[IMG] It's not Greek or Roman, but Pre-Columbian. I had to have it as it is one of the strangest and most interesting antiquities I have ever...
I used to be a regular on this site until I sold my ancient coins in Triton XI. However, unable to stay away from ancient things, I am now...
Hmmm...I wonder who that could be? :happy:;)
Hoover, Oliver D., Handbook of Greek Coinage: Volume 2 – Coins of Sicily (including Lipara) Volume 4 – Coins of Northern and Central Greece Volume...
Segesta, Sicily, AR didrachm, c 412-400 BC, 21mm, 8.59 g, 6h. OBV: Hound advancing right, on the scent; wheat stalk with three grain ears in...
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I will post two examples of a bird seen less often on ancient coins - a heron, and one of them is flying, Doug! [ATTACH] Kamarina, Sicily, AR...
Hmmm...hope I live that long...:oldman:
Interesting coin, Nick! When I saw the thread title, I thought your second volume was being published and I got excited.:happy:
The last of my three Goldberg wins is another non-Magna Graecia coin I have been looking for. The Pegasus/Athena staters of Corinth (and other...
My two other wins in the Goldberg auction (sure wish it had been 96, Doug!) are not from Magna Graecia. Distracted again…:eggface::rolleyes: I...
Gorgeous examples, John! Between us we have a very attractive basic Siculo-Punic tetradrachm type set. ;):joyful:
I live 150 yards from the Yuba River levee in Northern California. I was visiting my brother, who lives about 100 miles from me, when on February...
I will soon start a thread on my three wins in the Goldberg 96 auction, but I think this one belongs in a thread about toning: [ATTACH]
My daughter bought me a large Marilyn Monroe poster a few years ago and I recently decided to collect posters/photos of early sex symbols. Since I...
Another poster to this forum observed that Roma's opening bids (80% of estimate) usually reflect retail prices and I tend to agree. However, after...
My only lion: [ATTACH] Velia, Lucania, AR stater, c 305-290 BC From the Athos D. Moretti Collection ex Conte Alessandro Magnaguti collection, P.&...
This is an ancient date palm I WISH was mine! I was outbid in Triton XX:( [IMG]
My current avatar is a plate coin in Oliver D Hoover's Handbook of Coins of Sicily (Volume 2 of The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series), 2012, page...
[ATTACH] Uncertain mint, Bruttium, AR Didrachm c 278-275 BC under Pyrrhos, 21mm., 6.66g, 3h. OBV: Bust of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin...
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