Is there still discussion as to whether an officina could have represented a work shift, rather than a physical workshop?
I am in the same situation as several of you. I won one coin, but only one, and I noticed a lot of last-second snipe bids. The good thing is the...
Everyone on this thread knows I love dirhams of Harun al-Rashid but this is my first diamond head. [ATTACH] Abbasid Caliphate. Time of Harun...
How the heck do you get 1570 as a cutoff date for the Ottomans? I could maybe see 1683. Or 1774. But isn't the real answer, you know, 1922?
[ATTACH] This is my recently acquired Caracalla provincial from Tyre. Adult Caracalla is pretty much instantly recognizable with his curly beard...
[ATTACH] Antioch. Philip II. As Augustus. Dated fourth consulship, circa 248-249. Debased silver tetradrachm. 28mm, 10.76g. Obverse: ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ...
Year 10 from Antioch [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Abbasid Caliphate. Time of Harun al-Rashid. Dated 188 AH (803-804 CE). Silver dirham. 23mm, 2.78g. Al-Rafiqa mint. Pellet below reverse...
I received a shipment from Leu on Monday. I was not able to track it at any point. I did not need to sign, it was just left in my mailbox. Leu...
I also just got a Umayyad coin but it is a humble dirham from Wasit. These are so common that Album rates them "A" and says they are often...
All I have to say is I really think the "we're just the platform" attitude is not good enough.
VCoins is way better than eBay that is for sure and there are many good sellers on there. What has left a bad taste in my mouth is the whole...
What I find extremely problematic is when people tell new collectors that anything on VCoins or biddr can be trusted. That is very much not the...
There is a long tradition of vest pocket dealers and I think that's okay. Dealers make mistakes sometimes and I think that's okay. But in my...
See this sounds to me like you don't, or can't, vouch for the expertise of your dealers. Only that they pay their bills on time. Which isn't...
I would love to learn more about the reference checking because there seems to have been a flood of first-time auctioneers lately and creating a...
If you don't feel like you can trust them on Greek or Roman, why would you trust them on Byzantine? If you think the dealer is not trustworthy...
This recent purchase arrived from CNG and I thought it would fit in this thread. I posted it on the favorite emperors thread but I took some...
Aurelian and Vabalathus. Antioch mint, seventh officina. [ATTACH] Next: another secessionist empire or splinter state
Anybody got Caligula's three sisters?
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