For the record: We have discussed this over on the Coin Talk Ancient pages and invite anyone new to ancients to join us there. We also have...
Did you notice that the label on the upper left of the photo describes the larger coin as belonging to Maximinus I, 235 AD, but the linked texts...
Unused oil can go rancid if you buy too large a bottle for your dietary habits. My question is whether oil past using for salads is still potent...
I agree with the Arcadius reading. A few years ago there was a discussion about an Allectus found along the St. Lawrence. The best explanation...
Many of our questions require us to realize that the answer in one time and place will not be valid a few years one way or the other or a few...
You need no legend to tell AVGustus from NOBleCaesar since the portrait of the last will have no diadem or other headgear which AVG would. Legend...
What names were applied to which coins by the people who used them? This may be a hundred mysteries rather than one but it seems more coins as...
The Simpsons have been on the air for a long time but I did not know Julia was a fan.
Yours is a nice example of RIC 572. You should be delighted. RIC 572 [ATTACH] RIC 574 [ATTACH] 573 is listed with the legend of 572 and hand...
f) Buy a real one that is not as nice as you want. e) Find a way of collecting other than filling holes and don't worry about it. I guess the...
It always shows up in Roman catalogs following Aurelian and listed as "with Aurelian". I suspect things might be different but there are not...
I may be a little off on this but if I were admitting Aurelian was greater than I am, I would have put him on the obverse and left the first R...
Beckers have become quite collectible in their own right. I bid and failed on one CNG offered a while back that was particularly appealing to me....
Sometimes it helps to see the failures but I can offer no promises.
I'll never have a best photo since each outing in cameraland teaches something and suggests things to improve. Lately I have been playing with...
Later, in the Provincial period, many cities did not put the name of their city on the coin but used the genitive plural of the people who lived...
Does anyone know who started the nomos use and why they made the change? Didrachm and stater were standard 30 years ago; was the change based on...
Parthian, like Roman, covers several centuries and styles. The tetradrachms were a different mint than the drachms. We hear of people who only...
Same one. He sells everything world and ancient. I believe he sells a copy of his book on the tin coins along with the coins themselves.
We see the silver unit of this region called by several names including didrachm, stater and nomos. What would you prefer and why? Whatever they...
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