It's my understanding that the Hippogriff was ½ horse (rear) and ½ bird or eagle (front), while a Griffin was ½ lion (rear) and ½ eagle (front)....
It's unfortunate that you've decided not to detail your thinking about your decision, and I understand that name-calling and labels can be...
Ha! Auto-correct must have done that. My proofreading skills aren't what they used to be. I've fixed it, though.
This is certainly part of the intention on the part of the slabbers -- increasing their market (and profits) by providing a pseudo-service that...
I've considered this argument before (but would like to hear it expounded directly by either Vagi or Murphy) and, as Volodya states, I too have no...
I've read some short articles about Brutus that indicate he might have been too much of an idealist who truly believed in a republic, and was too...
It appears that some of the collectors on this site may be personally acquainted with Barry Murphy (I don't know him, nor do I know of him). Why...
I have to say, the number and artistic quality of the devices on this coin's obverse are simply mind-boggling! It's almost enough to make a...
I'm going to go against the prevailing grain here, at least a little bit, and defend tequilaDave's orientation toward pursuing ancient coins as a...
Caligula's sestertii have two of my all-time favorite reverses on any Roman coin: (1) his "three sisters" reverse (Agrippina Jr., Drusilla, and...
Thanks for all the compliments. I received this coin yesterday and although the color is fairly accurate, I was unable to illustrate the...
While I continue to search for the final two coins needed to round out my 12 Caesars collection, I also find myself inexorably drawn to the beauty...
Putting aside the cleaning scratches and amount of wear, this coin has a number of attributes to recommend it: (1) both the obverse and reverse...
That Kyrene stater (2nd row, 3rd across) is quite a find. What's the historical significance of it?
Thanks. That Julius Caesar aureus in particular appealed to me because of the contemplative sadness of his portrait -- described in the auction...
Thanks. I'm flattered by the compliment!
Until now, I had been reluctant to post in this thread, partly because (despite the small size of my collection -- currently only 47 coins) of the...
One of the difficulties I've always had in Roman Republic coins is the amount of time and knowledge needed to accumulate a collection that...
Or maybe this forum should be the model of civility for those other forums. We don't all have to aspire to lowering ourselves to the levels of...
Is that first coin -- the Labienus Parthicus -- your coin? Very rare and impressive!
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