Congratulations; a wonderful coin!
A wonderful group, but I'm afraid that I have to be conventional and go with the cistophorus as my favorite!
That's why the new one and the one with the Osiris canopus jar on the reverse are definitely my two favorites. Although in general I'm very...
I saw this tetradrachm newly-listed last week. I had never even seen the type before, and thought it was perfect for me given my interest in...
A wonderful group. My favorite is the Diocletian campgate with the eagles on the turrets -- I've never seen anything like it before.
My Mn. Fonteius Apollo/Cupid riding goat denarius: [ATTACH] And my own Valerian II -- a pretty popular type around here, it seems. [ATTACH]
I do keep copies of the dealer's description (including grade and price), the invoice, the tags/ inserts, etc., both on my hard drive and in...
I almost always ignore grades for ancient coins (whether letter grades or NGC-type grades), and decide whether to buy a coin based purely on its...
A wonderful write-up. "When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?" - John Ball. One of my favorite memories from my 14th...
This qualifies to meet both of the two most recent requests, as the obverse can be interpreted as Medusa, and Apollonia Pontika (now Sozopol) is...
I'm so sorry.
Pareidolia. I keep forgetting the word, but it's the term for the human tendency to see faces and other shapes in clouds and pieces of toast, etc.
A terrific group. My favorites are the two Septimius Severus coins (the denarius with the Emperor on horseback and the drachm with Mt. Argaeus),...
I know how you feel, and I hope the news isn't bad. My cat Ziggy, who's going to be 15 in March, was diagnosed last week with chronic kidney...
My point was that Mr. Waddell's coins are beautiful to look at; I specifically mentioned that his coins are expensive. But I suspect that many,...
If you want to see a lot of beautiful (but expensive!) ancient coins, many with old provenances, take a look at Ed Waddell's website.
Ebay, here you come!
It looks kind of like a carnyx in this illustration.
I'm not sure that saying "Ex." the Schaefer Die Study is really the correct way to cite a die match, or your actual coin, when you find it at...
Am I correct that this moneyer was an uncle of "the" Julius Caesar? I looked this coin up in RSC and Crawford, because I definitely want to buy...
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