Its a good while since I read Wicks on weight standards. If I remember it correctly, I felt he did not cross reference his positions very closely...
Thanks, but the matter I was questioning concerned the role of merchants in first coin use, and I did not find any thing on that matter in the...
My own observation is that influential merchants have generally disliked coinage. Today the the big banks are trying to do away with them. In...
Incorrect in my own case. I am taking an interest in it because I consider historical studies a two way street. I try to understand the past by...
Test of what though? Certainly one should welcome, carefully read, and then weigh all criticism. But I judge the above goes too far. Here is an...
Many years ago I had a conversation with a guy who had lived somewhere in Indonesia. I forget the details, I think in Sumatra, but maybe Java? He...
Hello @TuckHard By coincidence I recently saw a weight with such a vase (Purna-Kumbha) on it – surely for checking exactly this ‘4 massa’...
As this is the forum for “Ancient Coins” I rather hope I am far from alone in replying “No”. I seem to recall a UK BBC debate a few months back -...
Digging around concerning later Roman religions this morning I put “Aurelian Sol” into Google, and was auto-redirected to over 4 million sites...
Thanks Doug. For decades I have casually wondered if it is possible to say much about what sort of political program Carausius was pushing. Never...
Which Brexit? It seems the Brexit of 790 stopped all cross channel trade for two years. Alcuin of York (a remainer) wrote in early 790 AD:...
Nice. Here is a different co-incidence - that seems somehow profoundly related to your own piece, at least to this inhabitant of a soggy Island a...
On the matter of Jokes – here is one that @TIFF might like Russell recalls it from a house party he attended, at Keynes' country mansion. I think...
I suppose Bertrand Russell contributed greatly to this sort of debate in both the UK and US during the 20th century? As I read him he had no...
Wither numismatics? Here is an explanation of this design I wrote near 40 years ago:...
Nope - just what happened to it in the ground. Very typical. It has been cleaned using a reagent (weak acid probably) which took off the copper...
At last a sensible comment on horn silver! Yes – the key question is - does the silver in the AgCl derive from the host coin – in which case the...
Yes I much agree. Actually I would go further - following a guy called Gorard - who over a number of papers came to the conclusion that teaching...
It occurs to me that - in principle - an auto bar chart generator might be tagged to this set up. That would make it far more informative...
Fascinating - I had not seen this either. A pity Medieval (Europe) seems to have been cut - but still - an amazing effort! Beware of course of...
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