I know my friend, the disease is incurable - no remedy possible.... I remember promising myself at the beginning of the year I would really...
Amazing! It will be interesting to find which of the many Celtic tribe(s) minted these coins. When talking about 'the Celts' one must remember...
Would greatly appreciate your help properly attributing this low grade/corroded ADLOCVT sestertius of Nero. The obverse legend reads (as best as...
3 or 4 here too. I go with #3.
Excellent advice T.C! Having gone through an episode of severe emotional stress once in my life, I also found that physical exercise really did help.
My experience regarding language abilities in Europe is pretty much the same as Bing's: Having lived in the U.K, Belgium and Germany, and worked...
Deacon Ray, yours is one of the most inspiring reasons for collecting ancients coins that I have read in a while. Certainly not a run of the mill...
J.G, is that the coin you won at the Kriecheldorf auction? If so, congratulations are in order.
This is a very interesting thread. I racked my brains trying to come up with examples (meaning I went thru my coins trying to reason why any of...
Valentinan is correct: the word 'nachgeschnitten' when used to describe ancient coins means tooled. Absolutely. Devices have been...
I am seeing Vespasian in #2. The others are definitely busts of Vitellius. I am guessing your new Vespasian looks a lot like Vitellius? This is...
A beautiful Didia Clara, and certainly better than entry level! It is great that you are able to visit all of those exotic and adventurous...
That 'first coin' will always have a special meaning, and that is a nice one:).
OK, the green stays (at least for now). You have convinced me:). Thank you all for your comments. If I need to look at a 'cleaner' coin of the...
''In the emperor Otho, as in his successor Vitellius, one can find little to admire. ...Otho grew up as a pampered playboy with a taste for the...
Roman cuisine sounds like a great idea! (as long as it isn't GARVM!)
doug444 has it right. It is a 1/12 Taler coin from Schwarzburg Sonderhausen. HC AS are the initials of the Mintmaster at Arnstadt where the coin...
It is frankly amazing that the Coliseum could be built with all of those curved parts! Not to mention the arches. That looks really nice. (I...
I have been going through my collection of Roman bronzes lately looking for the dreaded B.D. I hadn't paid much attention to my collection for...
That is really amazing - really nice and realistic too! Amazing what you do with Lego. I spent lots of time with my children building stuff out...
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