Thank you so much!
That's lovely! Thanks for posting.
Wow!! Thank you, @captnCoin , for posting that coin on this thread!! It is a very interesting development indeed! That's an interesting find and...
The laureate and draped bust type is scarce but attested in the literature. Strack (no. 107) cites specimens in Munich, Stuttgart, and Sofia....
The Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Mars is Tiw. Therefore, Mars' day became Tiwesdæg and is now pronounced as Tuesday.
Interesting. Style is off on the portrait and the lettering. I very much suspect it is an unofficial imitative issue/contemporary counterfeit and...
Bust type. 162 has an aegis; 163 has drapery on the left shoulder. [ATTACH]
Update! I have identified 2 additional specimens of this coin, bringing the inventory to 10 known specimens struck with 4 obverse dies and 6...
It's important to evaluate a coin in terms of its historical context. By the reign of Philip I, the "silver" coins had become very debased, to...
It's important to note there were two cities named Ankyra that issued coins so as to not confuse the two.
If it isn't simply a representation of Pietas, it's likely to be Vipsania. I find Jasper Burns' argument convincing.
Contrary to what you learned in school about "Roman numerals," actual Romans did not use IV for 4, but IIII.
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The literature suggests at least two. A plain laureate head is described by Cohen (no. 537; RIC 916c) and reconfirmed by Strack, citing specimens...
We know from Beckmann's die-linkage studies of the aurei and sestertii of Faustina I that left-facing varieties appear paired with many different...
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