Elephants appeared on Greek coinage in the late 4th c. BC, on the famous large 5 shekels silver coins of Alexander, minted in Babylon c. 337 BC....
[ATTACH] CILICIA, Aegeae. Valerian I. 253-260 AD. Æ 27mm. Obv.: AV KAI ΠOV ΛIKI OVAΛEPIANOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right,...
My "best ugliest" Roman coin is this dupondius of Galba : [ATTACH] Wonderful portrait with dark green smooth patina, but........
Is this late 18th c. statue of Fabius "cunctator" appropriate? The dictator is represented as a very young man, a teenager, but Q. Fabius Maximus...
Matidia Augusta divae Marcianae f(ilia) : "Matidia Augusta, daughter of the divine Marciana". She was Trajan's niece and Hadrian's mother in law....
[ATTACH] Byzantine follis, anonymous class C, Constantinople 1034-1041 Obv.: + EMMANOVHΛ , 3/4 length figure of Christ standing (icon of the...
Very nice follis ! I like them. Your follis is one of the finest I have seen. [ATTACH] My specimen is very far from that. But I like it for its...
I just have the pics but I don't have the coins near me at present (I'm travelling). I can just post the pictures. [ATTACH] Tiberius, Antioch,...
I don't think it's supposed to be French. it's Latin. AC : Ante Christum (Before Christ). AD : Anno Domini (Year of the Lord).
[ATTACH] Arcadius, AE4, Alexandria. I don't remember the module, something like 11 mm Obv.: D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, diademed bust right Rev.:...
I admit 4 x 6 meters is a challenge, if one likes to hang it in his house. We had the same kind of problem, with a smaller painting, just c. 3.5...
Let's share my very small Ptolemaic collection [ATTACH] Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BC). Alexandria. AE Hemiobol, 24 mm, 10.18 g. Obv.: Head...
"Trophy tableau" monuments are a very interesting conventional iconography. During the late republican and the imperial period, the bound captives...
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I don't think the portrait looks like Pompey Magnus. It's not his hairstyle. [ATTACH]
More hair? [ATTACH] What about Shapur I's hairdo? Knowing that the veiled globe on top of his head is filled with hair, too? We can also...
Very bizarre... It's the reverse of a denarius of Clodius albinus, OK, but the obverse looks like a forged denarius of Aelius Caesar. Are you sure...
It is incredible that an exceptional never seen before gold medallion of Diocletian can legally be auctioned in a civilized country without any...
My only "tribute penny" is 1) fourrée 2) holed I don't know if it has been holed on purpose, in order to withdraw it from circulation, because it...
[ATTACH] Titus denarius with a banker's mark (or was it in conformity with the ISO technical standard?) Next up : Banker's mark or countermark
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