The three Domnas have me drooling (#8, 2, 1), as does the AE3 of Constans (#7), that is a NICE one (let me know when you get tired of it, ha!)....
And what are the visions dancing through your heads?
There was a time, back in the 1980s and earlier, that auction houses did not charge buyers fees. Back then a seller would consign material to a...
The gift from me was ordered nearly 2 weeks ago and shipped from the vendor directly to the recipient without any notes about SS or sender ID....
I enjoy it when a knowledgeable collector discusses his coins. Back in the 80s I had a collection of Roman Republican silver and worked them up...
With the approaching holidays cash was a bit tighter than it has been, so I was glad that there wasn't a lot in this sale for me. I had bid on...
"Not...protected?" Strange... May I ask, what country is/was this in? If I understood you, the site is not being excavated at present? Is it a...
AE25 Anchialos Gordian III and Tranquillina face to face, [...]ANT GORDIANO KAI CEB TRANKVL/ LINA Diana with bow in l hand and patera in out...
How did you get it away from the site? Did the site Director approve of its removal (usually they don't unless the site has an unmonitored dump...
Kabbalistic Jews were a long way from ancient Hebrews. I'm with Jwt708.
As lexical entries, officina = 1st declension feminine nominative singular 1st declension feminine nominative plural = officinae FWIW
Sorry to be late to the party, but I misplaced the cord to download the pics from my camera. I have a soft spot for ancient ceramic vessels, so...
Agree. The DNTHEO is pretty clear.
Here is another look at Cybele on a different MATER DEVM Domna reverse: Here she is standing with only one lion at her feet holding the drum...
Wow, I don't know how you guys get your pics ready so fast! Then again, I got sidetracked with the CNG sale. Anyway, here are a couple of pics...
Would you be willing to post (in a new thread if you prefer) a super close look at that spot? I remember Doug's discussion of the stirrups, and...
That star versus dot business might seem like we're getting picky, but the ancients used devices like that in the designs to distinguish various...
Randy, were you of the opinion that your examples show a clear stirrup, or that they do NOT?
I'd like to see how this works, so count me in.
...or better yet, get Victor to translate Bastien into English so you can move beyond the dated but otherwise best scholarship on the subject in...
Separate names with a comma.
