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Great and detailed historical write-up. The famous owl of Athena is well-known. The Persian siglos is also very ancient, the reverse shows like an...
The coin is worn, but I could detect an ancient umbrella on obverse. It might also be a sort of circular parasol or even a canopy in the form of...
Yes. That's what I thought. A peaceful hobby of culture is rather a grace. You can take it either way.
The cure is to buy more coins that you like.
Thanks again Sully. An urn is a jar which was used in ancient times to preserve the ashes of the dead after cremation. What would be the symbol of...
The reverse of this bronze coin shows 2 palm fronds surrounding possibly an urn. A young Emperor heading right is on obverse. It's provincial and...
The ancient city of Botrys was a Roman colony in Phoenicia. It's currently known as the coastal city of "Batroun". The city lies in Northern...
Dolphins rescuing babies had surely been confirmed. I remember when I used to work in the Press, nearly 20 years ago, I picked up a press release...
Wildwinds lists my coin on the page of Samaria as a Roman colony. In this page, you search Volusian : 1 example.
Thank you so much. The coin was struck in Samaria-Judaea. The dude on the lion is reclining left, while the lion is heading right. In the OP coin...
@gsimonel . Really great.. I believe that a coin of Constantine I with a cross on reverse is likely to be a unique coin. Even coins struck before...
Never seen a coin with someone riding possibly a lion backward. The obverse has Emperor Volusian heading right. It weighs 10.66 g. Hope I could...
Many Roman coins of the Constantine era bore a christogram like Chi-Rho (XP) or crossed Rho or others to symbolize the cross, especially in the...
Attractive Tet. In almost every coin of the ancient Greek and Seleucid reign, there's something specific regarding the engraver's style. Notice...
I acquired this coin at budget price. I'm sure the seller knew nothing about the term "Judaea Capta". Personally, I've heard about Jewish revolts...
Unfortunately, forgery is a very common "rule" in ancient coins. Still it will be a challenge for us to keep going on. And Fortunately there are...
Here's a silver Tet from my old folders. It was struck at Antioch, as well. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Love those grain ears. Yummy.
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