lordmarcovan

I do like that ship reverse.

Well, the cross is everywhere, as religious symbols go. I wish I had a chi-rho or something different, just for variety's sake, but I don't, so a cross it is. Here's Bishop Udalschalk of Eschenlohe holding one, along with a chalice, on this 12th century bracteate. Honorable mention: this is not a religious symbol, but a religious figure. Next: another religious symbol or figure (non-Christian).

I have found (particularly with overseas auction houses) that the invoice can sometimes lag for several days to even a week after the auction, so don't worry- they'll be in touch eventually, I'm sure. They'll be wanting your money! Congrats on your purchase!

Wow, what a superb interview! I am only now catching up on these! I had never heard the story of @Qcumbor's grandfather digging up that Commodus sestertius while digging the trench at Verdun! Fascinating indeed! @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix - thank you for these! I hope the series continues, and also hope that one day someone will turn the microphone around so we can see the interviewer interviewed, as well!

Hey, hey, Deacon Ray! (Oops, I mean Longinus) Always a fan of your work! Keep it up!

Quite the constellation of stars on those NGC labels! Amazing collection!

I’m starting to think I short-changed my Saturnalia recipient. You guys really stepped it up!

Sorry, I didn’t read thoroughly enough. That’s like a separate gift all in itself. Pictures are very important to me. (Which adds a challenge, since like yours, my personal coin photography is mostly rubbish. I have to rely on the pros.)

Already rolled out the fancy photo templates and writeups, I see! You work fast! They look great.

Io, Saturnalia, all! It’s officially here (at least in the Eastern US). No gift has arrived for me yet, but I’m not sweating that at all. I can wait. My primary concern is that my outgoing package (mailed at the end of November) has made its way safely Down Under by now. (*Mailed it with stamps from my rural box, so no tracking)

Yes, that makes sense now. That would have been around the time I was seeking one for myself- a dated example with contrasting grey toning. Here’s the one I eventually ended up with.

PS- good Heavens- that @Severus Alexander box… if that ain’t epic next-level Saturnalia stuff, I dunno what is!

Superb interview! Among many other things, I’m utterly in awe of the custom coin cabinet he’s carving, not to mention the talent behind the sketches! @Curtisimo - I remember your wedding sixpence! What I can’t remember exactly is whether I was the one to sell it to you or not. I seem to recall being involved somehow…

Oh, well. I sort of expected as much:

You’d think- one of the “good” emperors, after all…

My only rouble:

What do I collect? A little bit of everything! 🙂

Almost looks like a damnatio!

No, it's definitely a cut-like heavy hit, I'm afraid. It doesn't affect the reverse rim, but you can see it in the obverse pic (and in my hasty cellphone closeup). If it were a lesser nick, I'd live with it, but it's heavy enough for me to (regretfully) decide that this particular coin isn't quite for me. Otherwise I'd have happily decided to keep it. I don't know as much as most of you when it comes to ancients- and the auction house's apparent misattribution was news to me (albeit interesting and possibly good news). I don't have the scholarly tendency and I'm not good at attributions, for example. But the one thing I do feel confident about with ancients is that I like to believe I've got a pretty good eye for quality, if nothing else. So I do try to be selective. Sure, with ancients, some things can be forgiven (my Justinian tremissis has a wrinkled flan, for instance), but I know something like this particular issue would continue to bug me.

Thanks, all. It's not quite a keeper for me, but I'm glad to see it's getting some of the love it does deserve, for its better qualities. If I can't return it, then maybe I'll recoup most of my money on it.

At least the hit looks ancient. It's got patina in it.

If at first you mostly succeed, give it another whack so it's 25% off-center.

SOLD! If your dollar looks like this:

Exactly what happened here. And I do think €360 would have been a good price, if not for the rim hit. My question is, is that "about right" for the coin as-is? The rim cut is just noticeable enough for it to be the kiss of death for my personal collection, but someone else might not mind it so much.