When the appointment of a new Deputy Director at the ANS gets applauded by an infamous anti-collector blogger, you've gotta wonder: did they make...
Without plan or intention, over the past few months while COVID bound, I have acquired several Roman Republican coins bearing images of dogs or...
I've heard from several collectors that they taste their silver and gold coins (ancient and modern) to confirm metal content. Apparently, silver...
Would any kind, CT member have a copy of Spartan Numismatics List #79? I'm guessing it was issued circa 2012-13. Specifically, I'm looking for...
What is Betty Draper wearing? (Hint, it's around her neck). [ATTACH]
Recently, I purchased several Roman Republican coins from the collection of Antony J. Scammell (1937-2019), an Englishman and collector of coins...
I've recently added two coins to my collection depicting desultors. These new acquisitions join a third desultor coin that I've owned for some...
Today, I received an extortion email from someone that identified a password that I sometimes use for ancient coin related sites. Typical scam -...
My final collection addition for January 2020 was an attractive denarius of Sextus Pompey. Although exhibiting some wear, this is a particularly...
My second NYINC purchase came from the Stack's auction. I noticed this coin several weeks before the auction because of it's extreme rarity and...
I bought this coin at one of the NYINC auctions. Before the auction, I found a 1971 Stack's provenance for the coin, which made me optimistic...
It took nearly ninety years, but these two coins (lots 1273 and 1274) are reunited again in my collection trays: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Rome, The...
In 2018, Spink released a budget-friendly, combined reprint of the Cunetio and Normanby Hoard catalogues in a single volume. Price is about $100....
I've recently acquired two, old-provenance examples of the lovely coinage of Q. Pomponius Musa, who punned his name by depicting the Muses on a...
To process my coin photos, I use Adobe Photoshop (I think the current version of Elements), which is a frustratingly overly-complicated program...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Rome, The Republic. C. Cassius and M. Servilius, 42 BCE. Mint travelling with Brutus and Cassius (likely Sardis). AR Denarius...
I'm not going to post a top 10 list for 2017, but I will share a few interesting, year-end acquisitions. First, some background: Following two...
But why?? I almost never buy group lots. There have been times that I wished I had bought group lots (some of the A.K. lots come to mind)....
My numismatic library is second only to ancient coins in my collecting passion. I know many younger collectors prefer the convenience and cost of...
I love it when circumstances align and yield a great old provenance! Last January, I bought this attractive Brutus AR Denarius with beautiful old...
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