So you think it's a modern fabrication or "toolie" rather than an ancient one?
I think the implication of both Sear and Crawford is that the balance represents the large mintage of the type (approximately 600 different dies...
I think both of these show that acromegalic chin pretty well: Maximinus I Thrax AR Denarius, 236-238 AD. Obv. Laureate bust right, draped &...
This new purchase is only my second Roman Republican coin acquired this year, both of which depict the Dioscuri. (See my thread about the first...
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Beautiful coin! I think you probably meant to say "from which emerges Genius."
Wonderful write-up, @ancient coin hunter! I like the coin, and love that mosaic. It really brings the past to life. Your coin is a very...
Diadumenian Caesar, AE Tetrassarion (4 Assaria), 217-218 AD, Nicopolis ad Istrum [Nikyup, Bulgaria] Mint, Moesia Inferior, Statius Longinus,...
Wow. Those are three wonderful coins. The first and third are probably the best of those types I've ever seen! I haven't done any research, but...
You're not the only one. I always find it interesting when a coin has any kind of ownership history attached to it, whoever owned it -- and even...
I can't believe that nobody has had an agathodaemon to post in the last 16+ hours! How about, instead, a coin on which a snake or serpent (I've...
Sorry, I have to revise what I said before, because I remembered the Triskeles price wrongly: I actually paid closer to 70% more than that price,...
Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 3 (118/119 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, drapery on left shoulder, AYT KAIC TPAIANOC...
Thanks for your opinion. Of course I hope never to be in a position to have to sell it.
Thanks so much for the detailed explanation! I have noticed frequently that if a coin has provenances to auctions in, say, 2005 and 2020, the...
I find the traditional "from the collection of an English gentleman" provenances to be valueless, and am no more impressed by the fancy made-up...
Very impressive findings! Did you by any chance intend to say that you did not know of this potential pedigree at the time of purchase? If you did...
I wonder if it's possible that someone might have paid that absurd price without noticing the disclosure at the very end of the description, or...
Thanks! You shoulda seen my collection 10 years ago! And yes, there are things I don't collect, like US coins! I also haven't bought any modern...
That was my thought as well. It looks like something you would buy in a gift shop.
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