Treashunt.... Thank you for reading and commenting... Clinker
Following the capture of the usurper Roman Emporer, Valerian, the rule of Rome in Syria was divided between Valerian's two sons, Macrianus and...
This trivia was posted in October, I'm wondering why it got attention so late....but I do appreciate it!... Clinker
You've heard of Ring Money and there are some available on most auction sights like eBay and Yahoo. There are listings for older antique specimens...
To Aiden Work Here's one:...
Thanks Aden and thank you, Treashunt... Clinker
Thanks Aiden for the addendum...and I had deliberately left that info out of my trivia as irrelavent to its miniscule purpose, but as you've added...
England's milled coinage, that is, high quality coins of uniform size and shape produced on a press using finely milled blank planchets, were...
You are right, Aiden, but that wasn't the reason for this trivia. This trivia dealt with the ancient coinage of Lesbos. You rightly pointed out...
Thanks for reminding us all to regularly check our own coins! Clinker
And in Greece's hiatus its coinage was the hegemony in a wide area of the continent and during the heighth of Athenian influence its coinage was...
History, the longer it is studied, has a way of changing the facts once perceived as truths by scholars, mathematicians, and the populace, both...
To Aiden Work Aiden...if you write more articles and post yjem elsewhere, let us know so we can visit that website and read your article.......
Aiden.... maybe you can do a future article on coinage and the eagle...including U.S.A., Mexico, Germany, Austria and about 80 others....LOL......
There are two firsts here: 1). the Greeks were the first civilization to use images of real people on their coins 2) The first was Alexander...
Looks like Law of Averages caught up with you. Thanks for sharing... Clinker
Wow! Everybody, thanks for your great responses and images! Clinker
Aiden...besides my collection of birthyear silver coins of the world, I collect Canadian Silver Dollars (no proofs), Mexican 8 Reales and Chinese...
To collect4fun And a wonderful conversation piece! Clinker
Thanks for your participation and suggestion.... Clinker
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