[ATTACH] Vitellius (69), Rome, AR denarius Obv.: A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head right Rev.: XV VIR SACR FAC, tripod topped by...
[ATTACH] Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint in Cyprus(?). Dated year 72 (191/0 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right,...
And why a bored housewife, after all ?... Why should a woman feel unhappy with her husband's hobby? My wife has never been interested in ancient...
You didn't ask for this 17th c. Dutch atmosphere. The AI understood "male ancient coin collector" as "ancient male collector of coins". And it led...
When it's just a handful of coins, some archaeologists and numismatists call this a purse.
There was no "Vatican" back then, I mean nobody used this term to mention the pope. In 1788 the Italian peninsula was divided into several states,...
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I don't know if the copper color on the photo is a result of the light when the picture was taken or if, in your hand, it's actually yellow. The...
It is interesting, IMO, to note that these lots of 5th c. BC Athenian owls apparently show no countermarks or test cuts. Unfortunately we may...
Countermarks and test-cuts are very frequent on owls from hoards found in Egypt and the Middle-East. It seems they are much less frequent in...
Solidus Numismatik (Munich) has lately auctioned 45 owls in Auctions 142 and 143. Some could be late 5th c. BC bona fide Attic issues, but most...
There was a hoard of hundreds of Attic owls discovered in 2010 in Rafah (Gaza strip). It contained several kinds of owls. Here are some examples :...
I think the kalima on obv. reads "la ilah ila Allah, Muhammad rasul Allah" (there is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the prophet of Allah".
The reverse legend is IOVI STATORI (Jupiter Stator in the dative form)
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