That is fair enough. Maybe Suetonius was completely mistaken when he wrote the following ... "... Then at last Claudius abandoned all hope of...
True, Claudius may not have been the incompetent fool as which the ancient sources portrayed him. Then again, Gaius Caligula may not have been the...
Not sure if it is legal, but we should create a bidding-interest coordination site, to reduce competing bids and prices :-)
Wow, that is a fantastic coin!!! Congratulations. This is my nicest Claudius II bust type, a heroic bust with shield and spear. [ATTACH] And...
Interesting, I had not heard about this interpretation before. Here is an example from Trier: [ATTACH]
Actually, historians regard Claudius mostly as an unsuitable and largely incompetent emperor, who depended on his women and the capabilities of...
Economists distinguish between free or public goods (such as air, or the fire of a lighthouse) and economic goods (such as a car or a haircut)....
That is a very interesting thread. I love ancient Egypt and its artefacts. I have travelled a lot in Egypt to the touristic and the not so...
I guess "the average collector" typically has nothing that is worth lending to a museum. In fact, I hope that this is the case.
Caligula's spending spree was certainly not helpful. However, given that two years after his death, his successor Claudius was able to finance the...
Great coins! I also have the helmeted heroic posture with shield and spear, but from Siscia [ATTACH] And I have the helmeted heroic posture...
This is perhaps my favourite Probus in my collection. Not a consular bust, but a heroic bust Obv.: VI RTVS PROBI AVG Rev.: TEMPO R FELICI/I. Mint:...
This throws up some interesting questions. If a collector displays his collection online, with high quality (spinning?) pictures and all technical...
I'm not sure, but I don't think that obverse and reverse above are from the same coin. The obverse shows an imitative Frankish tremissis (boucle...
The link below reports about the discovery of Merovingian gold coins in Norfolk, England https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-59151380
... but still Caligula's 4 year-reign did nothing to derail the Roman empire. Yet, Marcus Aurelius' foolish campaigns and change of the mode of...
That is certainly a massive exaggeration. Caligula's reign of 4 years was a great misfortune for the many people whom he had murdered, but he did...
True, maybe this is not a different hairstyle but a different interpretation by an eastern mint. I guess we can say with some confidence, that...
Plautilla was "in power" from 202 to January 205. Caracalla had here executed in 212. Yet, her coins show her with at least 4 different...
Similar to the English word „fee“, which derives from Germanic feoh, meaning cattle. Fee is pronounced exactly the same as the German word „Vieh“,...
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