And then there's this taste of Sicily. [IMG]
Gold and silver do not have to be found bound together. There were gold deposits and silver deposits in separate veins.
And don't forget the Chortium Praetoriarum [IMG] and the Chortis Speculatorum [IMG]
In economics, Gresham's law is a monetary principle stating that "bad money drives out good". For example, if there are two forms of commodity...
Thanks, dougsmit. Seeing the comparisons between the direct light, ring light, and the combo helps. The one with the ring would do me well.
Thanks a lot, AmishJedi. This very helpful.
I have been trying to improve the pictures I take of the coins in my collection and wonder how much success CT members have had using a ring...
One of the attractions for me in collecting ancient coins is the history that accompanies them. Your post is an excellent example of this...
I don't think the holes that are off center were there when the coin was struck. There would be no reason for the holes to be part of the die....
Yes, I was also surprised that so many ancient coins were available at modest prices. I was at the Porta Nigra in Trier and saw some Roman...
Thanks. I didn't check that sale but that price seems even more over the moon. Does anyone see something I'm missing about the value of this coin?
Starting Price: on 31 Dec 2020 EUR 1 962 GBP 1 757 CHF 2 122 ">2400 USD Current bid: None
I am sometimes amazed at what some auction houses post as a starting price on some of their coins. When someone tells me that his/her coin has...
I remember being in Arles about 20 years ago, and they were having concerts in the Roman colosseum there. Here in the US we tear down a colosseum...
Thanks, Victor_Clark. A very helpful chart.
Very good!! But that looks like a large mackerel to me.
Yes, but remember, you can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish.
It may be that the tunny is one of the city emblems of Cyzicus, so it is assumed that the fish is a tuna. Other coins of theirs bear a tunny also.
Didn't the Sassanid Empire begin in 224AD not BC?
VERY interesting! One question, though. Weren't the Parthians the second Persian empire after the Achaemenids from about 247BC to 224AD?
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