[ATTACH] In Dacia they minted the same kind of coins under Philip the Arab.
It was found near the town of Herschbach, a place that was outside the Roman Empire at the time.
It is a silver coin that seems to be much scarcer than generally said. [ATTACH] Marcus Porcius Cato the younger, quinarius, Africa (?) 47/6 BC....
Of course no record of the precise location where this archaeological material was taken away from its context... Too bad for archaeology and...
This story about conventional gifts for anniversaries is funny but... What is it like if you must wait for 50 years to get a gold present? And 80...
I think it's Demetrius II Nikator, coins of Tyre.
Overstriking copper folles was very common, especially for the "anonymous classes". I don't think it was a matter of emperors' ego : the anonymous...
Quadrans (or quadrantes) are interesting coins. In the 1st and 2nd c. they were the smallest coins issued by the senatorial mint of Rome (the SC...
Alexander the Great wearing Herakles' lion skin is a familiar monetary type, approved by Alexander himself. I like his elephant skin too. I don't...
Looks like the tiniest black hole ever spotted (Compare with Sagittarius A*) [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Rome, AR denarius of Caius Cassius, 126 BC Obv.: helmeted head of Roma to right, in left field X and - monogram meaning 16 (one...
[ATTACH] I found this sestertius a few years ago at some flea market. It's true that left facing portraits of Antonine and Severian emperors are...
The reverse legend : ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ / ΕΝ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΔΙ / ΙΕΡΑΣ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ
This one is not so "ugly"...
My opinion : you should post this in the World Coins section. This is Ancient Coins...
I like this thread. We all like to share gorgeous eye-catching coins worthy of museum displays. But what about the creepy dark legions of ugly...
Here are coins that have been actually hit by a bullet. They are said to have been in a soldier's pocket during the 1st World War, and have saved...
Nemausus, today Nîmes, was a Roman city. Nemausus was made by Augustus a Roman colony to settle veterans of the Actium war. This is why it minted...
yes of course, this quadrans must be cleaned
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