wow- Congrats on all those posts @Alegandron ! And your coins are beautiful as well, goes without saying. Here is the latest to post with the...
Thanks Ed, i will check out those books. especially the Mithraic Mysteries
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Pretty coins, I can hear the tunes!: here is an Apollo very chill resting his elbow on the tripod: Bronze AE 20, references: RPC I 4056, SNG...
[ATTACH] The Saga of the round table never ends. Signs and wonders! Quite significant for those informed of the alchemical wisdom tradition that...
Many inexpensive Medusas from Amisos here are some listed:...
The astronomical connections for All Hallows and the entire first week of November was the zenith culmination of the Pleiades at midnight in...
Another part of this is that I rarely see a coin listed with a provenance of a specific hoard. It could be because I just have a passion for...
Good questions and line of study. I do not understand why high end coins do not always have a provenance. It seems it would be so important to...
[ATTACH] For folks here who are interested in pursuing the study of how comets were understood by ancient peoples here is recommended a great book...
This write-up is a continuation of the original post on the Dioscuri on coins and in global lore. Here it is...
That is unusual @dougsmit ! beautiful-Kind of reminds me of the J.Domna issue of Tellus reclining under a tree.[ATTACH] @TIF has a spectacular one...
think they should be 14 or 15 grams, doesn't look too good to me however there are better experts here on that part of ancients. "The Tyrian...
The bright twin northern stars adjacent to the milky way have been revered by peoples all over the globe for many thousands of years.[ATTACH] In...
That is a pretty old one. This does not quite match your challenge but it is a modern photo of a Victorian era ancient real coin necklace. Folks...
That is interesting so it inspired me to check the dates on these bits: 1899,1910,1912,1917(2),1920(2),1938. So these were popular for a few...
This was popular I think after WWII? not sure exactly when. There were a lot of them made for folks to kind of carry the royal history of England...
Post your ancient coin jewelry. This is how you may wear your coins w/o destroying them(kinda).(a sour subject here on ancient CT) This may have...
Nice collection. I especially enjoy the redbrown patina on the big Ptolemy. I think some folks here joke about those as being the size of hockey...
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