I participated in a Zoom meeting for the Washington DC club (ANSW) as a guest at their virtual meeting. I wonder if I will be invited back. I...
No you would have failed. Old school Latin teachers would not accept IIII as acceptable for four even if they were standing under a clock on the...
Somehow all this reminds me of the regular practice of a business person placing the face of Aunt Jemima, Mrs. Butterworth or Uncle Ben on their...
There is one other thing that bothers me about reverse figures like the Virtus of Gallienus. How did some expert in the past determine that the...
After getting nothing for a few weeks, the USPS and DHL ganged up on me today and dropped off three new coins. Each was special to me for a...
Excellent post! What are the primary sources we have for Parthian history. From what I have heard, most we 'know' came from their enemies....
Sorry, I'm out of this thread so it should not happen again.
I have nohing to add but examples. Three from 'Laodicea'. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I find it interesting that the earlier periods of the...
There are a very few examples of a language other than Greek on Parthian coins but it is limited to the name of the king on the top line while, in...
I am NOT saying there were no tigers but the first one I saw struck me as a skinny panther with ribs showing. Those with well struck mint state...
It is easier to go away. I was given Mitchiner using my 'Geopoints' accumulated when my website hosted by Geocities went under and Yahoo stopped...
Book publishers are in business to sell books. When you put out a book and have trouble selling the last 75% of the ones you made, you are...
I have not noticed this but I might have read different books along the way. Many words we use for coins translate to mean little more than...
Through many periods of history there has been one language that dominated. Today it is English and many people whose primary language is not...
There is an unfortunate tendency for many people to classify things in a simplistic manner. Many things that get lumped into 'Greek' got there...
Yes, they exist. I suspect you are seeing the result of dealers advertising all the Otho coins they get because there is a market for even the...
I guess the dolphin drowned. Ferdinand and Isabella blanca crownef F / crowned Y [ATTACH] Next: The dolphin requested by Roman Collector...
I see stater as a catchall term meaning 'coin of standard value' or 'unit' which could be defined locally as desired. How is this different from...
From the wild but not the zoo: wolf [ATTACH] lion [ATTACH]
In RIC, busts are assumed to face right unless otherwise noted with an 'l' following the code. Yes.
Separate names with a comma.
