It's a safe site. I know the operator. The site is run by Paul Stevens, author of The Coins of the English East India Company. He builds it all...
Just me. No one else says it.
For a long time I thought these came from Olbia, not Parion. I now believe these come from Thrace, perhaps Bizya, rather than either of those...
@PamR , the engraver on the 1946 was the American Charles Barber, famous among US coin collectors for the Barber dime, quarter, half dollar, and...
I don't have McAlee's book. Is the type below discussed? The claim is that it is of Antioch, but I don't see it in RPC online. [ATTACH] SYRIA,...
I can't read Arabic. Zeno has 92 specimens; a good strategy is to compare your coin to the Zakiat and non-Zakiat examples for confirmation.
What a wonderful coin, @Parthicus ! Michael Bates suggested that Ziyad was the son of a prostitute and never knew who his father was. How he...
@Curtis , I bought the single-copy lot of Klein. I wasn't able to participate live. It was my only acquisition from the auction.
Barclay Head wrote "These types may represent a local myth of a nymph attacked by a serpent and rescued by a hero" citing Imhoof-Blumer, Kl. M.,...
Thanks @Helvetica . Here is an image of the one I bought as a replica for $5 in 2010.[ATTACH]
@Curtis has given a good list of places to find online catalogs. However, you won't find many catalogs there. Original catalogs before 1970 are...
Lilybaion is a scarce city. ACSearch records just 290 tetradrachms. I don't know how many ex-Numis has in their pre-Internet database, but...
Nothing at https://coinage.princeton.edu/resources/bibliography/ No hoards of nummi that size in FLAME.
There might be a coin from Argos depicting Danae. [ATTACH] BMC Peloponnesus (1887) p. 148 #149, pl. 28 #11; weight not given; 17mm ✓ Supposedly...
I see no evidence they have departed from their 2005 position, which is still on their web site....
The site owners are the American Numismatic Society. I am a member. If you like the resources they provide, consider joining. If you are on the...
Gallienus' dad was also into Cronos: [ATTACH] Cilicia, Tarsos. Valerian I (253–260 AD). 18.09 g, 31 mm Obverse: AY KAI P L OVAL[ERIAN]ON SE P P;...
The inscription AS hints that the coin comes from a city beginning with AS. The coin is rare enough that it is hard to use find spots to be...
Aspendos, like this: https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=265150 The reference "Yashin 51 (Askalon)" suggests that the attribution is uncertain...
Although there are good deals at fixed prices there are also comically high prices as well. Many dealers will not budge on price even if...
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