This coin is unquestionably modern: http://tinyurl.com/82ncd I've seen it before; I think it may be a Slavey, but in any case, there is absolutely no chance,...
Jim, The results are as follows (1) First set of pictures stats are IMP LICINIUS AVG/Reverse IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG Jupiter standling left hold victory with...
JW Numismatics has now begun posting coins & artifacts at the Common Bronze website. Recent additions include: Thracian Chersonese AR Hemidrachm Illyria,...
I recommend this difficult to find book on early provincial coins (preceding the RPC1 49BC timelimit). It complements Crawford's "Coinage in the Roman World:...
Congratulations to listmember Phil Davis for winning a rare coin on Ebay, an anonymous denarius with a meta under the Dioscuri. Several listmembers apparently...
I'm quite pleased with this purchase, and I'm glad Ken pointed it out. I considered doing so myself, because this is a noteworthy coin, but I don't like to...
Here's a link to the Meta denarius I recently purchased that Phil referred to: http://www.delcampe.com/item.php?language=E&id_enchere=07194975 Maybe they come...
Dear Phil: Congratulations on a great coin. btw, I got the NAC piece. Cheers, Rick ... __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors'...
Despite being a copy of a (presumed) forgery the object in the linked photo is rather interesting given that is has been the subject of ½ page discussion in...
Bahrfeldt(NZ 1909, p.67-86) discusses the BM(Boyd) coin, after its publication by Grueber shortly before. B obtained a cast of the coin and condemned it as an...
Dick asked: "Does the Baldwin coin show any traces of the Cr.476 reverse, and are its details fuzzy? If recut, did the counterfeitor cut a second because after...
Thought you might be interested in an exhibition that just opened at Rutgers in New Brunswick, NJ (Library, Special Collections Gallery). It consists of about...
An american university, Vassar College, has posted their ancient coins( http://oldmoney.vassar.edu/search.html ). They are the second museum to carry out...
It's not a bad RR collection, many of the coins are in rather attractive condition, although there are few if any rarities. This is not at all typical of...
I have listed some nice coins for sale at Tantalus: http://tinyurl.com/9gmfg What is Tantalus? It is a new platform for showcasing & researching Ancient coins....
I believe a former Vassar professor sold off a nice collection of RR denarii (through Ed Waddell, last year if my memory isn't too tattered). She may have...
Thanks to all who responded. Aarhus and Princeton seem to be the only museums with substantial holdings who have posted their RR collections online. Note...
Dick, I believe that Loyola Marymount University which has a nice collection (albeit not as strong in RR material as once upon a time...most of the coins not...
Aarhus took me a little time to work out the navigation - I found it best to set all tabs to "No Selection" except for "Authority", then choose the moneyer...
... Not only laborious but immensely time-consuming. Curators' lives are already full -- I speak from experience. You have to find the extra people to do...
T.V. Buttrey
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I received the electrotype, and even a cursory examination shows traces of the undertype; specifically, the hand holding the pole can be seen, as can the...
It doesn't look like the story of the Meta denarius reported to this group a couple of weeks ago is going to have a happy ending. The seller has informed me...
Phil: Sorry to hear about the "theft". Is there any chance that the seller belatedly discovered how rare the coin is, and plans to sell it some other way? ...
At the end of last month we announced www.forgerynetwork.com an internet site designed to assist in forgery control. We now wish to announce this to a wider...
A natural step from the recent threads on Luceria bronzes and the Calpurnia Piso (Caius and Lucius) series' is the quadrigatus, another of those unfathomable...
You don't have to wait for the die study to start; it's already underway. Remember the PF comprises die studies of every RR issue that doesn't already have...
Thanks to Andrew for an interesting analysis of a complex issue. Dick Schaefer has pointed out that he is accumulating images in his photo file for a full die...
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