Antoninus Pius, effective? Nothing happened under Antoninus Pius. He had a new wall built in Britain north of Hadrian's wall, but it was not a...
Very nice collection of African masks from Gabon, Congo, etc.! Of course they are surely not old, they seem made for collectors but by able...
[ATTACH] On this forum, I sometimes found the expression “good emperors” or “five good emperors”. According to Wikipedia, this notion was...
[ATTACH] M. Porcius Cato, AR quinarius, minted 47-46 BC in Africa. Obv: M CATO PRO PR, Ivy-wreathed head of Liber r. Rev: Victory seated r.,...
I don't think the allegory of Libertas holding the liberty cap and the vindicta has any relation with captives. It's a purely political notion,...
[ATTACH] Too bad this nice specimen (36 mm, 18.74 g) has got bronze disease !
[ATTACH] Imitation of an AE antoninianus of Tetricus. Obv.: MP C TITRICVS [...] (sic) , radiate and cuirassed bust right Rev.: FIDE MILITVM...
[ATTACH] That's my Vitellius (a denarius), much like @Bing's specimen.
The emperor currently called "Elagabalus" is often considered one of the worst emperors Rome ever had, who allegedly devoted his reign to...
All these small glass bottles were perfume bottles. They were funerary offerings and deposited in tombs, which explains why they are still intact....
I don't think it's supposed to represent muscles. The Londinium die engraver probably imagined this genius as a charioteer (auriga). Late Roman...
There are many fragments of antiquities I have collected when I was young, much younger. Only fragments, of course. Pottery shards I myself picked...
[ATTACH] Nerva (96-98), sestertius, Rome Obv.: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II P P, laureate head right Rev.: FORTVNA AVGVST / S C, Fortuna...
All these obverses are very close to each other, but it's not a obverse die match for all these coins. For ex. #160 has the obv. legend CONSTИИT...
Do you have any idea about where this unofficial imitative mint was located? Any provenance? Do you know if any of these unofficial die-linked...
The curule chair is the symbol of high magistrates who have imperium. Divus Augustus is a god, not a magistrate, and like Jupiter he sits on a...
[ATTACH] Nero Drusus, sestertius, Rome AD 50-54. AE 36 mm, 27.15 g. I liked this coin because I didn't have any sestertius earlier than the...
Thanks, I didn't know these coins. The only explanation I see is because it's a coin minted in Emesa (Homs, Syria) where people didn't speak...
It's saturday 13.30 h in France, not far from Fontainebleau. After a late breakfast, my son who came yesterday to see us with his girlfriend has...
You would never find COS I on a Roman coin or inscription, it would make no sense. On your coin it's COS III PP, but a problem with the die...
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