This shekel is the undated variety. Here's information for my coin: Judea, No Date (134/5 AD) Shekel Bar Kochba Second Jewish Revolt Attributed...
Shekel, Bar Kochba, Second Revolt [ATTACH] Next: Fire Altar
Apparently sacrificing animals was a common practice in ancient Rome. Several references were made to it in Claudius the God. It seems that...
Actually the air quality at ground level wasn't too bad, especially compared to other areas. The smoke that is causing the orangish cast is in...
For those interested, here's a link to the British Museum for a Roman ingot (very large at 353.40 grams), found at the Tower of London in 1777:...
I think they're safe, at least in terms of fire, but the air quality throughout the Bay Area and Central Valley is very bad. In fact the air is...
Thanks. I must say the sky looks closer to Mars than Earth.
I recently picked up an interesting silver bar, or ingot, that was produced between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD. The ingot appears to be of...
Speaking of astragalos, here's stater from Cilicia, Kelenderis, circa 430-420 BC, which has a goat leaning left and looking up at an astragalos...
Thank you. Here's a stater from Aegina, circa 485-480 BC, 12.0 grams. [ATTACH] Next: An example of Roman or other ancient hacksilver or...
Interesting thread.... I find the Canopic jar on the Alexandria tetradrachm of Hadrian intriguing and quite exotic. [ATTACH] Also, the...
I don't know if this coin would appeal to a specific CT member - perhaps collectors of cast coinage, or Gorgoneions? Recently acquired, in...
Here's my Hadrian billon tetradrachm, Alexandria, with the Canopic jar reverse. RY 10 (125/6 AD) 12.66 grams 26mm, 12h. [ATTACH]
Out of curiosity, is this coin part of lot of several coins, or was it purchased as a single coin? What was the cost? The denarius is nice in...
Did you use Paypal? If you did, file a claim. Otherwise file a claim with your credit card company. I assume that the seller did not provide a...
Interesting- the Caesar seems to be a variation on the Bloody Mary, a favorite among the brunch crowd.
This Heraclius follis, RY 3, came out of an auction lot of 34 Byzantine coins. The average price paid per coin was around $7.92 per coin, with...
That should be enough. Make sure that the 2x2 is PVC-free, if it is plastic. Nice coin.
A very nice thread and presentation. Don't forget the "play within the play", Pyramus and Thisbe, in Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream. [IMG]
Here a tetradrachm purchased in 2018. Thrace, 146 BC Thasos Tetradrachm Obverse: Dionysos, facing right, nice style Reverse: Hercules, standing...
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