Yesterday I posted a new Diva Julia Titi sestertius. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/she-is-such-a-diva.353526/ After closely examining the coin...
Thank you! Personally, that's part of the fun! However, normally what I put online is a condensed version. For instance, while researching this...
I hadn't realised until now how overly saturated the colour is in the OP photo. This is closer to what it's like in hand. [ATTACH]
What a superb coin!! I've always been intrigued by the mysterious death of Antinous ever since I picked up a copy of Royston Lambert's Beloved...
I hadn't realised that! Thanks for pointing it out.
Thanks to Ken Dorney, I recently was able to acquire another iconic Flavian type - a Diva Julia Titi sestertius. This type has been uppermost on...
A 65mm plano-convex glass lens was found in the House of the Engraver at Pompeii. It is now at the National Museum in Naples. Perhaps the use of...
I don't know how an engraver could have worked on something that small without a magnifying lens. Incredible.
I systematically collect Flavian silver, so it was a great joy for me to find this little beauty on eBay last month. A denomination you don't see...
It's hard to beat Josephus' The Jewish War as far as primary sources go for the Flavian era. The Loeb edition has the best English translation, IMHO.
Superb addition Andrew! I've been on the hunt for a V695 for over a decade, I guess I was too slow checking Forvm' s catalogue! At least it's...
Yes, a Vespasian Neptune from Rome is neat. But if you want to be fancy, go for one from Lugdunum too. [ATTACH]Vespasian AR Denarius, 3.35g Lyon...
As I was doing the write-up for my coin Commodus came to mind quite frequently. I was hoping someone would post one of his Hercules coins!
No apology is needed, I quite enjoyed it and found little to disagree over. Of interest, H. Mattingly in BMCRE sums up Domitian's coinage thus -...
I purchased this eagerly anticipated coin earlier in December, but it was held up for quite sometime in overseas postal purgatory. It only arrived...
I really like Nero's tets from Alexandria and that's a super example. It's likely the same die engravers were still around a few years later when...
Superb coin and great write-up Gavin!
It's one of those books in which you savour every page.
A decent example at a fair price. I'm glad you got it Andrew, you're not likely to come across another for quite some time!
Today the postman was very generous and delivered not only an expected coin but also a book I've very much been looking forward to reading!...
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