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Funny thread :) - My 9 Caesars : [ATTACH]
Not a middle bronze, not of British association, but at least she's veiled ! [ATTACH] Faustina I (posthumous), sestertius, Rome 141-143. AE 31...
If by 12 Caesars you mean Julius Caesar and the 11 first emperors from Augustus to Domitian, sorry I don't have the 12, only 9. Julius Caesar,...
Never heard of a hoard mixing owls or alexanders with Roman denarii. Or even of a hoard of Attic owls found near Rome. In the list of all known...
If the rev. type is unknown for Victorinus, it means that your coin is to be considered "unofficial". The deity on the reverse must be Felicitas...
Not exactly grapes, but a vine leaf, do you accept? [ATTACH] 1st Jewish Revolt, AE prutah, Jerusalem 67 AD. Obv.: שנת שתים (Year 2), amphora...
The French had the same kind of problem with the English in the late middle ages, but it was not about some iconic work of art, it was about the...
I am surprised such extensive restorations are still made in 2021. In the XVIth to XVIIIth c. antiquities like statues, busts, coins were...
It may well be an Adidas sneaker, but we cannot guarantee it's authentic just from a photo. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] It's a tiny one but it's Sicilian. AE 15-16 mm, 4.50 g. 400-350 BC. NEXT : Byzantine Sicily
I have had for many years, probably for 40 years, this nice small silver coin: [ATTACH] AR 11-12 mm, 2.63 g Obv.: janiform head, left bearded,...
[ATTACH] As found... Acre mint, 323-322 BC. Price 3260. Price monogram 1505 (a kind of retrograde ok) and Phoenician date IIII" Next : a...
The first Roman denarius I ever bought was a denarius of Trajan, not in perfect condition of course, it was worn but with the whole legends...
A friend of mine used to say : "There is no such thing as an authentic coin, there are only well-made fakes". I wonder which philosophical school...
Well... I really can't tell about these marks. What I find problematic is that they are not conspicuous. It can be a zain or a waw, and it can be...
You mean this coin? (17.17g, 23mm, 7h). It is a real splendour [ATTACH] Wow! if it's a Philistian imitation, it is almost perfect, for the style...
"From the inventory of a German dealer", "From the inventory of a UK dealer" : typical Roma pedigree... :smuggrin:
Yes. It has been suggested that the dupondius of Nemausus has 2 heads on the obverse to signify it is a dupondius. In Gaza under Hadrian the...
About the origin and purpose of these graffiti... Thanks for the links. The theory of André Lemaire and Josette Elayi is that they were - perhaps...
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