Quite possibly - but clearly there are other things going on too. Khusru II held a territory the same size - except that - he also actually...
Yes. I would tend to see a gradation across the Greek world. From the rather extreme Doric culture of Sparta – no coins at all - to the mixed...
Yes – we agree on that. But I recall I once described history itself as a never ending series of political bonfires, creating heat, and smoke,...
Well, I agree with you that uninformed speculation about religious matters is very unhelpful. On the other hand citing religion as a pretext to...
I think we need to go back to basics here. All the evidence I have seen points to a dual weights system adopted by Caliph ‘Abd al Malik around 700...
And I think the strictness comes out in their weight standards. The Umayyads seem to set two weight standards – equating to c. 3.12g for a bullion...
Maybe 20 years back I had a very interesting conversation with a Czech archaeologist. His idea was that I did not understand the history of...
The Göldi case is a grey area, but I notice Switzerland did not ban serfdom until 1798. But anyhow – if you want to hold up 18th century...
Eh? The guy was a blatant witch-ist Macbeth, 1606................Pendle, 1612 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendle_witches
Yes. And @Alegandron is right too. When did medieval Chinese coinage finish? About 1910. But then - when did Western countries take up the...
By chance I have been researching such matters recently, and there turns out to be a huge amount more to it than I ever imagined. Julius Caesar...
Is the design shown in the top pic on the bottom face as shown in the second pic? I am just wondering if it is a personal seal Rob T
I collected coins as a kid, (and fossils, (dried) fungi, and a whole bunch of other things). Then I returned to an interest in coins, at the age...
Yeah - I remember driving my kids to see Stonehenge - and got a Wow! - when it came into view. Moments like that make a guy think he is at least...
I wonder if you came across the account from Geoffrey of Monmouth - as I recall - that the stones were brought from Ireland - with great skill :...
Great to see the Album book free online. For anyone interested in Early Oriental coins there is a second book that I judge really really needs to...
Am not in the least worked up :) I am curious that there are eight people in the thread who apparently cannot see that this mail is nonsense. I...
On the contrary it is ceaselessly discussed by you – the culprit who started this fiasco. Also by one-trick-pony “archaeologist” Jennifer Raff –...
I wonder where you got your understanding from @DonnaML ? It seems, apparently like Steve and @Roman Collector , you think it is in that piece by...
Thanks Steve. Lets set aside the facts that a) this "whole" seems to be just a small bunch of racist cranks, and b) they apparently hold...
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