Agree with all the drapery love. What I especially like about it is that so much of our knowledge of ancient art comes from sculpture, and even...
It's a massive, brilliant two volume extravaganza published in Italian in 2012 and English in 2017. Wonderfully detailed with lots of supporting...
Here are some illustrations from the ‘Atlas of Ancient Rome’. It’s in the section marked ‘C’ on the map.[ATTACH][ATTACH]
Great post! I have the Temple one too, but looks like it’s been messed around with a bit. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] My favourite is a sestertius showing...
[ATTACH] There's a whole pavilion of coins at the Eretz Israel Museum, which I visited recently. I loved the display. It mixes beautiful rarities...
Where is this, and what's the provenance?
Fascinating thread! Interesting that the British Museum didn't acquire theirs until 1954:...
I don’t think it’s British. I had a look at the standard catalogue, Chris Rudd’s ‘Ancient British Coins’ and it doesn’t look like any British...
An electrocuted boar, and monneyer VOLTeius. How appropriate!
I just got a couple more, including one that I underbid! Couldn't agree a price when first listed, but pleased to have picked up now. Still some...
Yes, and that's true of books too. But the problem is that the cost of listing is generally very low, and the returns are high even if you only...
Or even searching by image, or finding out which dealers don't list on VCoins and cross-listing. Lots of ways they COULD do it, although most...
I think it is! The large reporductions were BAD.
In the book trade there is a well-known business model where sellers use software to scan across different websites (Amazon in different...
Not on display. It was a small group of coins and they were illustrating the history rather than the numismatics, but I think it's a shame they...
My visit made me want to see Jordan next. I knew a reasonable amount about the history of the region, but I was bowled over by seeing it for real....
They've extended the museum a lot since then. Hugely impressive.
I'll do another post on Tel Aviv, where there's a whole coin gallery. Massada was amazing. One of the best things I've ever seen. One visit...
I voted inexperienced/nay. I like the type a lot, but it seems expensive and that particular one didn't appeal to me.
I visited the Israel Museum on a recent vacation. There are two rooms dedicated to coins, as well as lots of smaller displays integrated into...
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