Antiquities that could originate from Afghanistan had better be very well pedigreed and documented on entering US territory. Strong evidence must...
The denarius of C. Valerius Flaccus is considered minted in Marseilles by C. Valerius Flaccus in 83 BC, when he was propraetor of Gallia...
[ATTACH] Pegasus (as a solar symbol : SOLI CONS(ervatori) AVG(usti)) on an antoninianus of Gallienus. Next : Gallienus but NOT an antoninianus!
The legend of Troy was a saga much like Star Wars, composed of many episodes released at different moments during more than 2 centuries. Like Star...
Maybe we should start a change.org online petition asking them to STOP installing this g*dd*m orange patina on every coin!
[ATTACH] Antiochos III ("the Great") - coin of Sidon : stern of galley [ATTACH] Rome, late 3rd c. BC, uncia : prow of Galley [ATTACH] Sidon,...
[ATTACH] Antioch - Tiberius Next up : Augustus from Antioch
what do you mean ???
Coins belonging to this series have been found in Samaria, yes. And in Gaza, too.
The last coin is not Nabataean, it is an Umayyad fals (1st half of 8th c. AD).
What happened to the INI letters? (DNIVSTINI ANVSPPAVC)
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Two 1/16th shekels of Sidon. The type can be found in Persepolis doors in Iran (early 5th c. BC) : [ATTACH] and this theme...
This Nabataean coin of Aretas IV is a numismatic enigma. Nobody knows what can be the broom-like object on the reverse. The hypothesis of a...
[ATTACH] My favourite worn coin. When in hand, looks like a gem.
You said this list would contain usurpers, too. I suppose you could add Postumus, Marius, Victorinus, Domitian II, Tetricus I and II, Carausius,...
I have the same problem with an online bookshop based in Massachusetts: they refuse orders from foreign countries.
I suppose he was joking :happy:.
A friend of mine used to say : "There are probably no authentic coins, only well-made forgeries."
[ATTACH] Domitian, as. The emperor sacrificing in front of a temple for the Ludi Saeculares in 88 AD Next up : an agonistic table
Because it is not sharp at all, especially the reverse which is a poorly designed imitation of a Messana (in Sicily) reverse of the 5th c. BC,...
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