What beautiful examples of a very obscure Empress. Here are my (not so rare) visitors: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/tech/1601719/julius-caesar-assassination-coin-ides-of-march-brutus/ (Sorry if this is a repost) "The golden...
What a great post. Thank you. The glass making of the ancients is underappreciated. Your example above of the Lycurgus cup (which may not have...
Here is an interesting thread from 2018 on the Harzhorn battle site (including helpful videos):...
That looks like an interesting book as we sometimes forget what coinage represented to a mostly illiterate ancient world. Coins could convey...
(I'm sorry if this is a possible repost, but I couldn't find the original discussion.) I understand finding any coin hoard is exciting and the...
Kevin: Thank you for this well-written and thought-provoking post. I have a special interest in Rome's "Third Century Crisis." I think one needs...
I was a little surprised by the statement, also. As we probably all know, the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantines) always referred to themselves as...
Thank you for this very informative write-up. I always wondered why so many of this coins looked surface damaged.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Above is one of my favorite medals. This huge medal (D. 82 mm) was struck in support of Queen Caroline, the aggrieved wife of...
(Sorry if this is a repost.) Once again, numismatics has been used to help shed light on ancient history. In this case, the evidence has been...
Thank you for the thoughtful post. I'm not sure I agree with everything but I found this paragraph from the above article interesting (but...
I appreciate and enjoyed your enthusiastic and informative reply. That said, I respectfully disagree with your paragraph above. The reason for...
Great gold coin (guinea) of James II. In the last few years, I've focused my amateur studies on the "Glorious Revolution" and the intense English...
Such great examples of a more obscure empress. Mine is just a lowly Alexandrian tetradrachm. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nice coins. I appreciate those coins that force me to review the less famous emperors and empresses....
I can't believe the cynicism. Of course these coins will be carefully researched, documented, cataloged, published, preserved, and made available...
I've been enjoying the culture and social life of 18th century Britain for the last several years. On that theme, I've been savoring this book:...
(Please delete if repost.) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7218629/WWI-bomb-teen-explodes-riddles-50-pieces-shrapnel.html Paul Aiden...
I'll take the other side of this debate. Despite being a non-coin collector (but someone with an interest in ancient history), I appreciate...
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