I recently acquired yet another very dramatic overstrike. The seller had it listed as a double struck coin but the horse was very apparent on the...
Here's a coin I've had for a few months but neglected to post to CoinTalk for whatever reason. I've wanted this type for a while but lately even...
[ATTACH] This week marked the third year from my first post on CT and I keep returning for new information, access to experts, ancient coin humor...
Today I’m sharing something pretty strange, at least for me, for a few reasons. I’m sharing not one but two recent pickups, but they’re the same...
[ATTACH] Image Source: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz by Thomé, Otto Wilhelm, 1903 If you keep asking, "What evidence is there...
Ancient coins offer no shortage of stories of political and military battles. The two coins that I feature today are from political opponents in...
This turned out to be a lucky eBay find (it was advertised as "Greek"). Apparently this is a late-period Roman Republic uncia issued by M....
[ATTACH] Gate to the agora (assembly place) of ancient Kibyra I think it is only fair to offer caution that this post wanders a bit far from the...
[ATTACH]After a number of diversions in Anatolia, and a bit of an RR drought, this week I added another Roman Republican coin to my collection....
Until a couple years ago, I had no idea what an al marco coin was. But thanks to several examples and explanations and theories in Coin Talk...
..This just arrived the evening..now i think the pics are too dark, but it may be my fault, for I sprayed glass cleaner on the darn camera to...
This story of the first diplomatic contact between Rome and Parthia, is illustrated with three coins. The story begins around 101 BC when the...
[ATTACH] I have a brockage of the Roman Republican denarius shown above. The picture above is from Ernest Babelon, Cosconia 1, published in...
[ATTACH] This 2017 ANS book by William E. Metcalf arrived in my mailbox this week. I learned of the book while I was researching a Cistophoric...
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