Living just a 30-minutes-drive away from Cologne I can assure you that the knowedge of Cologne being an Imperial mint is not a recent discovery....
The Egyptian hieroglyphic "L" looks like this, a lion [ATTACH] Best would be an answer from someone really proficient in papyrology - until then I...
It is a medium-sized German auction house. Primarily a family business Trustworthy - but definitely no expert in ancients!
Austria is http://www.numismatik-cafe.at/ usually the same guys as in Germany - but have a try. I am curious
Try Alberto Zecchi https://www.albertozecchi.com/shop or Abafil https://www.abafil.com/it/42-numismatica
The royal figure seems to be sitting on a throne shaped like a lion or a panther. The reverse looks like the depiction of a harpiye....
Peregrinos doesn't refer to pilgrims (in our modern sense) but just to "peregrine" - exotic or foreign. Suetonius is talking about coins from the...
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The Roman senat had nothing to do with those representations on Roman imperial coins. For further reading I recommend this paper....
Obverse is a representaion of the Senate Inscription should be ΙΕΡΑΣ ΣΥΝΚΛΗ (or similar) Reverse is a river god. I cannot make sense of the...
Dane Kurth from Wildwinds thankfully hosts the offline-data from Isegrim as excel files https://www.wildwinds.com/Isegrim/ Your coin is line 5853...
And when it is BEBA - you have to turn your case around. At the moment the bottom is up - trays should stick a littel bit!
Looks like BEBA trays. These are standard in Germany and parts of Europe with most dealers and collectors. Trays come in a lot of inner sizes,...
There is just a tiny problem :angelic: In the mid 70ies (last century of course) the pharmaceutical company SANDOZ - now merged with NOVARTIS -...
Please be careful with ancient historians. These are NO primary sources but just secondary sources at best. Caligula, Claudius, and Nero were...
And here is the modern version: An auction of 583 modern medals of nudity https://elive-auction.de/auktionen/91/lose?auction_section=23 The...
As to the technique (Shoud be easy with a translator) viewtopic.php?f=89&t=62355&start=15#p525707
J. Knudsen was a "normal" dealer in antiquities and coins from Hamburg with a tiny shop. He was mainly interested in coins from "peripheral areas"...
tcw manufactures similar slabs which are held together by magnets. https://www.t-c-w.de/kategorie/13-acryl-magnet-dosen Big advantage: they can be...
To my opinion it is just the photos - here and everywhere else Lot 57 was offered in Freeman & Sear, Mail Bid Sale 13, 2006, Lot 120. Unsold at...
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