OH My Florins Incessant Questions Thread

I can only dream about owning any ancient gold coin, but if I could coin 1 would be on the list. A beautiful coin in all respects, strike, color, and condition. His selling price is not over the top the coin is well worth IMO the $12 1/2K. Ancient coins are meant to be handled so I wouldn't worry about hurting the toning, though I still wouldn't want to put it in a pocket or polish it. Some sellers on Vcoins are very expensive but not all, you have to search through them to find the deals. Most also will entertain reasonable offers.

same coin number , but not 2 same dies.
obv:difference in the form of the lips,nose ,forhead and eyes : so different dies.
rev: maybe the same die , very difficult to say ,for me there is a difference in the mark under the horses , maybe in the PH of Philippou , but it can be due to the light.For the price , compare on http://www.acsearch.info .I think this stater is to expensive .albert

[quote]As the first one sold for $3000 at CNG in 2005 and the second is $12500 today so I want to make sure I am not buying the same coin.[quote]

I doubt the seller paid anywhere close to $12500 for it and if you have patience you could probably wait and get a similar quality coin for about half the price.

When you get into the world of Ancient Greek gold coins you enter the world of "if you need to ask you can't afford it" collecting. Prices tend to get rounded off to the next nearest thousand and finding similar coins priced worlds apart is normal.

I recently posted several 'folles' of the Roman Tetrarchs from around AD300. They are early London issue and quite popular with collectors of such things. I paid on average around $40 which makes me happy as most dealers ask in the range of $100 - 120 which I think to be rather steep ! But whether we talk of $40 and $120 or $5,000 and $15,000 the percentages are the same !
Some people just have fatter wallets !

If you worry too much about return on investment you won't have the time to truly enjoy your collection.

PS
I live on what passes for an 'old' street in my city. To get to my 60yr old 7 room house I must pass by 22 room Victorian era mansions. The garages (carriage houses) behind these homes are bigger than my house ! I am quite happy where I am really and get the pleasure of viewing all that stained glass and finely manicured real estate every day ! Ironically most of those palaces have a Toyota Camry parked in the driveway. Just because they have money doesn't mean they are foolish with it ! If you attend a few international coin shows you are likely to find a dealer who needs to pay the bills. Make some offers and you just may get surprised ........ eventually.

I could never afford the property taxes never mind the heat !

As it is I burn coal in the winter to keep nice and toasty. On a cold winters day when the air is still and the anthracite wet, the nostalgic scent of 'warm farts' wafts down the street.
Imagine back in the day when those mansions had boilers and soft (high sulphur) coal was heat of choice !

I save enough to buy more coins !
Bombs away !

most of these books are free on internet , like BMC and I think RIC also.
I bought a similar DVD 5/6 years ago for 2 pounds .Sometimes there is also a problem to have clear pictures , but it very interesting and easy to find an old book.So if you like it , for 10 pounds delivered it is not to expensive ,but I don t think there is an exanple of the greek alphabet inside , looking his Greek transcriptions : he writes : apsispt-ancient cthins-coins grssk-greek roomdroman .albert

Thanks antwerpen could you give me a link to those books (primarily the Macedonia one) I tried to find them on google but was unable to find them.

Amended never mind found them

Thanks Albert I managed to find it