Thank you for posting this. it really is a great discovery using modern technology: aerial photography, satellite imagery, and airborne LiDAR....
It might work. [IMG] Roman Amphitheater in Verona, Italy You don't need to be of Italian or Scottish descent ... just a fan of ancient Roman...
[IMG] It really is a fascinating find. Since about a third of Pompeii has not yet been excavated, I am hoping for many new discoveries and...
Respectfully, Boudica was one bad dude. If you can believe the excellent ancient Roman historian Tacitus's account, Boudica killed 70,000 Roman...
Yours is a beautiful coin, for certain. [ATTACH] The one closeup I saw of the coins from this recent hoard is less spectacular, but amazing,...
This main thread and your thread are both very informative. Thank you.
I agree that Claudius Gothicus was one of the unsung heroes of the dismal third century for the Roman Empire. Thank you everyone for sharing....
What a wonderful piece of history. Galeria Valeria's history seems to be a very tragic one, indeed. One would think that her being Diocletian's...
I guess I'm different from most on these boards. Provenance, other than possibly improving chances of authenticity, means little to me. Does it...
Those are some nice pieces of history. [ATTACH]
What a nice sestertius. I have a similar, but more common silver example. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] RIC 163 Marcus Aurelius Denarius. M ANTONINVS AVG...
Laws regulating archaeological finds affects ancient numismatics more than any other field in numismatics. Unfortunately, anything can now be...
Some great coins and fantastic insights. Thank you for sharing. Great point. Thank you. Michael Grant was one of those rare historians who...
From Harl's excellent "Coinage in the Roman Economy" (pp 90-91): "In 64, Nero--under the pressures of debts incurred in a desultory war in...
Since I don't collect coins, I frequently depend on the numismatists on this forum. Interesting article on the mythology surrounding the great...
Great coin. Lovely history. Important date in history (Union of England and Scotland in 1707). Thank you for posting. (Here's my visitor from...
Wow. What a great coin! [ATTACH] Philip V of Spain was such an important (but forgotten) figure in history. Those of us who love that period of...
Thank you for the family tree. It's sometimes difficult to remember those less familiar emperors, especially those of the third century. Here is...
Very nice tetradrachm. Here's a friend of mine: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I think they are NGC pictures.
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