I would think the provenance would override the weak strike. Not a silly pick-up at all!
Another great tet Mat!
Recent scholarship sees the war starting not so much because of anti-Roman sentiment among the Jews (although there was plenty of that), but more...
That is a nice example of the altar type for Domitian as Caesar!
Fantastic when all are viewed together!
A very respectable first ancient. Welcome to the club!
You make a good point. PONT did not stand for Pontifex Maximus under Augustus but did so under Nero (PONT was used after Nero was already Pontifex...
My latest arrival is a rare Domitian 'PONT' denarius. [ATTACH]Domitian AR Denarius, 3.17g Rome mint, 81 AD RIC 40 (R2), BMC -, RSC - Obv: IMP...
Out of the hundreds of coins shipped to me from other countries only one package was seized by customs and eventually released after a long delay....
Awesome denarius Mikey! Two very desirable portraits for the price of one. Well done!
And here is my favourite coin. [ATTACH] Vespasian AR Denarius, 2.84g Rome mint, 74 AD RIC 688 (R), BMC 147, RSC 569 Obv: IMP CAESAR in exergue;...
That is a superb coin! I think you will enjoy this video. [MEDIA]
Deservingly so!
Nice cleaning job on that one! And such a desirable coin too!
Excellent coin and great write-up!
Great Secular Games coins everyone! Here is one from the First Century. [ATTACH] Domitian AR Denarius, 3.27g Rome mint, 88 AD RIC 601 (C), BMC...
I owe much of my sceptical and critical thinking skills to Carl Sagan. He is missed.
Nice article Herberto! You present a lot of interesting things to think about! I do want to take up one point about the Library's destruction....
Thanks, I already did. ;)
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