Love these satrapial obols oc Cilicia. @7Calbrey, your image is not clear enough to tell, but those obols usually show the 'king' with an...
"Di valore inestimabile" The 27 coins that were analyzed so far are from the 5th century and in excellent condition. I will stay tuned, I would...
Wondering about they buying power of that cash at the time when the jar was lost... Sallent, the hoard was found in Japan. I hope the Chinese gov...
While not as flexible as a sql query, the vcoins advanced search is good enough for filtering out numiscorner. E.g. [ATTACH]
50% and 0%. Now excuse me, please, gotta do some homework. Wildwinds, here I come.
The noun gender for many province personifications is feminine: Dacia, Iudaea, Pannonia, Britannia. Maybe that’s the simple reason for the woman...
This is one of my first ancients, bought 10 years ago. The reverse is in the SSOST (somebody sitting or standing there) category, yet I find it...
Welcome Andrew! I have that nice coin from your collection (M Herennius) +1 on what red_spork said. I am guilty of the meaningless comments, as...
Very nice coin. I love it when the Eastern coins show clearly the interesting hair syles or headdresses or jewlery. The earring is very visible in...
Zumbly, is the flan wavy, too?
+1. Excellent write-up and thread! Ancient folks worshipped all sorts of creek gods. The god of the second largest river in the empire, after...
What a fun thread & title! Sorry I'm late with a contribution to the republicans' party. Here's Europa in delicate balancing act (picture courtesy...
@David Atherton Why don’t you collect bronze? Thx!
Hats off to Clio for the interesting coins he buys. I hope some of these coins go back for sale while I’m still alive and with disposable income....
Pauca sed bona! Wow, you do travel a lot. How many passports do you go through per year? Nice problem to have :)
‘Somewhat’ tooled
Fun exercise, indeed. I’m goong with Doug’s interpretation. The literacy was, supposedly, not higher than 40%. How sophisticated was the majority...
Not a sestertius, but just as heavy: tetrassarion from Anazarbus. Ex cng, ex Estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. The red patches are not as...
Nice coin, @Parthicus, made even nicer by your writeup. Love this CT forum due to the ‘1+1=3’ effect (coin+story). @Severus Alexander ‘s top 15...
Super coin, @dadams! Love the variety of Nilus’ relaxation positions; I have 3 such coins. Here’s one with a reverse similar to yours. Although,...
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