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The representation of fallen war horses is relatively rare in ancient iconography. You can find the same kind of triumphal image in Sassanid...
[ATTACH] This sestertius was a birthday present from my wife :kiss:
That's an interesting post indeed, but is this discussion board the best place for publishing a coin hoard? You could write down all you know...
Yes, it is... This man collects coins, antiquities, etc. And in his coin collection there are not only coins, there are also hoards. He had a...
I didn't say it was a daleth, I just said it was written like a mirrored D. But you may be right, for several people it's an 'ayin.
The upper legend is [ATTACH], the 1st letter is not an 'ayin but a C, written as a mirrored D. The date must be 116, because I count 6 strokes (a...
I have seen in Gaza (in better times) this hoard. H: 28 cm, weight 3.26 kg. The coins were late 4th c. AE4, for example Arcadius, rev. Salus...
Very nice coin !!! No elephant but a war galley? The message is the same. In Hellenistic kingdoms, elephants and war galleys were the symbols of...
Congratulations, this is an excellent specimen! This denarius minted in 82 BC is historically important. It is the first time ever that a Roman...
You can be sure the deity seated above is Fortuna, not Astarte. She wears a turreted crown and under her feet you can distinguish the typical...
Congrats for this very rare Basiliscus solidus. Here are my own late Roman silver and gold [ATTACH] Valens, AR siliqua, Trier mint, AD 367-75 -...
There is no "ceremonial quadriga" in Rome. The only moment when the emperor is standing in such a quadriga is the triumph. Severus Alexander...
The story of the finding is interesting, but I don't think it was an ancient hoard. If the guy could recognize a "deteriorated cloth sack", the...
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