That's a beautiful new denarius, @Clavdivs ! It's Saturday night here in California, and all more exciting weekend plans are on indefinite hiatus...
I initially thought the same, but the problem with this attribution is that your coin clearly shows Sol holding a whip in his left hand/arm. RIC...
One of these here. (EDIT: More specifically, I think it's RIC VI Rome 313.) I read the mintmark as "RP" – if that's correct, it's from the Rome...
Interesting emperor and many beautiful coins in this thread. It is noteworthy that Julian's bearded coin portraits differ from most other late...
Thanks for the link to your very informative webpage, @Valentinian! This fourrée siglos might still fool somebody at first sight. Yet, its low...
I assume the passage from Sozomen you cited answers this question. Thanks for the link to Yavuz' interesting dissertation – that's a thesis I...
I know a similar story from the 12th century Middle High German Kaiserchronik, see the excerpt below. Yet, this text is by no means a reliable...
Thanks for the write-up! I don't have any coins related to the First Jewish Rebellion, but here are two pictures I took when visiting the Masada...
Great and informative write-up – thanks! The coins of Kyzikos usually show a tripod, but I'm not sure whether this is a reference to Apollo or to...
That's a nice specimen! Kushan coinage and "Eastern" ancient and medieval numismatics in general constitute very attractive yet often...
They have arrived. Apparently the Neptune reverse went to somebody else, but I still got the other Postumus I wanted as well as a Herennia...
USPS Informed Delivery send me an e-mail this morning saying that this letter is going to arrive today: [ATTACH] Could that be my bargain list...
Thanks for the splendid write–up, @Parthicus ! The thread title "hit me Baybars" is quite fitting, considering that among people focussing on...
That's a good one. I confess that I sometimes read through Frank Robinson's auction catalogues mainly for the jokes. Hopefully mentioning this...
Makes a lot of sense considering this recent linguistic breakthrough: "New Evidence for Neanderthal Language Announced YPSILANTI, Michigan – The...
I responded about 2 hours after the list went out, and Frank said he still had "a few" of those on my wish list and would ship them to me with an...
Nice helmets, everyone, and a very generous gesture by @ominus1 ! [ATTACH] Thrace, Mesembria, AR Diobol, ca. 450–350 BC. Obv: Corinthian helmet...
That simply and frankly is a fantastic sestertius! Wow! I can completely relate to the feeling of being stuck at home. To fight cabin fever, I've...
In antiquity, the Thessalian cavalry and their horsemanship enjoyed a stellar reputation. In Plato's Meno, Socrates states: "Meno, of old the...
Try searching for Phoenicia, Arados. There are different varieties of your type, but you should be able to find your coin online with a bit of...
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