Many years since I opened this coin album, nowadays I specialize in provincials. Obviously not as nice as Victor's, but they were good enough for...
Maybe something like this https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/203
Last year I won a couple of coins on Zeus auction 22. Paid with credit card, got the coins, no issues. I was actually pleasantly surprised by...
No, this coin has quite clear Nabataean '30' and to the left of it another numeral, most likely '4'. So overall the date would be year 34 of...
I have coauthored a paper in one of very few journals dedicated to ancient numismatics, OZeAN. The paper describes several new Nabataean drachms,...
I try to attend when I can, hope to be there this year as well. Probably Saturday, on Sunday it is much more convenient but many coins are gone by...
Looks good from this angle.
I just received yesterday a coin from this particular dealer. Took more than two weeks to send it but eventually I got it. Very happy with the coin.
Yes, rarity scale of provincial coins is very different from that of republican or imperial. For example in the book of Rachel Barkay on Nysa...
Not a coin. Something made specifically for jewelry use.
RPC 4874 is certainly Ascalon, obverse in the same style is found in multiple Ascalon types. The caduceus by itself iwas very popular throughout...
My answer is take the better coin, publish it and it becomes a plate coin . I published two papers that include (among other) my coins, another...
Usually CNG is very good at taking pictures of the coins they list, particularly recently when they started using gray background and taking...
Not that uncommon on Levantine coins but still quite bizarre looking object, Baetyl: [ATTACH] Elagabalus (218-222). Arabia, Bostra. Æ (17mm,...
Not exactly my field but nevertheless one of my favorite coins. It is actually lustrous in reality, very cool. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here is my Basiliscus. Not from Emporium mind you :cigar:. Doesn't guarantee it is genuine of course but looks and feels fine to me. Obverse could...
Yep, they are pushing these fakes for many years. It has been pointed to them many times, they withdrew some lots when pressed, but next auction...
I prefer Philadelphia in Decapolis, here is my latest purchase: [ATTACH] Decapolis. Philadelphia. Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE 24 mm. Obverse:...
Same here, and their shipping charge was $65 for EMS, which is pretty much a glorified registered mail. No other shipping options, they say these...
Just received this one from CNG [ATTACH] DECAPOLIS, Gadara. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (25mm, 14.67 g, 12h). Dated CY 223 (AD 159/60)....
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