At the moment I'm immersed in studying Celtic history and numismatics. I've acquired only one coin for my Celtic set, but I'm currently reading...
Do uyou collect coins or envelopes?
Anything after 476 is a bunch of modern crap. :troll:
Ancient coins are amulets which connect me, by some intangible magic, to long-gone aesthetic and mystical landscapes. In order to do that, they...
Love the retrograde S!
Those are marvellous images Doug!
Interesting. So the Paeonian imitations were an attempt at faithfully copying the Athenian aesthetic currently in vogue?
Well, it took some time for the Paeonian tribes to become fully Hellenized. It only stands to reason that their first attempts at die cutting...
Nice find! I always chuckle at those archaic types - so cartoonish to our modern sensibilities.
I love NY, but how's the garbage pickup situation?
Bump.
Rhoematalces I was the ruler of the Sapaean Kingdom of Thrace from 12 BC to 12 AD. He was a staunch supporter of Caesar Augustus. Tacitus...
Very nice! Can we see brighter images of the Ptolemy and RR, and both sides?
The show in Mounteville? We were there as well. My wife and daughter picked up a few things but I came away empty-handed. My problem with minerals...
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