[ATTACH] If you read Italian:...
So this coin holds the record for the coin I have waited for the longest. The Spanish auction where I won it closed December 19th; I only received...
Yet another great experience from AEGEAN NUMISMATICS, operated by Andrew Caldarone. I have bought a couple of coins from him on VCoins, and...
[ATTACH] I just received a notice from FedEx that they were “unable to complete delivery“ of my package. This is a coin I won from a Lucernae...
New Book Notice. For the record, I haven't seen this book. I'm posting just to make sure Cointalk is perceived as a “serious forum.” If it helps,...
[ATTACH] I just received my first purchase from French eBay seller NumisCoin. The purchase was modest-– a Diocletian follis from Ticinum...
What is a reasonable time to expect auction items to be shipped? I won a coin in a Spanish auction last month. My invoice was marked paid on...
I have an embarrassingly basic auction question to ask. I just won a coin at auction for a surprise lowball bid that paid off. The coin ended up...
Dear Cointalkers, Are you despondent and filled with jealousy watching others post their Top 10 lists filled with fleur de coin treasures? Then...
I haven't seen a thread on this study yet. Apologies if I've overlooked one. Upshot: Roman gold in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th centuries was remarkably...
So it appears that I might be going to Israel for a tourist visit sometime in March or April. I would like to do some reading--a work about Roman...
A medallion in the inventory of a UK-based dealer recently caught my eye. But I haven’t ordered anything from the UK in a while, and I’m concerned...
This query was prompted by an email exchange I've been having with @Victor_Clark. It concerns this coin. (Not mine by the way. A coin from...
[ATTACH] I just received this handsome volume in the mail. Congrats to @Nicholas Molinari and the contributors to this volume. I’m really looking...
So I fund my coin collection by playing in a rock band. (A hobby, thankfully, not a full-time job.) Perhaps if I were in a better band, I could...
Is there a “Father (or Mother) of Classical Numismatics”? I'm curious about the history of classical numismatics—particularly about when this...
I am working on a project in which I survey the SOL STANDING reverse variations for Constantine’s coinage struck between 310 and 319. Nearly all...
I hope the Byzantine specialists will pardon this naïve question, but I was reading a bit about Byzantine coinage and specifically the iconoclast...
[ATTACH] So I recently picked up this scarce-ish LRB of Constantine. These coins were struck only in London, 310-312. The reverse showing...
Even amateur photographers like me know that there is no substitute for photographing in natural light. I have talked about my iPhone photography...
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