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Yes, thre is an anachronism on reverse. The Eiffel Tower under the throne was not built before 1889 AD. [ATTACH]
Sorry but the two limes denarii of Caracalla (bottom left) are very probably modern cast fakes. They are identical, including the centering and...
In 1682 Louis XIV, king of France, ordered a plain silver furniture for his new palace of Versailles. Tables, mirrors, other kind of furniture...
Maximinus Thrax (could've been called Max the Thrax). He was born in the province of Thrace - hence his origo. He enlisted in the army and had a...
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/1381
From Balzac's Eugenie Grandet : "Dear cousin!" whispered Eugenie, throwing down the letter and running softly back to her room, carrying one of...
Interesting debates ahead about the mint place of some Punic coins. If minted in Carthage they'll be stricken with a 55% tariff (Tunisia). But if...
I don't have any Volkano coin, but I think this vacation picture in Italy may be relevant [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Claudius, Sidon (Phoenicia), AE 23 mm, 9.47 g, 12 h. 51/2 AD. Obv.: laureate head of Claudius, right Rev.: ΣΙΔΩΝΟ[Σ ΘΕΑΣ], L ΒΞΡ (in...
There were probably some Roman denarii, but the majority must have been Nabataean sela'im.
A few coins from Caesarea Maritima (or Caesarea Palaestinae) [ATTACH] Titus, Caesarea, AE 22 mm, 12.27 g, 12 h. Obv.: worn out legend: [ΑΥΤΟΚΡ...
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Of course it's not a gator :) but a Nile crocodile. The crocodile in ancient Egypt was a god called Sobek. [ATTACH] The Romans, not the Greek,...
[ATTACH] Antiochos IV Epiphanes, AE double, Tyre - dated LΘΛΡ (year 139 = 174/3 BCE). An elegant stern of galley...
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There are ancient Greek and Roman coins that represent not a whole ship but just parts of ships : the stern, the prow, even just the bronze ram of...
Two small coins of Sidon : [ATTACH] On this 5th c. BCE AR 8 mm 1/8 of shekel, we see the Persian overlord on obverse (or perhaps some male local...
[ATTACH] Sometimes in history great empires rise and fall, great peoples with former great accomplishments become a bunch of idiots. In 1734...
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