Nice coin CN. The box is nice for carrying it if you want to do show & tell. Guide to Biblical Coins by David Hendin is one of the better...
Knuckle-bones were used in children's games (like the pic above, thanks Chrismat 71), gambling (like we use dice today) and in divination. A...
I have a few cast coins with knuckle-bones on them. In addition, I have one bronze and one silvered knuckle-bone. Thanks to a package that arrived...
Tuff call between Most Beautiful #1: well struck and preserved coin from new dies of an artistic celator and the best coin description I have seen...
AN thanks for the link. For those who want to post in a different setting - The family of Thomas Bentley Cederlind created this Life Tributes...
nice selections, I like 10 & L SCIP ASIAG
In the stars with Doug - http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?similar=673055
I agree with Doug, the Aes Grave coins are impressive in hand. Lucera was SE of Rome. It was eventually part of Republican Rome. I am not sure if...
5, 1, 6, 9, 4, 2, 7, 3, 8
The coins I like best, Roman Republic, started in about 290 BC and ended during the time of Julius Caesar / Octavian somewhere between 49 BC when...
Doug S, this book looked like it has your name on it. Under Divine Auspices: Divine Ideology and the Visualisation of Imperial Power in the...
My mind stopped at the bike ride distance. Great photos!
My Mother said, "If you can't find a rake, use a hoe." One of those might be too cumbersome, but fun to use on a slab.
I like the closed door, Temple of Janus coins. They were not closed often.
do you need a theme song? I think I like the first version best. Richie Havens, Freedom, (Woodstock) [MEDIA] Jimi Hendrix - Freedom [MEDIA]
I was impressed the size of the coin the first time I saw the movie. The movie mentions Julius Caesar and a Widow's Mite. I was pretty sure those...
it is not a denarius, it is a large bronze coin
Hope this is not too off the wall. One of my favorite Christmas movies is The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant, Loretta Young & David Niven. The...
my favorite brockage and octavian [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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