In Poland scholars long held the idea that Polish peasants descended from Slavs while Polish noblemen descended from Sarmatians.
This is a very interesting thread and opening post. I always thought that the interpretation of the reverse design on the pennies of Ludwig the...
Here are three SARMATIA DEVICTA coins of Constantine I, from the mints of Sirmium, Trier and Lyon [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I found that one has to be very sceptical about such place name interpretations, especially if there are no contemporary sources or archaeological...
There are many good sellers on VCoins. Also, their service is very good. I had a problem with shipping recently, and VCoins was very helpful and...
I love the sellers descriptions: "Unpublished Portrait Type" - hm, yes perhaps - and...? "Extremely Rare Size: 23mm" - hm, yes kind of large -...
I agree, there are no coins of Ildebad (Hildebad) and Eraric. Coins attributed to these two kings are either modern fakes or misattributed...
Thanks for the great write-up on King Witiges. Below are some of my coins of this ruler from my collection: A Half-Siliqua Obv.: DN IVSTI NIANPV...
First, linguistically Germans and Goths are the same, both groups spoke Germanic languages. The Goths spoke an East Germanic language in contrast...
The avatar of cmezner shows the coat of arms of the Czech Republic - the Bohemian lion. Richard the Lionheart' coat of arms shows three lions...
Superbe coins. I voted for Diocletian, Constantine I and Carausius. I like in particular the Constantine follis.
I think if we look at the development of Byzantine coins from the 11th century down to the last stavrata of the 15th century there is no break...
This is a wonderful coin above, but I doubt that its crudeness is due to some deliberation movement of abstraction in art. Instead, I think the...
This is very unlikely in my view. At the time people believed that the emperor had to be physically intact, which is why cutting off ones nose...
I don't think that the Justinian plaque was such a fatal blow to the empire. The plague happed in 541/42, but the empire would expand and flourish...
Here is my exemplar of the same type. Obv.: DN GRATIA NVS PF AVG Rev.: VRBS ROMA -- TRPS Mint: Trier The coin is in near perfect condition with...
Looking through my 20 or so Bosporan coins, the Emperor is always depicted with laurel wreath, but often with spiky hair that can look like a...
Rheskouporis II (211/2 - 226/7) ZHphi = 218 Hence, the emperor should be Macrinus or Elagabalus [ATTACH] Rheskuporis V, 240-276 Year 561 =...
What a selection! I voted for the Argenteus, which is breathtaking.
I guess if the coin is in the Georgian National Collection it must be genuine. However, my experience with these coins suggests that it is a...
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