[ATTACH] This Constantine coin, for example. I found it in an old wallet that belonged to my great-grandfather (who never collected coins). This...
[ATTACH] Hadrian, large semis (maybe this is more a cithar than a lyre?) Next : trumpet
Tandis que des médailles D'imperators Font briller à sa taille Le bronze et l'or ... (quote from a famous old French song of the 1960s, inspired...
[ATTACH] Probus, antoninianus of Antioch. Next :Aurelian
I am sure many historians would beg to differ regarding Roman emperors called "bigots". This vocabulary is not History's language, it belongs to...
[ATTACH]This is an extremely debased Moneta Aug. antoninianus, 2.90 g, probably minted in the last year of his reign: it looks like pure bronze....
Because you posted this video, I'll post this one too. Did I say before I was a great fan of animes and cartoons? [MEDIA]
[ATTACH] 44 mm, 21.60 g.
[ATTACH] Vitellius, denarius. This raven is not perched upon a bust of Pallas, but on the legs of a tripod.
[ATTACH] Maurice Tiberius Year 8 (Antioch) [ATTACH] Maurice Tiberius year 14 (Antioch)
[ATTACH] Tiberius II Constantine, 3/4 follis (30 nummi). Constantinople
[ATTACH] Severus Alexander, Tarsus AE 37 mm. Next : larger than 37 mm
[ATTACH] Volusian, on an AE 31 mm of Perge, Pamphilia. (a rare coin, this one is one of 2 known specimens listed on the RPC website : RPC IX,...
[ATTACH] Would you call this Nero (it's an as) an heroic bust? [ATTACH] and this Gallienus too?
In Israel, the antiquities business is a real industry. There are the legal registered dealers who have shops in Jerusalem, the unregistered...
[ATTACH] This one has been found in Syria. Still jealous of people living there? ;)
it is likely a denarius of Quintus Pomponius Musa (Rome, 66 BC), Crawford 410/8.
Interesting, but I don't see what you mean... Could you please illustrate this with examples? Which "Edomite", which Lihyan coin looks like yours?...
[ATTACH] Elagabalus, 8 assaria, Antioch on the Orontes. Next : another Syrian provincial
Your coin is obviously an imitation : the celator reproduced the types while carving the dies, and the result is a mirror-view on obverse and...
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