There will always be subjective factors and grey areas in moderation decisions, here as on any site. I get that. Some things are crystal clear...
I doubt that many members of this forum object to the "no politics" rule on principle; certainly I don't. There's no clarity however about just...
I have no idea why anyone serious about ancient coins would continue to actively participate in this forum. I absolutely agree that the best of...
In other words, it comes down to "you know it when you see it," which is another way of saying "personal whim" "Personal whim" is literally part...
OK. Please clarify "offensive." In my world, Nazis are a heck of a lot more offensive than is consensual adult sex, but it seems the owners of...
Rules... arbitrarily enforced by anonymous moderators blessed with papal levels of infallibility, yet who cannot or will not clarify those rules...
I'd like to think this is a mistake, but sadly, it's entirely typical of the "moderation" of this forum. This is precisely the reason I've chosen...
This sort of heavy-handed, thoughtless, arrogant and anonymous "moderation" is precisely why I've chosen to no longer post in this forum...
I'll reply in this thread as a courtesy, although I am going to step away from posting to this group in general. As far as I can see, there is no...
Was it you who deleted the thread Jim? The original post was cogent and important and most of the responses were calm and on topic. It would've...
Ostrogoths.
I'm hardly a proponent of slabbing ancient coins, but fair's fair and this obvious and well-known cast in an NGC holder doesn't "prove" anything...
One of mine, with some comments about it I made awhile back. (Originally posted here:...
Well, GoT TV eventually diverged drastically enough from the "truth" of the original books. Not a wholly different phenomenon really. Phil Davis
I'm not aware of any scholarship discussing this; research on the coins of Amyntas isn't really plentiful anyway. The full text of RPC I (as...
The bust is Artemis; that really can't be disputed. The quiver over her shoulder makes it crystal clear. But... It's not so obvious on the OP...
A couple that haven't been shown: [ATTACH] L. Valerius Acisculus. Denarius, Rome, 45 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Jupiter right, pickax and...
Mine: [ATTACH] Phil Davis
Maybe something like this: [IMG] https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=389918&AucID=705&Lot=318 Phil Davis
I'm guessing it's jargon for "bimetallic yuan."
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