I recently had this beautiful Baroque Papal Medal in my possession which is leaving my hands tomorrow to go to a worthy member of this forum......
You guys have the numismatic part of this discussion wrapped up, so I'm going to comment on the philosophical. The Amazon synopsis of that book...
The best meme I've found on this forum... [IMG]
Wow, Super photos Jack! A+
Hello Ray! Peace and blessings. I think it's time for another Crusade, what say you? [ATTACH]
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Well that is the coin indeed, thank you sir! And a die match to boot. Such obscure things we occasionally find as ancient coin collectors. I...
Anchialus issued coins for Gordian III with reverses depicting an athlete holding a wreath and palm branch. These types are very rare, and every...
That's way cool. :cool:
There's a saying that applies to all collecting: if you don't love it now, you'll hate it later.
He must have attended Death Wish Flight School, lol.
Flying. Here's yours-truly and a TB-10 Tobago, French-made plane by Socata... [ATTACH] The plane is not mine - it belongs to my friend Bill G-...
Well dangit, now I want a coin bowl. For my breakfast cereal!
That has to be the oddest thing I've seen done to a coin.
I'm sorry for your disappointment! Certain large bronzes are notorious for attracting toolers: 1st and 2nd century sestertii and larger Ptolemaic...
That is a VERY special coin! Congratulations.
Yeah, the problem is that drawing perspective on coins was not a refined technique at the time, so it's easy to see that image as flat.
Periboli were very common structures adjacent to temples in the Greek world, so it's an application of Occam's Razor as far as I'm concerned. If...
I love the very distinctive Tyches on these types, neither Classical nor High Roman. Perhaps Tyche merged with some local deity?
Happy birthday Doug. You know what I like about being older? My bad memory gives me a clear conscience.
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