I do not need my coins graded by someone else. What I do need is a method of authenticating coins as genuine. That's all I want. If the slabbing...
Do you know the weight? During his reign he issued siliquae of two weights. The heavier one is above 3 grams , the lighter one about 2 grams or less.
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What we know, we know with greater or lesser degrees of probability, though I think that in our everyday life we assign certitude to matters and...
I did not know that hexagrams were issued by Justinian. I had always associated that denomination with Heraclius.
Absolutely fascinating discussion and I would suggest that anyone who agrees take a look at their ancient coinage at the divinities one finds on...
I like its light shading. Too often they are so dark one really can't make out anything on them.
I have eaten pig's brains, cattle hooves, sheep's eyes, goats' ears, rodent droppings and whatever else fell into the mixing vats of Eastern...
I agree with the attic pronunciation of eta at that time. Unfortunatley, my professor of Greek did not.
Literally an existential need.
Yes, also notice that Greeks at that time used the Roman letter C where the Romans used the letter S. Actually, the comparison is not entirely...
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At 1.99 grams yours is a substantial siliqua. The weight of this coin was to fall substantially within a few years. The silquae of Honorius are a...
Well, thanks to Aristophanes, we know what Greek frogs sounded like. Unlike North American frogs which make a croaking sound that comes out...
Good points and for anyone claiming to know how to pronounce Latin, careful here. There is considerable debate, not all of it pleasant, over how...
Yes, I think that it is the one. I can make out the reverse now the CAESARUM NOSTRORUM
Going through some of my odds and ends I have this smallish, Ae 3 bronze of some member of the Constantine family, coins of whom I often have...
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