Hoover, Oliver D., Handbook of Greek Coinage: Volume 2 – Coins of Sicily (including Lipara) Volume 4 – Coins of Northern and Central Greece Volume...
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 post this new acquisition even though I just won it in CNG 103. I have been looking for an Akragas tetradrachm to add to the collection for...
This Akragas hemilitron purchased by Theodosius [ATTACH] was discussed in this thread...
Here is lot 55 in CNG eAuction 380: [IMG] http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=316944 and here is a forgery listed on Odysseus' blog...
I am pleased to have finally added a tetradrachm of this difficult city to the collection. This coin had been listed by ArtAncient of London on...
“As distinct from the man-faced bull [see Part 1], there is a possibility that an ordinary bull was sometimes used as a coin-type to represent a...
The first post had both obverses and reverses showing. Here are the other sides of the 28 (soon to be 29) coins: [ATTACH]
I imagine I'm one of the few forum members who can do this, but at the request of Eric Kondratieff and with help from TIF, I will post my entire...
[IMG] Thurium, Lucania AR double nomos, c 410-400 BC I am so excited about winning this coin I will post it before it arrives! It has problems,...
River gods are represented on Greek coins in several ways. The most interesting and popular type is the man-faced bull. The term “man-headed bull”...
I hope I’m not tempting fate by posting these two recent acquisitions before they arrive. I won them in Nomos 12 last Sunday with much lower bids...
Are CNG's estimates getting better or is the market in the doldrums? Of the first 126 lots in today's auction: 3 were withdrawn, 6 unsold, and 58...
[IMG] Metapontum, Lucania, AR stater, c 340-330 BC, 21mm, 7.89 g, 10h. OBVERSE: AMI, Bearded, helmeted head of Leukippos right / REVERSE: META,...
There have been many discussions here regarding photographing coins and here is an interesting comparison - three different photos of the same...
Greek mythology tells of the extensive travels of Heracles in Sicily and of his R&R: “While passing along the coast of the island…the Nymphs...
THE CITY: Laos,or Laus, was located at the mouth of the Lao river, which was the ancient boundary between the Italian regions of Bruttium and...
Although I have tried to limit my collection to Magna Graecia, I couldn't resist this electrum stater of Kyzikos. It has a special appeal to me. I...
You may remember the thread with this octopus coin of Tarentum:...
These have become, and will continue to be, very frustrating and limiting for collectors. Many dealers who represent buyers in European auctions...
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