We have for years posted a blog on this date on our library web site. But I failed to do so this year! Thanks, RomanCollector, for the reminder!...
Our research library has been acquiring books for ca. 150 years and many of our oldest ones remain vitally important for Classical scholarship....
I'm putting off yard work, so I will throw in my 1.75 folles' worth of Anastasii– all from Constantinople. The first, from the second phase of the...
Absolutely right! A little silly and arrogant of us to call them other than what they were.
Yes, they interviewed her! :-)
This is true! While I love eastern Roman coins, my wife uses the argument that some of the images on the coins provide examples of space aliens...
Yes. This was pre WWI. Also pre 1900. His point of mentioning the incident in his talk was to illustrate the continuity of the concept of...
A beautiful write up and you touch on some interesting salient points - I really enjoyed it. Thanks! And nice to tie in that reminder of Giovanni...
Dear Kevin, What you wrote has great resonance with me as well. From childhood to the present, Classical Studies has been my overriding interest,...
These ceremonial coins, while being long known for all the 7th c. rulers, have been very rare, with numbers often existing in only 1 or 2...
What an interesting and informative write up. Thank you! My most recent Phokas: Ceremonial miliarense. Constantinople, 602-607. 1.21 gr. 19 mm....
Yes, Al, Antioch in Justinian's time was not the place to be! Mike.
Beautiful!
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