Yes, but I think (?) there is, or was, a bigger problem that people in the US may not be aware of (?). From the UK I joined Transferwise a few...
Thanks Doug. To show I am definitely wrong, I suppose you would need to find a Cavino/Paduan type version for this Achilleus fellow. Can you? To...
Fascinating thread. My though here is just a hunch – will run it up the flag pole and see if anyone salutes? 1579 seems to me way early for...
Surely the interesting question is rather - why did pre-modern governments choose the suite of denominations they did? What was it about...
More than nitpicky – it would be crazy. While I take the English coin weights I quote from memory – the underlying info is often from analysis of...
Am happy to clarify. @Pellinore: Is this penny too heavy? No – theoretical standard for both Tower and Cologne 16 oz pounds is very close to...
Meanwhile – I wonder about the weight. At 1.45g this is very close to a sterling penny (1.46g) - way better than the average for sterlings...
Another general book I should have mentioned of course is the update of the Thompson Collection published by Attic Books in 1992...
Of course the projected 17 vol work coming out of Cambridge will change everything, (but perhaps only for those who can afford it?)...
I have been a bit busy recently - maybe I missed something? Anyhow - it is surely worth mentioning the only fairly complete (completed) account...
In case of interest there is a new and detailed account of Kushan deities, with especial regard to Mithras, here:...
That's certainly a rather odd coin @FitzNigel - my own thought is its a barbarous copy - but it surely has a crescent moon sprouting from the...
Wow. Many thanks for this. Yes, I agree. But I think there is more to be said. Looking at the guy in general, I would say he is a kind of half...
Many thanks for the spirited response - I look forward to examining these matters further. For now I will consider just your "Firstly" -...
I was curious about the context of this - so had a bit of a poke around. It gives the impression of being pro-science. That is to say - its...
Not sure about this. Have things changed - or do we just want to imagine they have? Amber was found on a c. 11K BC site near me. Its not...
Yeah, looks modern to me too
Personally, I agree with @Bing on this. Wrongdoing certainly - but a surprisingly harsh sentence. A quick reading of the 1996 act seems to...
Interesting to note too that in a rather similar case, concerning the so called Salisbury Hoard, back around 1985, (with artifacts just as...
Thanks for reviving this. Prompted me to try figure out more on the Nilometers, and people’s understanding of them. The fascinating article you...
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