The reverse of this coin has the letter S in upper left field. It belongs to the series of the "Fallen Horseman" which is here struck under...
Struck in Siscia, this bronze coin of Constantine the Great is rated R5. The Emperor is helmeted with head left on the obverse. Reverse shows 2...
250 original sepultures dating back to the first century AD have been unearthed near downtown Beirut. I passed by there yesterday and watched the...
After posting this coin as a scan almost 2 years ago, it was nearly impossible to identify the Roman Emperor on the obverse. Thanks to digital...
Wildwinds list this coin of Claudius Gothicos as " Rare and apparently unpublished ". The reverse shows 2 veiled figures standing and facing each...
Little had been said about sacred stones of ancient times. So far we know about the Omphalos that figures with Apollo on reverse of ancient Greek...
Only the famous owl on reverse of this Tiny silver coin pushed me to buy it. It seemed reminiscent of the ancient Greek tetradrachm that has...
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Just a few minutes before leaving to the Mountain for the new year family celebration, I intended to post this ancient lamp which could also...
Happy Greetings.. By the end of last year 2015, I posted 2 silver Tets of Alexander III. They turned to be fakes. But the coming year then was...
Just a few days before 2017, the weight of this tiny silver coin hinted to me that it was an obol. That's the first time I encounter such a...
Merry Greetings.. I really thought that this tiny coin marks the last days of my coin-year 2016. I got it by surprise.....
The reverse of the following bronze coin shows 3 thin trees reminiscent of the Christmas pine tree. I bought it because it's the first time I...
Among the new coins I purchased a few days before Christmas there appeared one that I really liked. I think it had been posted on CT before, or at...
Weighing only 0.68 g., this LRB of Emperor Arcadius measures scarcely 9 mm. It has Victory and a Cross on reverse. I wonder if there's any Roman...
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As 7C, I chose five favorite coins for the year 2016. They are: A sestertius of Gordian III with Sol on reverse, a Parthian Tet of king Orodes II,...
In 271 AD, Zenobia the queen of Palmyra found herself harassed by the mounting Roman hegemony. She had the courage to name her son Vabalathus as...
The sacred cross with the corresponding letters in 4 sections of reverse are very usual on Byzantine coins. However, detecting the figure on...
The cross on the obverse of this Byzantine coin inspires the Holiday season of Christmas. I think it's from the anonymous series struck in the...
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