[ATTACH] Athens, AE 12 mm, late 3rd c. BC Obv.: head of Athena right, wearing corinthian helmet rev.: ΑΘΕ, owl standing right, head facing, in wreath
very eclectic the 1st one (hercules' head right / prow of ship right) must be a Roman quadrans of the Republican period (1st c. BC) the 2nd one (3...
Funny to see it here ! This follis is in my collection...
I can recognize a Kushan AE tetradrachm, a Judean prutah of Agrippa I, a Kashmiri AE coin of the 11th c., a small Hellenistic coin (3rd or 2nd c....
yes of course it's twice AΘH. There is no Greek name beginning with AЄH, but more than one beginning with AΘH...
Superb tetradrachm ! Because this coin is dated from the "Victory era" the corn-ears in the Tyche's hand have been replaced by a palm, symbol of...
[ATTACH] Here is the Vatican statue. It has been found in Rome, I don't know where precisely. The inscription on the base is modern, it says it...
This pentanummion (a 5 nummia coin) circulated in Antioch under Justin I (518-527). It represents the centuries-old statue of the Tyche of...
[ATTACH] I don't have 12 Caesars but I have 1 Augustus
[ATTACH] This sestertius of Gordien III was a birthday present from my wife. [ATTACH] Another gift, from friends : this Gaulish ЄΛKЄSOOYIX /...
Nice coin ! Here is [ATTACH] rev. IOVI CON[s. aug.], the Amalthea goat. and [ATTACH] SOLI CONS AVG / H in exergue.
Nice ! that's Samian ware, from the Roman European provinces (1st - 3rd c.) [ATTACH] Oil lamp from Africa (Thysdrus - el-Jem) 5th-6th c. AD...
I think the right die orientation is 6 h : [ATTACH] There are only a few letters readable from the end of the reverse legend, but the name of the...
[ATTACH] Valentinian II, majorina, Siscia 378-383. AE 23 mm, 4.23 g. Obv.: D N VALENTINIANVS IVN P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust...
Elymais... This was a very, very ancient country called "Elam". Its capital, Susa, was a city that had existed since c. 4000 BC ! It has been a...
Ancient Roman very rare coins are generally unaffordable, when they are official imperial coins, and not, of course, mere mules. But there are...
This FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse with the galley is found on coins of Constantius II and Gallus' coins too. It is not just for Constans. The...
It's not about coins. It's about something I saw two weeks ago, this monumental sculpture by the Columbian artist César Hénao, erected last year...
"Panem et circenses", this is the well-known formula summarizing what the Roman people expected from Caesar, the emperor. And indeed propaganda...
[ATTACH] AE 26 mm, 7.40 g Obv.: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG PM (counter-clockwise), laureate head right Rev.: no legend, eagle on globe, [ S ] C....
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