I love error coins, especially 'official' ones. This Judaean bronze from Domitian's reign has a very interesting error, one that is difficult to...
Josephus (Jewish War 7.278) goes into some detail about how the Roman army was supplied at the siege of Masada. Apparently it was a very...
Normally, when I don't have anything nice to say I remain silent ... but I totally despise this series. The sex and violence is over-the-top...
I wish! It was found outside of Chesters Roman Fort in 1915 by a postman....
I love this modius which has suffered 'damnatio memoriae' by having Domitian's name scratched off. [ATTACH]
Nice fourrée.
Agreed. It hammered much lower than I anticipated!
"Bloom (or flower) of the minting die" is another translation of FDC. Either way, a more poetic term than MS!
Fleur de Coin = Flower of the mint. More poetic than mint state.
It isn't often that new imperial types are discovered, especially in silver. Recently, this unique denarius for Titus as Caesar came up for...
I bid the highest amount I'm willing to pay at the latest possible time. If I lose the regrets are minimal because I gave it my best shot.
I picked this one up rather cheaply off eBay a couple of weeks ago. Thankfully the bidding wasn't too strong, likely because of the ho-hum...
'Nightmare' is very apt. Savio was trying to be as faithful as possible to the original source material, but by doing so he sacrificed a lot of...
And if anyone mentions ancient aliens it will ruin my 'mood'. :banghead:
Wow.
I recently retweeted this fascinating article about what the Romans actually called the imperial half denarius....
Let's be honest, I would not have purchased this very worn hemidrachm if it wasn't for the fact it had a 'coolness' factor for being a...
One of my numismatic New Year's resolutions was to begin collecting the extensive Restoration series of bronze coins struck by Titus and Domitian....
Agreed. Same obv. die as mine too. https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-85253
Well, that's because you're looking at a photo and not the coin in hand. Plus, COS VI is totally unattested for this type with portrait left....
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