A few weeks ago I came across this scarce Pudicitia SC sestertius of Faustina Junior. This is the variety with Pudicitia seated, facing left....
While going through a box of ancients last night, I came across an old purchase. This is a tetradrachm of Alexander III that I believe is from...
I guess the aphorism, or cliché, if you prefer, that every cloud has a silver lining, does apply to some situations, and this is one of them....
I found this coin on Vcoins a few weeks back, and purchased it because of its unusual features. As some of you might know by now, I am attracted...
This is the second tridrachm I have purchased this year. What I find unusual with this coin is that it is a smaller cousin of the tetradrachm...
I just viewed this program, although it premiered September 23rd. This program looks at the origins of our alphabet, going back to the ancient...
Athens, Tetradrachm, c. 465-455 BC [IMG] “Five hundred years before Christ in a little town on the far western border of the settled and...
From Wikipedia: "Gravitas was one of the ancient Roman virtues that denoted "seriousness". It is also translated variously as weight, dignity,...
The ancient bronze and silver coins that we enjoy, with their colorful and often dramatic patinas, are the product of centuries, even millennia,...
This is a head scratcher, at least for me. The reverse legend indicates clearly that the coin is one of the Ptolemaic kings, but I cannot place...
Here's an interesting coin that arrived through the mail slot today. It is a tridarchm of Trajan, Cappadocia-Caesarea, with Zeus on the reverse....
For that past two or so years Spanish colonial coins, primarily from the reign of Charles II of Spain and a few early coins of Philip V, but also...
The Atyuquids of Mardin produced some remarkable dirhems in the 1100s - 1200s. The coinage spanned many themes, including what many numismatists...
What's better than one Gorgoneion? Well, two, of course. I've always admired the quirky, large cast bronze coins of Olbia, with their wide,...
I recently picked up an interesting silver bar, or ingot, that was produced between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD. The ingot appears to be of...
I just posted this coin on another thread, and then decided that it really deserves its own. In 1894 Germany, a recently united country under...
I picked up this coin recently, as an auction leftover lot. It probably didn't sell because it is quite dark, with rough surfaces, but no...
Today I thought it would be as good a time as any to post this coin that has graced the world coin section of my collection since 1997. The coin...
These four tetradrachms pretty much are all of the new style types that I have. I might come across another one or two as I slowly organize...
Last night a shipment of three sestertii arrive from France. There are two of Faustina Junior and a third that needs identification. It is a...
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