Hi everyone Finally joining the AI users, I have found that Chat GPT gives great descriptions of ancient coins. Let me give you two exaples from...
[MEDIA] Uncle Scrooge teaches his grand nephews about monetary history and economics. In 17 minutes they learn more about the subject than modern...
Not owning one of these has been a constant headache for years. Or a coinache, rather. I have been bidding on some recently, and today one of my...
I usually find coins from the early-mid 200s quite ho-hum, and until today, it must be 10 years since I bought a coin from the period. I even...
I was really stoked to unwrap a new coin today, and finding it looked far better than the auction picture. It is a really neat stater of late...
My last coin of the year was a significant one for my collection: I haven't owned a Pescennius Niger coin before. I got this one for about half...
For those who aren’t familiar with it already, Aaron Berk and Mike Nottelman of Harlan J. Berk have been producing and broadcasting a podcast...
… and my day started with finding a new book in my mail box: [ATTACH] This has been laying on my desk throughout the workday, calling my name....
Hi everyone I recently bought a Nero pre-reform denarius for a quite low price. You can all see why. [ATTACH] Auction pic: [ATTACH] NERO...
Charles V le Sage – King of France 1364-1380 AD [ATTACH] Contemporary bust of Charles le Sage Reading the history of French king Charles V «Le...
Leu lots arrived today. They were all great, better than expected. One of the coins that I had felt a slight buyers remorse about, was a coin from...
Today I got a little bit further with my Roman collection, buying a billon argentus of Maximinus Daia, and a small AE4 of Flavius Victor. They’re...
[ATTACH] Details from the Ara Pacis Adoption is a concept that we often come across as collectors of ancient Roman coins. Octavian was adopted by...
I browsed the upcoming Katz auction today. Among their ancient coins were several «collectors copies»:...
So far this year, I have failed to add a new emperor in my «silver collection». I’ve done two nice upgrades, though. This one came home on...
I was taking some pictures for ebay listings today. I’ve been selling out most of my US coins, to free up some money for increased ancient coins...
[ATTACH] Judaea, Pontius Pilate, Roman prefect under Tiberius: Æ prutah, 26-36 AD, struck 30/31 AD in Jerusalem, 1.58gm, 14.9mm. Obv: TIBEPIOY...
Hi all As I sell coins from time to time, it would be interesting to hear the experiences of people who have consigned with different auction...
I usually buy coins on auction, but today I found a coin on a fixed price list that I considered a good buy: [ATTACH] Sellers description:...
I recently aquired a Victorinus antoninanus that turned out to be a very positive surprise. The auction photo was somewhat overexposed, so I was...
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