[ATTACH] There is also this solidus. It has been once set in a jewel, unfortunately. To the left and right of CONS there should be crown symbols....
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The whole story, including Philip's famous quote, is most probably a legend. Let us not forget that Alexander divinized his horse. Bucephalus was...
First, Philip II was probably the richest person in Greece at the time, and Bucephalus a superhorse with a pedigree tracing his ancestry back to...
[ATTACH] Aelia Flacilla (sorry for the poor state of preservation) / Victory painting ☧ on a shield.
the most conspicuous XP : [ATTACH] D.N. MAGNENTIVS P.F. AVG SALVS DD.NN. AVG. ET CAES. , large christogram between A and ω , exergue : LSLG...
Of course yes, I would even feel very honoured if a coin of mine was deemed worthy of being officially exhibited. One day I even gave one coin to...
I agree with you. This is why I was very surprised one day when I found in a bookshop a 450 pages biography entitled "Antonin le Pieux" by Bernard...
Antioch, Bohemond III (1163-1201), denier. AR 18 mm, 0.92 g, 3 h. Obv. +BOAMVNDVS, mailed and helmeted bust of Bohemond left, cross on helmet,...
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I was young, then... During a vacation in Tunisia with my family, I bought from some souvenir shop for tourists this tiny (15 mm) coin of...
[ATTACH] Imitative AR tetradrachma, 17.07 g, 9 h. (found in Rafah, Palestinian Territories, ancient Raphia). 2nd half of the 4th c. BC. (not my...
Wow! and it is in Flemish... I suppose BP had the same promotional operation in Belgium and the Netherlands. Thanks for sharing !
Similar, really? You mean reproductions of ancient or medieval coins? In France other gas stations tried to imitate BP's promotional operation....
In 1968 in France the BP gas stations (British Petroleum) started an advertising operation called "Treasure of the Kings of France". For each fill...
Ah, OK ! :). I understand what you mean: Syrians demanded that visa applications should be made in the Syrian embassy of your country of...
[ATTACH] Caracalla. A.D. 198-217. AR denarius. Rome, A.D. 203. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust of Caracalla right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG...
So you visited Jordan but not Petra?! That's uncommon. I don't understand what you mean with those "hardliners tearing down monuments" : there has...
[ATTACH] Petra : the urn on top of the "Deyr" (which is the tomb of a Nabataean king, maybe Rabbel II).
[ATTACH] Marcus Aurelius, sestertius “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” NEXT :...
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