Most of us are familiar with the term, "Nummus", which seems to be commonly applied to small bronze coins, frequently advertised on coin sites as...
I don't think that SVNT IPSIS LIBERIS is properly translated as "they are free". Sunt takes the nominative case both as subject and predicate...
I'll look into that. Maybe there are ancient coins with gum trees on them.
YES, I found one, and this coin has both historical and archeological importance. It was issued in about 260 AD and shows a clear bat on the...
I think the actual Caliph was Harun al Rashid and I think he also gave to Charlemagne some kind of mechanical clock. I may be wrong about this but...
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Thanks. I always tried to obtain coins that were large, and in the case of the copper coinage, well struck and light in toning, something...
I think you may have your hands full getting coins of the Byzantine usurpers as there must have been at least one for almost all of them, too.
Delighted to see that someone else is thinking along these lines. Did you ever acquire an interest in the Sassanian Persian coins, as they are...
I have decided to visit an old friend whom I have been neglecting of late. I started collecting coins back in the 1950's and at that time one...
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Thanks for that link. Going to it right now.
They are, indeed, impressive and a good example of these emperors trying to restore confidence in the government's coinage after decades of...
On that last image. I would have thought that those "dots" looked like casting bubbles. Is there a way to distinguish them from the ones in your...
If you possibly can figure out specific gravity, do a specific gravity test on it. A coin that large should be doable with a minimum of equipment...
OK, I'll skip all the material I have just pulled up from Cassell's and White's Dictionaries where in both the term iterum is translated as next...
According to Harper Collins Latin Concise Dictionary the verb iterare means "to repeat or renew". Its adverbial derivative, iterum, means "again...
I have the same coin. I find the most interesting feature the IMPER ITERU. Imperator again. I wonder how many times he was so declared by his troops.
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