I am not a historical linguist, really not a linguist of any stripe, but if I understand the question, which city began using the genitive plural,...
There's also an episode of Secrets of the Dead, Season 16, PBS, on Baiae. I don't think it is available for free viewing now, so you might have...
Here's an owl that came in today, from Israel. I'm pretty sure this is an imitation from Philistia or Phoenicia. The style of the obverse...
As noted with other coins in this thread, sometimes conditions for a bronze coin are just right to create uniform, hard patinas over varying...
That would be the owl you won today, 350-297 BC. The first owl that you acquired is a very rare type, and I don't think that flans were folded...
Here's a denarius of Sabina, Concordia reverse, circa 128-138 AD. [ATTACH] Next: Any coin of Sabina.
I'm home now. All my images are on a hard drive on my PC. Okay, I know this is very old fashion, but at least I am not using a wax cylinder...
Those are two outstanding intermediate owls. This type is harder to locate with nicely centered strikes. The later the coin was struck, the...
That's a very sharp strike for that period - very nice! The coin has some deposits of verdigris, but I really don't see any corrosion, but I...
I was able to purchase another tetradrachm of Vespasian, with Titus on the reverse, in October 2020. This is the second coin of this type that I...
An interesting historical tidbit is that August 19th is also the date, in 43 BCE, that Octavian was elected consul along with his relative Quintus...
Here's a rare follis, Antioch, with both co-emperors depicted, crudely, on the obverse. Byzantine Empire, April-August 527 AD AE follis, 32 mm...
Thanks for the link. An interesting article. I went through sort of the same situation with US Customs, but the issue was regrading a much lower...
So, having viewed the video, I must say that the technology of digital recognition, coupled with archive digital images, is an interesting...
I see what you mean regarding the surfaces. The coin has been cleaned, removing deposits and whatever patina the coin originally had. The...
Thank you for the video link, the presentation was very informative, and long.
Here's a Justinian I follis, Nicomedia, year 30 for comparison. This coin was part of a two coin lot (the other one year 31) in Noble Numismatics...
I wasn't aware of this service, though I'd probably not use it, since the vast majority of my coins are not great rarities. In fact I could...
CoinArchives is another good general source for information on current and past auctions. When I entered, Philip I Viminacium coinarchives, in...
That Seleukos I Nikator tetradrachm is a tough coin to locate and win in auction. Your example is really nice, especially the reverse! Your...
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