit the coin shops in London. My sister lives there, but during my visits to her in the 1980's and...
Do you still have the Saturday Charing Cross coin market? I was there in 2017, but it took quite a search to find it, located in an empty floor...
Having read Bullfinch's Mythology is an admirable accomplishment! Having lived in New York and having access to the Metropolitan Museum of Art...
It is really hard to locate an example with even minimal detail that doesn't cost big bucks. It seems that these coins, the 80 and 40 drachmae,...
The coin shop, like so many other retailers (JC Penny bankruptcy, Macy's on the brink, Sears gone) has been the victim of rapidly advancing...
I just went to the Roma Numismatics website and checked for lot #858 of the current auction. Apparently it has been removed - "Lot does not exist".
With the shelter in place still in effect, at least where I live, and having a lot of time to actually use my brain, something that has been a...
I just sent a message to Alice regarding this lot, with a link to this tread. Hopefully I hear back tomorrow.
Thank you for the correction. I will change the label to Anastasius. I hope to have the coin out of the "hospital" in a few weeks. I will post...
You certainly went through the school of hard knocks with these large lots of hoard coins. That Barbaric Constans bronze is really nice, so ,...
Now that you mention it, it probably is. I've always had difficult attributing coins from this period.
Thanks The underlying patina appears to be very solid, so the distilled water, hopefully, will help eliminate the bronze disease, which is really...
I came across this coin, purchased as part of a large lot of Byzantine bronzes about two years ago. The reverse field seemed odd, especially...
Thank you all for the posts and great examples of her coinage. Please post other Severan Dynasty coins, if you wish.
On a prophecy sought as a young man, from Sibyl (a prophet), regarding Rome’s fate as well as his own, Claudius had this to say regarding the...
Regarding the crest, I think you're right. As production proceeded into the mass output period, it seems that the portraits became a bit flatter...
That's a nice coin and the old Seaby tag is really cool. I know that the portraiture on later Roman coinage, especially going into the 3rd...
This is a coin that occurs quite frequently in nice condition. While going through the collection, in a semi-feudal effort to organize it, I came...
Here's a tetradrachm of Gordian III, Antioch, 238-244 AD, 13.2 grams, Prieur 282. [ATTACH] Next: They were the legendary female warriors of...
I was able to locate one more Starr Group V tetradrachm in my collection, from Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 62. This example hammered at £340, plus...
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