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"Le même exemplaire" is ambiguous. If they meant the very coin they are selling, they should have written "cet exemplaire" (this coin). In French...
It is definitely not the same coin, that's obvious. But the one you bought is better : on the NAC/Leu specimen there is a big shock deeply...
But it's not a rabbit ! Which Roman emperor would like to be depicted savagely tramping on a cute little bunny? [ATTACH] It's a croc, of course....
Good! excellent ! I should have made a slide for this one. Er... couldn't resist, I did it. Lugdunum (Lyon, France), Altar of Rome and Augustus...
I have no coin from Ancyra (either in Galatia or Phrygia) Your Ancyra, in Galatia, is an old city dating back to the Bronze Age. In Roman times...
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These are slides from a slideshow I had prepared for students. None of the coins are mine, natürlich. They show monuments or landscapes, sometimes...
To stay in this thread's spirit, don't you think Fortuna's page 3 could make this denarius another British-related coin? [ATTACH]
:jawdrop::smuggrin::hilarious: Reminds me the Google translation of Carrhae's "Temple of Sin" (Sin, the Babylonian Moon-god) by "Temple du Péché"....
I don't know if the galley-type may be considered part of Hadrian's travel-series. Of course the emperor did travel by sea, at least when crossing...
Yes, of course, there will always be people in every country in the world that will "strongly oppose" superpowers... But I remember having seen...
You can put the coin in a bowl of sulphuric acid. If it bubbles and dissolves, it was an authentic one.
I was myself held at gunpoint too, twice. One time in the Syrian desert (the guys suspected me of being some Israeli spy, but in the end they...
How does it look nicer: with or without slab? #freelucius [ATTACH]
I am convinced there are less safety risks touring Egypt than attending high school in some Western countries. The biggest concern in Egypt IMO is...
It must be the only Egyptian pharaoh whose portrait is on an ancient coin ! Do you have one? I don't, and I'll try to get one!
I didn't try this, looks like a good idea, thanks! Next time I go to Rome i'll do it.
Rome, Athens, Lugdunum, Alexandria are today large and crowded cities, in which you still can see remains of what they were in Antiquity. Others...
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