J.G.Milne (NC 7.3/4 (1947)) thinks this obverse die is for Valerian (obv. legend E, p.105). [ATTACH] in fact one can read IMPCAERASLLOVNAHIAC it...
Collecting coins in slabs is like permanently hoard one's jewels in a safe and only wear glass copies.
There must be a mistake in the description and identification. This antoninianus is not the Venus Felix type (RIC V Salonina 7) as described, but...
[ATTACH] Domitian, quadrans, basket full of corn ears. Next : a quadrans
I don't think the Britannia of the 19th to 20th c. British pence is inspired by the Britannia we can see on Roman coins. The real inspiration for...
Gerostratos of Arados could have defended his city with some secret weapon : [ATTACH] [ATTACH] but the other cities were doomed: Byblos'...
Internet and the availability of databases like CoinArchives or ACSearch have made numismatic studies enter a new era...
Rhinos... On Roman coins there is only one rhino-type yes, showing the African rhinoceros displayed in the Colosseum during lavish games organized...
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Features are not sharp enough, especially the praetorians, and the patina is typically artificial... this coin looks like a cast fake.
Historically this photorealistic bust is questionable, to say the least... It is inspired by a bust of "Nero" in a Roman museum, but this bust is...
Are camels so rare in ancient coinage? The oldest ones are on rare Arabo-Philistine silver obols of the Persian period (4th c. BC) showing a...
[ATTACH] Nero's neckbeard [ATTACH]Gallienus' neckbeard
[ATTACH] Arados, AE 14 mm, 2nd c. BC, reverse: ram of galley - on the right: ram of Roman or Punic galley sunk at the Battle of the Aegates...
[ATTACH] Gallienus, BI tetradrachm of Alexandria. Next : Valerian
[ATTACH] Volusian, antoninianus with Virtus. The temple of Honos and Virtus was dedicated by Marcellus after the 2nd Punic War, at the Porta...
This reminds me when in garage sales I was hunting old solid silver tea spoons (or bigger forks, spoons, etc.). Now it's over, these items have...
House of York angel? To make his winter of discontent glorious summer?
This must be a page of a famous fake, a bronze codex allegedly from Jordan. The inscriptions mean nothing. On other pages they were copied from...
May your wife get well soon! What is happening in hospitals is terrible... May this be a warning to all of us, and encourage us to accept Covid...
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