Is the term 'well attested' in the literature from this region or is this just a case of forcing Attic terms on Eastern coins? Going the other...
I certainly agree with the above but I care less about how and where you gain that 'book learnin'. When we old guys were learning the basics of...
I know nothing about Indo-Sassanian coins but in Greek/Roman I would not expect an imitation to be in the standard references. I would expect...
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1724641 The fabric looks like an as so I suspect the weight is correct. Sestertii of the period tend to...
I agree complete with Ken on this one. History is a progression and cutting the chain will not heal the hole.
We call those coins denarii because of their size and silver content but I can not see them circulating as halves of even the best of the...
I agree, good start. I suspect you were using automatic exposure but the small coins and large black area caused the coins to be too light. Try...
Has anyone seen a denarius of Aurelian without the green patina? I do not know from first hand experience if the coins were silver washed or...
I am touched that you feel you can recommend us to an old friend. I have heard we are nasty to newcomers and refer to ourselves as the...
More unusual is this Provincial 4 assaria of Tomis by Caracalla showing the Dioscuri reclining. [ATTACH]
Did your source of these images include any caption material? What is #12?
Don't you just hate it when someone holds you down and stuffs money (even 2000 year old money) in your pocket?
Yes. The denarii of Aurelian have so little silver content that they look bronze. They are much less common than the double denarii which have...
I mentioned not having an Antioch mint coin of Herennia Etruscilla with the officina marks in exergue but should have mentioned that they are rare...
I don't have a coin of Herennia Etruscilla that shows this point but Trebonianus Gallus issued similarly this coin from the third workshop with...
When we think we see something that makes the coin the common variety (Victory), it is probably true that we are not imagining them. When we...
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=trajan+as+tr+pot&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0¤cy=usd&co...
I am not going so far as to say this is my favorite food but I do consume it every day and doubt anyone else here will be posting it. It is...
Looks good. I hope you have a large family to eat all that.
Mithradates I AE15 Sellwood 12.24(b) 2.78g /bee, Ekbatana [ATTACH] My drachm below is one that has recently been questioned as being Phriapatios...
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