You were searching for denarii - a silver coin minted from 211BC to 244AD (Gordian III), and steadily debased until replaced by the antoninianus...
Athena has quite large earrings... Attica Tetradrachm, 454BC-404BC [ATTACH] Silver, 24mm, 17.19g (HGC 4, 1597). As does Vologases III...(or any...
There are no rules, but since you're asking the question, it seems in the back of your mind you think it's cheating. If you're anything like me,...
That's because this isn't Æthelred II the Unready (978-1016) but Æthelred II of Northumbria, who was king in the mid-800s when Northumbria was a...
Your site is full of useful information! I don't have an AE, only an AR: Honorius Siliqua, 407-408 [ATTACH] Rome. Silver, 1.06g. D N HONORIVS P...
The most abundant are Peter the Great (Peter I) and Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV). These are usually very cheap ($1 to $50 at auction). From Ivan...
Nice coin, it has good detail. Nice size, too. Yes the types without archers are hard to find and often pretty poor. Which is why mine has an...
Lovely coin. I'm sure I've contemplated buying it...It's probably on one of my favourites lists somewhere. And that map is very useful, I've used...
I agree that learning about them and looking for them can be more enjoyable than owning them. It's the 'thrill of the chase'. Bidding on them can...
Even the experts don't know much about the Parthians (other than they were Persian rivals to the Romans, because the Romans wrote about them)....
Nice medal and a nice solution. I have a similar aim, but I have a rule that each coin must've been minted for circulation, so I can ignore Edward...
It is 100% Russian, as per my translation above. It is not backwards or upside down. But the mixing of Russian, a Russian tsar (from a previous...
I have no idea what it's for, but it says: ЗА НАКИТЪ Б.П. 1905 МЕСИНГОВЪ ПЕНДАРЪ АЛЕКСАНДЪРЪ II РУСКИ ИМПЕРАТОРЪ For Nakit B.P. 1905 brass...
The standard gauge was set by George Stephenson in England (who, after all, established the train as a popular mode of transport). But he still...
Great post. They're interesting because they were minted at such a turbulent time - the clipping only adds to that. I have a few, some in better...
Technically an usurper is anyone who takes power illegitimately or by force. That could apply to most emperors! I don't have Eugenius but I do...
I have a chewed up one of these that I think might be barbarous - the VOT seems to overlap the design. It was described as a Maiorina but I think...
I don't know about the greatest of all time - no-one knows who engraved ancient coins - but while cataloguing the modern world coins I've gathered...
I don't know if they look more interesting, but the Antoninus Pius Britannias are historically interesting. They weren't the first Britannias...
Yes I have a Maximian and a Galerius with almost the same legends, and another two of Galerius that aren't much different. Apparently it's all in...
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