[ATTACH] I’m having a hard time identifying the Numidian coin in a recent Suffolk, UK hoard: Is this it or is this a Roman Republic coin?...
The Pewsey Hoard is just wonderful. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-61331388 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I was surprised to see...
Yep. Here’s the 1961 Fender Stratocaster of the great Rory Gallagher. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] My point is that context is everything. That is why I’m...
(I hope this is not a repost) There was an interesting late Roman coin hoard found in Switzerland. Although not a spectacular find, it was...
[ATTACH] (Marc Antony after the defeat at Actium from the HBO series “Rome.”) Professor Barry Strauss has a new book that looks interesting. It...
I’ll be the dissenting voice. Coins, without historical context, quickly lose their appeal to me. We have had numerous wonderful posts on this...
[ATTACH] Sorry for the repost, but the estimates for this EID MAR aureus that was on loan to the British Museum and now on auction seems high...
What a wonderful Volusian binio and informative thread. We are so fortunate to have this distraction these days. [ATTACH] One can only wonder...
Here is a Roman coin hoard found in Wales in 2015 that (reportedly) contained at least one Marc Antony denarius. The latest coin in the hoard was...
[ATTACH] Thank you for reviving this interesting thread. I vaguely remember reading that the Antony denarii were found in later hoards scattered...
[IMG] What a wonderful piece of history. I am sorry that I'm so late to the discussion. (I found this thread only when I was recently doing...
Nice post. Sorry for my repost.
[ATTACH] I was watching a recent video discussing the recent underwater archaeology in the harbor of Caesarea. My question is how well could...
[ATTACH] (I hope this wasn't discussed before.) My favorite classicists are those who combine numismatic study with archaeological and...
Perfect. The information I was looking for. Sorry for the repost. I knew you numismatic folks would have the answer.
When I was reviewing an article about the Justinian plague at another site, I came upon these statements: “The bubonic plague seems to have...
There are some who wanted the coins to be “stored” at the British museum. If that were the case, they certainly would never have been seen by the...
[ATTACH] As has been frequently discussed on this site, there is a fear that coin hoards will disappear into a museum’s storage room, never to...
I’m sorry if this is a repost: [ATTACH] The silver coin engraved with a cup and the caption ‘Israel Shekel’ and the letters: Shin and Bet (the...
Thank you for this interesting and informative thread. Not wanting to judge anyone by their appearance (I’m nothing to brag about, for sure LOL),...
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