Hello from Turkey, l have been interesting ancient coins, l have knowledge about ancient coins, there are many kinds ancient coins in Turkey, l want to talk...
An Italian friend and list member pointed out the following Ebay auction: http://tinyurl.com/hqpr9 Another example (or maybe it was the same one-- I don't know...
Dear Phil: You've been looking at too many barbarous imitations!! I know the style of Ventidius is bad, but not this bad. And the horse looks nothing like...
Modern fake. You can see where the style of Antony's head and of the lettering comes from, but this is not ancient. The reverse calls to mind Carthaginian...
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A friend of mine is selling his RR collection, quite a good one. It's heavy on RR AE fractions + rarities and stops about 150BC. If you don't receive M+M...
Dick, Thank you for your kind offer. Yes, please have a catalogue sent to me and I'll certainly place some bids! My address is: Kenneth L. Friedman Karno,...
Hi-- I recently purchased a 1st Edition set of "Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum", H. A. Grueber's catalogue of the BM collection. For those...
Somebody should jump on this. I paid $300 for a Grueber reprint a few years ago, and now I can't see how I lived without it. Crawford & Sydenham are higher...
I concur with Scott (and Phil and Andrew)...this is an important and useful book. I confess that I don't pull my copy off the shelf nearly as often as I...
Dear Dick: When is the Sale? I haven't seen the cat. yet. Cheers, Rick ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?...
It is very difficult to tell from this photo what condition this coin is in, but F-VF examples typically sell for $500+ so if it is simply uncleaned (as it...
Rick, The sale is on May 14, so of course you haven't seen the catalog yet. Remember all things come to he who waits. RWS Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:17:33 -0800...
Cossutia(Cr395/1) denarius controlnumbers run from 1-42. I have photos of all except 3, 18, 29, 31, 35, 39. Does anyone have an example of these numbers? ...
Hi Dick-- Banti illustrates the following: XXVIIII, from C. Crippa 3, 1969; XXXI, from De Nicola, June 1964; XXXV, from C. Toderi 3. The plates are all clear...
All numbers ending in 4 or 9 end in ||||, except possibly 39 which I haven't seen. Richard On Mar 21, 2006, at 1:34 PM, RROME@yahoogroups.com wrote: VIIII on...
Phil, Thanks very much; that's half the missing numbers. I'll try to get hold of Banti. Dick Hi Dick-- Banti illustrates the following: XXVIIII, from C....
The eBay ancient coin categories have been completely messed up for several months. For example currently the Roman Republic cateory has 725 coins listed but...
I've been searching for quite some time for Cr 511/3b or 3c: Pompey / Nepture + Catanaean brothers, but with the alternate legend PRAEF ORAE MARIT ET CLAS...
What's the difference between Crawford series 38 and 41 Aes Grave - apart from subtle weight distinctions. Cr38 is supposedly on a 132 gram standard with the...
Some examples from catalogs are: 1. NAC5,382 + NAC 15,225 3. M&M Deutschland 10,277 4. Berlin Munzkabinett 7,121 5. Molina 28 RWS On Mar 27, 2006, at 1:50...
Good idea, Andrew, and you taught me some Ebay search grammar, to boot. Now some listings assume they're in the RR category so no form of the word Republic is...
I recently bought a cast cockle-shell design aes rude, supposedly of pre-aes-grave vintage http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/tomvossen/store/viewItem.asp? ...
Dear Andrew, I recently purchased a somewhat (but not exactly) similar piece that was attributed as an Egyptian weight, not a coin (from a Malter weight...
Being currently away from my books and unable to consult Ted Buttrey's classic studies on the Minatius and Pietas denarii of Sextus Pompey, I did a web search...
Ken and list, Interesting match with the Egyptian piece. I think they are morphologically quite different, the "Roman" pieces I have seen being cast from...
The M&M auction referred to by Dick Shaefer is now online; it is indeed magnificent, with over 300 lots of early RR. Estimates are high, at least generally...
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