The photograph below is nice but doesn't do full justice to the rich olive-green patina of this small bronze from Selge in Pisidia. Really...
I own a mahogany coin cabinet myself and for what it is worth I would have been extremely upset if I had found PVC materials in the cabinet when I...
I'm coming late to this thread but for clarity you can still freely visit Hagia Sophia even though it is a mosque. I know this for a fact because...
Ed Snible asked if I had a theory about why ancient people made tiny bronze coins. I am sure there are people on this forum who would know a lot...
As my main collecting area is now Greek, I have a number of small coins, both silver and bronze. Here are a few: [ATTACH] Ionia, Phokaia....
[ATTACH] Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochos I Soter. Smyrna or Sardes mint, 281-261 BC. Next: another Antiochos I
[ATTACH] Sicily, Syracuse. Litra, Time of Agathokles, circa 295-289 BC. next: lion
I bought the coin below in yesterday's Savoca auction. Savoca listed it as a Michael VII Dukas follis of Constantinople. I don't know a lot...
I think it could be a bronze from Kallatis, Moesia Inferior. [ATTACH] Image Munzen & Medaillen GmbH Munzen & Medaillen sold the one above in...
That is a lovely Zeus Eleutherios, Spargrodan. I have that coin but it's not as nice as yours. This is an interesting thread for me because my...
There have been some very fine novels published over the last few years recasting the events of the Trojan War. I have noted your condition that...
Just seen this thread. I store much of my collection in a traditional mahogany cabinet although I replaced the woollen felts with acrylic ones....
Nice coin, Scipio. I also love coins with mythological stories on them. In my case they are mostly Greek as that is my main collecting area. Here...
A short note to thank everyone again for their comments and advice and to say that the auction house agreed to cancel the sale. Having looked...
Thanks to everyone for their comments. I'll contact the auction house with my concerns and see what happens.
I don't get the point you're making pprp. I didn't bid days before closure, I bid 10 minutes before closure. And I only did that rather than...
I have recently substantially overbid for a coin in an auction because instead of pressing 23 I inadvertently pressed 231 and confirmed the bid...
One day I took a tour round the British Museum's Money Gallery. At the end of the tour the Museum representative asked if we would like to handle...
I don't have a coin from the Stoecklin or Naegeli collections but I do have a number that were formerly part of the collection of another great...
Nice coins, bcuda. And that is a beautiful 1/10 stater, panzerman. Here are a couple of my Carthaginians. Both with Tanit and horse. EL Stater,...
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