I'm afraid my photography skills are extremely limited so I'm not going to try a perspective shot of this Tetradrachm but hopefully the picture...
2 small litras. Sicily, Syracuse, Litra, circa 470-450 BC. [ATTACH] Sicily, Kamarina, Litra, circa 461-435 BC. [ATTACH]
That's a very nice coin, Shea19. Syracusan silver arguably surpasses any other Greek coinage but much of the city's bronze coinage is also very...
If you haven't already read it, do try 'I, Claudius' by Robert Graves. It often appears on lists of the 100 best English language novels (not just...
An interesting topic for discussion. I very much like the Iberian coinage of the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, a nice blend of the Roman and Celtic...
An interesting post, Sulla80, thank you. I have a number of coins from Troas. Here are 3 of them. Troas has a particular pull for me being the...
I have only just noticed this thread and thought this ancient British coin might be of interest. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This Gallo-Belgic Broad Flan...
A Sceatta from Eadberht, King of Northumbria, 737-758 AD. [ATTACH]
Talking of Hadrian, a friend and I walked Hadrian's Wall a couple of years ago and came across this chap who was walking the Wall for charity...
Thanks, ancientone, I appreciate your help. The BMC reference is indeed a different coin - in addition to there being no crescent it is a standing...
I bought this little Termessos bronze in last Sunday's Zeus auction. I don't normally buy off-centre coins but I made an exception in this case...
I asked the British Museum this very question a couple of years ago. This was the reply from a senior conservator in the Ceramics, Glass and...
I have just joined this forum and this is my first post, so hello to everybody. I am currently collecting mainly Greek bronzes. In his books on...
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