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A Lovely chocolate patina with golden hues on this stater of Kroton Bruttium. Croton. 530-500 BC. Stater, 7,18g (12h) O/ ϘΡΟ - TON. Tripod, legs surmounted by wreaths and terminating in lion's feet, two serpents emerging from the bowl, set on basis of three lines, the center dotted ; cable border. R/ Same type, incuse ; striated border HGC Italy 1444, HN Italy 2075, SNG ANS 235 (same obv. die), Gorini p.21 5

silver can be pretty costly too , almost £48,000 per gram including fees 😆

I reinvested the proceeds from the sale of some bullion coins I bought a few years ago into antique gold. MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). Amphipolis, AV distater 17.21 gm. O:/Head of Athena right, hair in four tight corkscrew curls, upswept at temple, and flowing over left shoulder, wearing necklace and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, long divergent crest ends, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent right R:/ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled on left arm; cantharus in left field. Price 167. Müller 192. ex Bourget sale June 1976 lot 16 Gold has been recycled through successive remelting since ancient times. I wonder what proportion of ancient Alexander gold is contained in a Vreneli or an American gold eagle? Of course, feel free to share your gold or electrum coins to celebrate the occasion... although I'm not sure if it's a positive omen.

a customs declaration is required if you cross a European border with more than 10,000 euros in value. Ironically, you're allowed to drive a €1 million Bugati Veyron across the border, but the driver isn't allowed to have €10,001 in his wallet.

Thank you @rasiel for these very interesting explanations. I don't manage to understand all the technical explanations, but I conclude that the forger who succeeds in artificially reproducing the phenomenon would deserve the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The most deceptive forgery in terms of the quality of the metal that I have ever been able to examine in hand is this Punic coin from Sicily. The surface must have been treated with some acid :

The coin from calgarycoin isn't very dangerous and the zoomed-in area doesn't look like crystalisation at all . early stage exemple : later stage : even later stage :

I agree it is Praxippos. The letters ΠΡ can be seen behind the neck of the portrait, which is clearly not Heracles.

Very nice catch, i love the Kantharos ! Don't you think that a photo with a white background might be better ?

You're right, there's no reason to charge VAT.

Thank you for your Interesting write-up ! I had also the chance to be able to purchase one at a fraction of the price at which they were sold a few years ago.

A griffin springing to right on this stater of Agathokles

a pretty nice hit while browsing old auction catalogues... a stater of Lysimakos from the tenor singer Enrico Caruso collection (sale Canessa 28/6/1923 lot 60)

live bidding in my garden on a Nomos auction.

At first glance, I'd say the last quarter of the 4th century.

Now the FBI and DEA can get rid of there bitcoins. https://www.ccn.com/news/how-us-govt-largest-bitcoin-holders/