Dear Friends of ancient mythology! This is the story of an enlightenment. The Coin: Thrace, Bizya, Geta, AD 209-21 AE 26, 10.05g, 26.17mm, 210°...
Dear Friends of ancient mythology! I saw that there are already articles about Zeus-Ammon in Kassandreia. So let this one be a supplement. This...
Dear Friends of ancient mythology! I know that Christmas was some time ago, but I don't want to deprive you of this article that I just...
@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix It is a parazonium in a scabbard. @Ryro One of my most important sources is Sabine Schultz, Die Münzprägung von...
Dear friends of ancient coins! This wonderful coin lies like lead in my collection because I have not yet been able to decipher the inscription...
Dear Friends of ancient mythology! As so often in this thread the depicted coin is only the plug serving as starting point for the actual theme....
Providentia, like Concordia, Fides and others, belongs to the Numina, which were perceived as divine because of their importance for the...
Dear Friends of Ancient mythology! Most of my contributions deal with Greek mythology. Now here I have a typical Roman theme: the Lares!...
I just discovered this thread about Julianus I of Pannonia and would like to add the strange story of my own coin. [ATTACH] It is a nice...
@Nathan F That was a tough one. But at least I got something out of it. Coin #1: Nikopolis ad Istrum, Septimius Severus, AD 193-211 AE 16, 2.7g...
@Mat Damsky writes, that it is his belief that the ornamented semicircle and triangle is a back for the throne. And this throne ist not for a god...
Dear Friends of ancient coins! In the meantime there are new interpretations for the depiction of the lectisternium on the well-known series for...
In antiquity it stood for the attainment of eternity through repetition. It is an allusion to the eternally young god Eros and the eternally...
@eparch: A beauty! jochen
Dear Friends of ancient mythology! [ATTACH] Coin #1: Phrygia, Apameia, pseudo-autonomous, 2nd-3rd century BC AE 15, 3.76g, 14.6mm, 180° Obv.:...
Correction: I wrote by mistake: "He dedicated this work to Gaius Caesar, the grandson of Augustus, who lived from 1 B.C.-4 A.D., who undertook a...
Dear Friends of ancient history! The client kingdoms of the Romans were an important instrument of their rule and are historically very...
Yes, you show us that pigs ar playing a big role in Roman history too.
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