Hi Ben, Welcome to Moneta-L group. I think you will find this one of the most informative groups on Ancient coins on the web. Good luck to you and your group ...
Dear List, Happy New Year! Our news this month: 1. New York Show 2. New Inventory 3. Last Chance to Register for FREE Shipping on All Orders ... We are packing...
Hi all, I recall reading a posting on the Web somewhere by the lead historian who had been hired to check the historical accuracy (ha!) of Ridley Scott's...
This is definitely not an ancient... but could any one provide any info on or where to find info on this medal from Hamburg ... apparently for some type of...
Dear List, The coin in question shows a temple with an arched beam, called an 'arcuated lintel'. This type of structure appeared on the coins of many cities...
Ed, Yes, Milan, with its very rare earliest obv. legend. Only one Milan coin with this obv. legend, with a different rev. type, in 4 large hoards, according to...
I've never seen this coin (or is it a medal?) before but the obverse seems to remind me of a 19th century painting I saw a long time ago. I couldn't read the...
Thank you for your response... I think it is a medal that would be given out for helping with a rescue at sea... Matt Richter <mrichter64@...> wrote: ...
Has anyone tried the Canon Powershot A 540 for shooting coins? The camera gets good reviews but I cannot find anything about the macro. If you have the camera...
Matt; The 19th century painting that you are thinking of that resembles the medal obverse may be " The Raft of Medusa " by Gericault that is in the Louvre. It...
Hello: I am wondering if anyone here can assist me in identifying a coin and/or counterstamp. It is at: http://heritagecoinshop.ca/Unknown.jpg Based on the...
The one thing I have found in looking for a good camera to photograph coins with is that everyone has their favorite camera but no two people agree! : ) Is it...
In am absolutely no authority on cameras... but I can say that how a picture may be more impotant than with what... I may add that it seems like a $100 camera...
I use an Olympus SP-500UZ, and find that I am very happy with it's super-macro setting for photographing coins. Most of the coins in my vcoins store : ...
David, This looks like a 19th century Greek church token made by counterstamping an earlier Islamic coin. See, for comparison, "Cappadocia Church Tokens of the...
hi all, i am thinking of watching a show tonight on decapitated romans in england is it real or a bunch of hollywood bunk. if real, why was it done, torture,...
Hi Jim, Hope you watched it, as I found it very interesting. It has to do with the Severan period of the early 3rd century and the "transition" of power from ...
hi all, agreed there were 30 bodies found in york england with their heads buried with them, but decapitated, and tossed, down by their feet. the theory is...
... Thank you Curtis, and all others who responded on or off list. Off list I was pointed to an article by Helene Huvelin, which also referenced four coins of...
Hi! I am approaching my coin photo from a different perspective as I attempt to capture (through dramatic lighting) the mood of the artist's rendering of the...
There's a coin I'm interested in bidding on offered for sale at one of the upcoming NY Int'l auctions by a well-respected ancient coin dealer/auctioneer. I...
I guess you would expect a higher moral code from a large dealer, but is that realistic? The grade is subjective, regardless of who did it. (Mind you, I would...
Reid & All, One of the things that we do at the Pacific Ancient Numismatists is hold grading seminars. The grading standards as written in any of the popular...
JoBar&Associates
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Jan 3, 2007 8:09 pm
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i have it for sale. inquire for details thanks for interest homolupus...
I thought I'd try to arrange another dinner gathering after the NY Int'l, for a week from Friday, January 12. Collectors and dealers alike are welcomed. At...
The problem I see with this, is that the price of an ancient coin is not determined by the grade of the coin. It is determined by the QUALITY of the coin....
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