[ATTACH] Commodus, sestertius. The rev. exergue is Fid(es) exerc(itus) but the type is an adlocutio. NEXT : a reverse with more than 3 people.
Grading ancient coins reminded me of this textbook in "Dead Poets Society", in which Dr Pritchard PhD explained the method for evaluating poetry....
I do not pay much attention to the potential financial value of coins. Yes I know, this can sound idealist but I'm now too old to change my...
This 2 solidi coin was something exceptional, it may have been minted very soon after Valentinian's election in 364. The reverse shows the...
Superb! Struck in Antioch... Congratulations ! deserves to be published...
It is not Maximianus Herculius, it is Galerius.
The marble fragment with RO[...] is 0.70 x 1.35 m. Height of letters: 0.38 m. If Romae et Augusto was written in full letters, the whole panel...
[ATTACH] Tiberius caesar, dupondius minted in Lugdunum (Lyons, France). AE 27-28 mm, 12.43 g. 12-14 AD. Obv.: TI CAESAR AVGVST F IMPERAT VII,...
[ATTACH] Seleucid Empire, Antiochus VI Dionysos (144-142 BC), AR drachm, 18 mm, 3.69 g. Obv.: head of Antiochus VI diademed and radiate, right...
I am not sure you can refer to the "Imperial Aramaic alphabet" reproduced on this plate. This script is a library script for writing on papyrus,...
Where is it possible to get a copy of vol.IV? I would specially like to read Lloyd Taylor's Alexander Decadrachms.
Nice and rare coin, but where did you find it? This Halloween patina (orange and black) is curious. The obv. legend is slightly blundered. "ΑVΩ"...
Very nice coins. The Severus Alexander from Alexandria is exceptional.
[ATTACH] AR 17 g, 12h ! [ATTACH] AR 16.94 g, 9 h. my two modest owls, with test-cuts and even a yod countermark... And also this tiny owl...
Many years ago I found this old book, printed in 1728. It is a French translation of the satirical "Caesars" written by the emperor Julian II....
Well !... it sounds like philosophy, the typical essay in philosophy class in... how do you call this level? in France it's "Terminale", in US it...
He means Justinian II ! He reigned from 685 to 695, was toppled by a coup, had his nose cut off and was exiled in Cherson. He fled and found...
The only Trier Fel. Temp. Reparatio I have is not a centenionalis with the fallen horseman, and not a Constantius Gallus, but a smaller...
I don't think this is the question. First of all nobody ever pretended Jesus was born on January 1st year 0 because there was never a year 0, but...
This thread is the most moving one I ever read for years. You did well to tell the board, and doing it speaks volume about the courage that is...
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