Under the Roman Empire it seems that a very simple Greek was the lingua franca of most of the Mediterranean, while Aramaic had the same position...
In my country, unauthorized metal detecting, digging and selling archaeological artefacts is illegal and could end in jail....
I wonder if there are strict rules for telling if an ancient coin will be called rare, scarce, common... For a sirloin steak it is clear : blue...
The coin on the left is the equivalent of a Roman semis, minted in Gaza under Hadrian in 134/5 CE (RPC III 4041). On some dies used in this coin...
[ATTACH]Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 BCE). AE31 Egyptian style. Obv.: head of Zeus right. rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ("of the king...
[ATTACH] Justinian I, half-follis, Antioch mint (4th officina) 528-539 [ATTACH] Justinian I, half-follis, Antioch mint, 550-551
All ancient coins are rare, it depends of what you consider rare. On a scale from rare to well done, I would say medium.
It is rare and also has a interesting reverse ;)
Some inventions or innovations had to wait some time before reaching actual success. In 1900, many of the few automobiles already circulating in...
Caracalla, Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum (today Nikyup, Bulgaria) https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9492200
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4293866 This Israel Antiquities Authority successfully reclaimed this coin, good job! But what will...
I am sincerely sorry my comment was taken like this. I don't know you, I have strictly nothing against you, why should I want to offend you? I was...
Which theme? Rape culture?
Elizabeth II has been The Queen for 70 years. I never met her, I don't know who she was as a person (and I don't care), she was the incarnation of...
Nice rare denarius, minted at Lugdunum (Lyons, France) in 196-197. Decimus Clodius Albinus, who had the rank of Caesar in the beginning of...
Abydos mint, struck under Philip III, 323-317. Price 1514. This specimen is better than the one in The British Museum, London : [ATTACH] I like...
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Gallienus or Claudius II Gothicus? I read IMP CL[...]
[ATTACH] Solidus of Theodosius II (408-450), minted in Constantinople 441-450. Obv.: D N THEODOSI-VSׂ‧ P‧ P‧ AVG, pearl diademed, helmeted and...
[ATTACH] Follis of Justinian Obv.: DN IYƧTINI-ANVƧ PP AVC, Justinian seated facing, holding long sceptre and globus cruciger. Rev.: Large M...
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