These little Elymaean bronzes are charming, and I very much like the diadem reverse on your coin! Here are two of mine: [ATTACH] Kingdom of...
Nice example! I like that Ariobarzanes, quite untypically for a Hellenistic ruler, is portrayed as an aging gentleman instead of a young hero in...
For me, these weeks of quarantine lead to more time for reading, including The Travels of Marco Polo, Burton Raffel's relatively new translation...
Doing some long-overdue photography and digital catalogue entries for a number of coins in my Greek collection that I just hadn't gotten to...
His nickname is Pepe. He has a green frog avatar. That should say all – this type of troll even has its own wikipedia article. Ergo: don't feed!
Thanks for the interesting and informative write-up! I didn't know about the historical connection to Eumenes II, so I learned something from you...
Are you sure you used lye (sodium hydroxide) and not lime (calcium hydroxide)? The latter is often used in outhouses etc. It's still caustic, but...
It is possible to completely strip a patina, including such extreme encrustations, by letting the coin sit in a solution of sodium hydroxide (lye)...
Beautifuls Rhodes coins, everyone! I bought this hemidrachm for the gaff hook control mark – because how many ancient coins do you have that...
For me, the dioboloi of Lampsakos with Athena and the janiform heads count among the most interesting affordable types of ancient Greek silver...
Wonderful coins, everyone! Trajan Decius certainly is an interesting historical figure, and I'm particularly partial to the provincial references...
I think this issue is from the "Asian mint" (apparently Antioch). The "Eastern" issues of Gallienus don't follow the same system of numbered...
That's more than nice for a "snack" – my only Julia Mamaea was struck from dies in a much worse style. I've got the Juno Conservatrix type for...
That's wonderful news – thanks for the link! I had tried to purchase a copy of Album's Checklist in the past, but it was out of print and used...
Sure. My example is the same type as yours. It's actually in quite attractive condition/"grade," but my image, especially of the reverse,...
I'm certain your Salus feels much better now that she's been liberated from her plastic prison and gets some fresh air! [ATTACH] Roman Republic,...
That's an attractive example of this very interesting type! Congrats on the new acquisition. Since coin grading appears to have evolved into the...
A nice and unusually heavy example. My "eastern" antoniniani from the reign of Gallienus both weigh only about 4g. [ATTACH] Gallienus, Roman...
I'm definitely no expert on Sasanian coinage, but I found this website extremely helpful when it came to attributing the two or three Sasanian...
Happy 2773th anniversary of the founding of Rome! [ATTACH] Roman Republic, moneyer: Sex. Pompeius Fostlus, 137 BC, Rome mint. Obv: head of Roma,...
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