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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8055192, member: 118780&quot;]I browse every few hours during the day. I generally don&#039;t have alerts, because I want a general overview of what&#039;s available. Several times while searching, I uncovered a coin that fit into my collection that I was previously unaware of. For example, I found the coin below while just browsing. Before that, I had no idea there was a coin that referenced both Philip II and Alexander III.</p><p><br /></p><p>One could argue that, had I had catalogs, I would&#039;ve known about this coin. However, I would never have even thought to look through coins of Mytilene.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395484[/ATTACH] </p><p>Mytilene EL Hekte</p><p>332 BCE. 10.5mm 2.57g 12h</p><p>Ex CGB</p><p><br /></p><p>I look at vcoins more often because browsing is simpler. On the homepage itself it shows the most recent coins with ancients at the top. Maybe once a day I&#039;ll look at ma-shops.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only notification I receive is for CGB, and that&#039;s directly from their site - because they tend to have interesting coins (such as the above).</p><p><br /></p><p>For several of my favorite dealers on vcoins, I go directly to the dealer site because:</p><p>a) Coins are typically posted on the dealers&#039; sites before going on vcoins AND</p><p>b) Those same coins are listed higher on vcoins, presumably due to fees</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another I found through browsing.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395491[/ATTACH] </p><p>Ketriporis, King of Thrace (356-352/1 BC : Ae Unit</p><p>Obv: Wreathed head of Dionysos right</p><p>Rev: Kantharos with King&#039;s name around, thyrsos to left</p><p>16mm, 5.1gms</p><p>Ex Bargain Bin Ancients</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve since found resources online to ensure I&#039;m aware of all the coinage of Thracian kings involved with Philip II, but at the time I was only aware of Kersebleptes, Amatokos II, and Teres II.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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