It was Chinese New Year earlier this week. In honor of the Year of the Pig, here's a piggy I recently acquired, with her adorable piglets.[ATTACH]...
On 26 December 211AD was murdered on orders of his younger brother and co-emperor Caracalla. They were both children of Septimius Severus and...
I've loved reading 'top tens' for the past couple of years, but this is my first contribution. I think I'll always be a generalist, but this year...
[ATTACH]I'm suffering from a winter cold. Fortunately I just got this to comfort me. Not only Asclepius, god of medicine, but also his little...
[ATTACH] So far all of my budget has gone on coins, plus a few books and some grotesquely expensive but very good looking Abafil cases. What else...
This Antoninus Pius Ae19 of Nicopolis shows a famous Greek statue by Praxiteles of Apollo Sauroktonos (the lizard slayer). Slaying lizards doesn't...
Anyone going to Coinex tomorrow or Saturday? I'll post a report after my visit, tomorrow afternoon I hope.
Article in Italian: http://centro-storico.quicomo.it/monete-romane-tesoro-ex-cressoni-via-diaz-como.html
New acquisition. Not rare, but beautiful condition with sharp dies both sides. Marcus Aurelius, with Salus feeding a serpent from a patera...
These are both common coins, but more interesting because of their flans. [ATTACH] This Tribute Penny seems to be an over-strike, particularly...
A Licinius I follis, bought at a fair today. My first late Roman, first follis, first mis-strike, and cheapest ever purchase. From the price, I...
[ATTACH] Nelson Bunker Hunt and his brother William Herbert Hunt were the 'Cleos' of the 1970s and 1980s, paying high prices for the best ancient...
[ATTACH] There's a whole pavilion of coins at the Eretz Israel Museum, which I visited recently. I loved the display. It mixes beautiful rarities...
I visited the Israel Museum on a recent vacation. There are two rooms dedicated to coins, as well as lots of smaller displays integrated into...
[ATTACH] It's Hercules' lion skin ... but why the effeminate face? Meet Omphale, Queen of Lydia. Hercules was her slave for a year as punishment...
[ATTACH] This fabulous picture was sold at Sotheby's last week for $187,500. It's from 1630 and he's taken a lot of care to depict the coins...
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[ATTACH] Not directly about coins, but I think will interest many of you. This two volume atlas has recently been translated into English. It's a...
I love this, but I only just pulled the trigger after considering it for a long time. It's a contemporary imitation of a Nerva denarius on a good...
Some phenomenal prices for Dattari provincials. The sale moved really slowly. I guess they don't come up for sale often, so they're hard to...
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