[ATTACH] Athena is smiling on mine. I prefer that to a full crest. Who invented that a full crest was important? Did that someone make money on...
Please take into consideration that this coin has a bronze core, Paul. It looks like an ancient counterfeit to me.
Congrats, @Sulla80 ! That’s a very desireable coin. A good fit for your collection.
Paphlagonia, Sinope. AR Drachm. Nymph / Sea Eagle On Dolphin....
«Full crest», «Full steps», «Full ribbons», «Full bands». I know where this type of description originates, and couldn’t care less. Do I like your...
Same here! And the same goes for arts and antiques. It’s important to surround oneself with things of beauty.
What, you buy them just because you like LOOKING at them? :) In fairness, we ancient coin collectors represent a very small and rather weird...
I recently came to think of how hard liqueur was used in the 19th century, when parents would give their children a cup of watered down moonshine...
Well there’s one family member who deserves a * in the final will..... One can only hope that the «the only thing that matters is ME right...
I’m guessing Marcian....
My daughter likes Pawn Stars, and found this very cool. I found the way you left the shop, calmly putting your 150 000$ coin in your breast...
This is where the flaws come in when we discuss the stability of gold; that gold keeps its buying power through centuries and millennials. A price...
Thank you Sir! [ATTACH]
Happy birthday, young man! I had my 48th birthday yesterday. I feel there is some inflation in birthdays with time. However, yesterday FedEx...
Some times people need to create a thread like this. Claudius felt it was time, put the big boy pants on, and checked out some things that needed...
Congrats! I have no reason to question the authenticity. Looks like a good coin to me. One used to be able to buy a solidus for half of what you...
Loads of rather lame Medusa memes out there. The coin is not too bad though. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Congratulations, Pavlos! I don’t have a lot to share from the Hellenistic period, unfortunately. Perhaps one day:)[ATTACH]
Turkey has 16% inflation, and they just banned trading (or rather «flight») into crypto currency. I’m fine with physical gold.
I was also wondering if the figure to the lower left could be a seated captive at first, but I thought I saw a curved line that could be a snake,...
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