Dear friends of ancient mythology! The turtle is known as the characteristic image on the ancient coins of Aigina/Attica. But there are also...
Dear @Ryro! Thank you very much. It is precisely for you that I write my articles. Best regards Jochen
Dear friends of ancient mythology! The next article is about Gerusia - the Council of Elders The Coin: Caria, Antiocheia ad Maeandrum,...
Dear friends of ancient mythology! Here I want to speak about personifications known only from coins of Asia minor. First: Boule - The Holy City...
Dear friends of ancient mythology! The occasion for this article was this coin from Hadrianopolis. In the course of my research, however, it has...
Hyperborea and the Nazis [ATTACH] "Helgoland during a storm" by Schensky (own collection) Note: Franz Schensky (1871 - 1957) from Helgoland is...
Dear friends of ancient mythology! The Hyberboreans and their relationship with Apollo has always interested me. It's time to get to grips with...
@ambr0zie Your Nikopolis coin of Severus with Herakles on reverse is listed in the new Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2021) under No. 8.14.14.46 Best regards
Dear @Curtisimo! Thank you very much for this clear and concise overview of the history of the Kosonstater and its problems. I would like to...
[ATTACH] Here I have a page from Macrinus. Taken by my small Digi-Cam. Jochen
Dear friends of Nikopolis ad Istrum! Now I got the 1st copy of Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov, The Coinage of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Dezember 2021. It...
Thank you! And indeed, Jarman's "Eros on Roman Provincial Coinage" is the ultimate guide! My coin #1 is discussed under Type 16: Eros asleep....
Thank you very much for the likes and the picture. But actually my question is which coin is the original and which is the imitation. Does anyone...
Dear friends of ancient coins! 15 years ago I got this rare coin: [ATTACH] Coin #1 Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Commodus, AD 177-192 AE...
Dear Friends! By chance I came across this old thread today. And I am surprised that no one has mentioned the fundamental work by Peter Weiss,...
@FitzNigel is right, it's the indiction number! Resolution: The inscription is for the year 1450, and XIII = 13 is the so-called year of...
Dear friends of antiquity! [ATTACH] This strange date I discovered above a door in a small chapel a few years ago. After a long research, I...
Hello @Marsyas Mike! I'm sorry I didn't see your coin until today. Here is my determination: Nikopolis ad Istrum, Septimius Severus, AD 193-211...
Dear Pete! I have been studying this coin for quite some time and have several specimens in my collection in order to study the object under the...
Dear friends of ancient coins! Recently, a friend gave me a small silver drachm of the Volcae Tectosages. This gives me the occasion to write...
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