Note that five of these top ten most expensive sestertii were from Numismatica Genevensis SA auctions. My experience with Numismatica Genevensis...
I wouldn't characterize the differences of opinion that are being expressed in this thread as testy, but they are substantive rather than just...
I'm puzzled as to exactly how to establish that a dealer has "...the sole intent of selling them in their business at a profit." Would it be OK...
Let me take the time to point out a situation regarding dealers bidding at auctions that may reasonably contradict your thinking. I do not...
One of the multiple reasons that I started collecting Hadrian's travel series was the personification of the countries he visited, as illustrated...
That's a stunning coin! Fantastically centered, both obverse and reverse, with a large, artistic obverse portrait and a similarly artistic...
I attended that auction in person with my dealer and remember that the quality of the coins was extraordinary, and so were the prices. Shortly...
In 2008 at the Millennia Auction in L.A., this Galba aureus hammered for $460,000 (including buyer's premium): [ATTACH] Compare its portrait to...
Until very recently (ca. 2005 and later) many catalogs contained only the description of coins and not necessarily a picture of the coins. If you...
I agree with you completely on this point. Early in my ancient coin collecting activities, I accumulated some representative Imperatorial coins...
For me, one of the most appealing aspects of a 12 Caesars virtual tray is the progression of portraits from one ruler to the next. It's secondary...
The problem here is that the theoretical definition of "rarity" breaks down when you try to apply it to ancient coins. Why? Because...
One of my coins has the typical depiction of Mars, a strutting warrior: [ATTACH] DOMITIAN 69 - 81 AD. AE Sestertius (26.88 g.) Thrace 80-81 AD...
From a stylistic and artistic standpoint, I prefer the top portrait. The face is more fully rendered -- note the area just under the lower lip...
Hmm... my avatar coin (Hadrian/She-Wolf), Caligula Three Sisters,... but this one has been my favorite since I originally acquired it. The...
So I took out my copy of RIC Volume I (Revised Edition) and reread your original post a few times while looking at the referenced pages. RIC...
You've done an excellent job in researching and presenting this topic. While I would agree in principle that misattribution from major auction...
Posted in a previous thread but I'll re-post it here for completeness: [IMG] HADRIAN 117 - 138 A.D. AV Aureus (7.27 g., 19.12mm) Rome ca. 136...
The illusion of depth can be created by adding a drop shadow. Compare these two coin collages, the top one without any drop shadows, and the...
Possibly the most artistically rendered portrait of an emperor in my collection is that of Galba on this sestertius: [ATTACH] GALBA 68 - 69...
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