Got my bachelors in Medical Laboratory science and went to work at a private hospital. Eventually joined the US Navy Medical Service corps where I...
@DonnaML That is one of the only portraits in my coin collection that genuinely terrifies me. [ATTACH]
Very nice coin Donna! You can never go wrong with a tetradrachm! Your coin was struck around the time that the Ptolemies started to...
Welcome to 2020 :confused:
@Ryro Very nice coins amigo! I feel that meme could be used to describe everyone on the ancients forum to some extent!:p:smuggrin::D
I would honestly be careful with eBay. I rarely buy coins from there and even when I do I try to get other collectors opinions before I buy. Try...
@dougsmit I have heard that that Antiochus II was a drunk before. Perhaps it was propaganda or maybe he was a functioning alcoholic? Not to go...
Hi everyone, In this post I will try to rank the first six rulers of the Seleucid Empire in terms of success of their respective reigns. The...
Jullian II AR Siliqua Struck as Caesar 357-360 CE Constantia/Arles mint. Obv: D N IVLIANVS NOB CAES legend with bare-headed, draped and...
Nice! I have 2 Ptolemy Tets, one from Ptolemy II and the other from Ptolemy X [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Ptolemy II Tetradrachm Tyre mint 277-264 BCE 13.8...
Very nice write up! I'm finishing the Illiad up on audio book and the battle between Skamander(Xanthos) was pretty interesting.
Huh, that’s pretty neat. The fact that the Providence is over 113 years old is also cool.
He ran a competent administration and left the empire in capable hands, so he probably deserves high marks. I feel that a lot of the difficulties...
:hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious: When I got to that line I literally burst out laughing.
That's an unusually strong portrait of him. Nice catch!
Very nice coin! I think you did very well; coins of his can reach pretty high prices. Crazy to think that both Seleucus and Lysimachus were in...
@Alegandron That’s good to hear, he was always a fun guy in the threads.
I was wondering about her and @Mikey Zee?
Here is a rare light miliarense of Theodosius II I acquired a few years back for quite a sum of money. For reference, I was a broke college boy...
@medoraman Yeah, so while Constantius II reduced the weight of the siliqua to 144 to a Roman pound, there were sporadic issues of coins that were...
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