The Celts were by no means homogeneous, but most tribes had a near reverence, if not obsession, with Greco-Roman culture. Their earliest imitative...
Ancient coins are way past the point where holding them in your hand could do any damage.
Well why not? The elaborate Bacchanale on that dish makes it the perfect cocktail tray.
Great find, Mat! A super cool rare variety.
This is one of my collecting pursuits, and I have quite a few of these pairs, but I won't proffer them all at once. It'll be an ongoing thread,...
Nice! Back to the beginning.
Here's the nicest of the small-head Licinius II Campgates that I've owned (no longer mine). The bust is done in beautiful style and the coin is...
Man, that's a bitter truth pill.
Apparently Tryphon was an animal-whisperer - a St. Francis of the East if you will. Does any of his numismatic iconography portray him as such? i...
The cult of Venus was widespread throughout the empire, even into the Christian era. It makes you wonder why she appears so infrequently on the...
Some pretty scarce coins in this thread. Those Livia/Julia bronzes of Pergamum are almost impossible to find... [ATTACH]
Can't wait to see it cleaned up!
Nothing like a little comfort food! [ATTACH]
Yeah. I'm just a windbag.
The star and anchor make me think it's a prutah of Alexander Jannaeus.
Here's an RR bronze with a perfectly nice obverse, but some cretin decided to "improve" the reverse by tooling in the lines of the ship. It's not...
That's a lovely coin Donna, and an important part of the history of the tetrarchy's failed attempt to revive good silver in Roman commerce. Here...
This is an interesting question from your blog... Could the desultors be well closely associated with Numidians in the minds of Romans? Could the...
A very cool coin, great find!
Some of the confronted busts types look more confrontational than others. Here is Julia Mamaea scowling at her son Severus Alexander... [ATTACH]...
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