Thanks. I must say I did wonder what Diana Lucifera -- as opposed to, say, Concordia -- has to do with marriage or marital harmony.
Wonderful post, @Roman Collector! First comes love, then comes marriage (or perhaps the reverse in this case), then comes Faustina with a baby...
Tacitus, silvered billon Antoninianus, Lugdunum [Lyons] Mint, First Officina, 275-276 AD. Obv. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, IMP C L...
A sestertius of his successor: [ATTACH] Next, a sestertius of a member of Philip I's family.
Great article. Becoming an archaeologist was my dream as well for quite a few years beginning when I was 9 or so.
Vespasian AV Aureus, 75 AD (Cos VI), Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, IMP CAESAR - VESPASIANVS AVG [counter-clockwise from 5:00] / Rev....
I'm pretty sure that by about 1964 or so, when I first started using pens instead of pencils sometimes for schoolwork, around the 5th grade,...
Some computer program somewhere must be reading what I post here, because this article on the history of centaurs in ancient Greek art appeared in...
Marks can be a name, of course (a variant spelling of Marx), but the "m" isn't capitalized in this case.
I suspect that it's simply a mistake. "Marks" should presumably be under comments, not under pedigree. Note that on the actual label it isn't...
No, I don't think it was.
What mindset is that? Perhaps I'm being dense, but I don't get it.
Did anyone participate in the Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. auction earlier today? The prices for Roman Republican coins were phenomenally high. A long...
Interesting. I taught myself (sort of!) the upper-case Greek alphabet so I can read ancient coin legends in Greek (mostly on Roman Provincial...
I have a similar type of Coventry Halfpenny token with the date 1792, depicting Lady Godiva on the obverse and an Elephant and Castle on the...
The numbering system for the Republican coins in Volume I of Seaby's multi-volume "Roman Silver Coins" (known as RSC) is derived from Babelon --...
I do try to be thorough! Still a complete mystery as to what it represents.
This is absurd. Of course it's relevant -- not only relevant but crucial, especially if by reason of such errors the restrictions apply on their...
Great coin! Here is my example and (incredibly lengthy!) write-up of your coin, as well as for the only other Roman Republican coin showing a...
You could look at some old auction catalogs from the 1950s-early 1970s at RNumis or the Newman Numismatic Portal, to try to see when 32.50 (either...
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