I think it's a nice denarius of Nero. I never got any...
A small group of Sassanian coins: [ATTACH]AR Drahm of Shapur I, son of Ardashir Papagan, (241-272). Too bad it's broken... [ATTACH] Yazdagard...
This is what archaeologists think. They recently found the remains of a small city on top of the hill and, in its centre, post-holes and...
Imagine that : a coin that is not only fake, but also has bronze disease! :vomit:
According to the label, its weight is 208.6 kg. Empty, of course :)
It is less a problem for Europeans. Italy and Greece are members of the Schengen Area that covers the whole European Union plus Switzerland (but...
There are famous places and monuments of Antiquity people from all over the world like to visit, such as Rome, Athens, the Pyramids, Petra, etc....
[ATTACH] Posthumous sestertius of Faustina the elder (posted before, sorry) Next: a coin you received (or gave) as a gift (again!)
The IVPPITER CVSTOS one is nice, all inscriptions are readable, the style is very good, and the price tag is relatively affordable (for a denarius...
The Vienna skyphos by the "Brygos painter" is a true masterpiece for me. It represents the episode in Ilias book 24 l.475 ff. when Priamos...
Wonderful coin ! From all the other examples you posted for comparisons, I notice that the rev. legend is very often blundered, and this from the...
Sincerely, I am afraid this is a modern reproduction. I have never seen such a perfectly circular flan for a Roman denarius. It is machine made......
[ATTACH] Alexander the great AR Tetradrachm, Tyre mint, Tyre. Dated RY 25 of Azemilkos (325-324 BC), Price (Ake) 3262. As found ! rev.: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ...
In the 70s I have been visiting natural wildlife reserves in Kenya and Tanzania. In a lodge in the wild I bought myself as a souvenir an old spear...
[ATTACH] Nabataean half-unit (?) of Rabbel II (AD 71-106), AE 15 mm Obv.: Joined heads of Rabbel, laureate, and Gamilat his wife Rev.: ربعل /...
[ATTACH] On this sestertius all legends are almost entirely rubbed-off (but I like it for his semi-precious stone patina). It's IMP VIII and not...
[ATTACH] Marcus Aurelius - sestertius (174/5) Obv.: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM TR P XXIX , laureate bust r. Rev.: LIBERALITAS AVG VI IMP VII COS III /...
... and a Z [ATTACH] Alexander II Zabinas (125-122 BC)...
Hey ! You're going too fast!... I had a nice Y to post Y for Yezdegard I [ATTACH] Yezdegard I (399-420) - AR drahm, Bishapur (near Qazerun,...
These symbols on Sasanian coins and reliefs are an interesting question. Like you said, the two-legged ankh symbol (as the one on your coin) is...
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