I have long been a fan of this type. It must have seemed quite strange to people in that time of so many Roma and chariot or Dioscuri designs....
https://sketchfab.com/britishmuseum I have had ocassional trouble with this page loading. Busy hours?
Sol by Constantine I Rome. [ATTACH] Next: "coin with known findspot"
Yesterday we went to the Pompeii exhibit at the local Science Museum which was quite a disappointment. Almost everything was replica including...
My numbers are similar except I started a decade earlier but took off a decade while my wife was not working and I was 'sole breadwinner'. I have...
Pescennius Niger not dated COS II so 193 AD [ATTACH] Next: A coin of 193 AD not just any ruler who reigned that year but a coin from that year
I once read a proposal identifying the animal attacking the man with a spear as a large breed dog of war rather than the traditional ID of lion...
Traditional listings give the ID of the portrait as Ptolemy I but the faces do change over the years so I am unclear on how the experts decided...
Yes, the resources available to us are wonderful but we still need to apply common sense in their use. For example:...
I failed to be clear. I was asking if the horse/Virtus Galba tended to be less fine metal than the average Galba. Certainly Aquilia will be...
While the Aquilia Severa is a very nice example, my mind keeps returning to the Galba, a type I have always wanted. Many of them seem to be in...
This sixpence should look strange to the collector of hammered silver. Does it to you? I know our British specialists will recognize this but...
The goat is more popular than the PRINC IVVENTVTIS option. [ATTACH]
We used to say that olive oil is best reserved for salads but we have switched to balsamic vinegar and kefir as salad dressing so I am not sure on...
Thank you. For those about to begin chasing any rare coins 'worth faking', you have provided help. I can not suggest dropping coins to see how...
This was a Chariot of Fire. Those are the flames we associate with Sol. That one is the best I have seen. Below is one with longer and fewer...
I said it and I still believe it. Coin cleaning is a completely different hobby from coin collecting. If you enjoy it, great. I did not. The...
Thank you for the good photos which show the coins to be quite nice. IMHO the prices in 1998 were high but time has caught them up.
Congratulations on the coin which strikes me as wonderful in all respects. You cover well the question of who's on which side but the beginner...
Someone needs to study goat anatomy. [MEDIA]
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