Oh don't go in with all that phallic symbolism bullcrap. There is absolutely no reason to display that sort of symbolism on a funerary monument!...
Yes, mostly because the Arch of Titus was made in the reign of Domitian, and the triumphal procession it depicts took place over a decade before....
I finally managed to find a decent specimen of this coin at the right price. The reverse shows the column of Antoninus Pius, erected after his...
You're more likely to get an answer if you post in one thread, not three.
At 1 and a quarter inches, its way to big to be a bronze from that era. Its fairly safe to say that this is a modern counterfeit of a Hellenistic...
Archaic coins as billon? From meteorites? I know there's discussion that Greco-Bactrian nickle coins were made from metal from meteorites. But as...
The bust on the obverse is in a Hellenistic style. But Hellenistic kings generally did not put their portraits (or at least such realistic ones)...
Whats the size?
Maybe *gasp!* she just didn't care. Maybe she didn't feel like grubbing an extra few bucks out of her half dollar (I probably would, lol). Or...
Its a sudoku coin! WOW! (okay, I'm not serious...)
Very nice coin. The pattern of wear adds a certain element to the coin that I rather like. Good purchase, regardless of price.
Its Gratian, whats the size?
In the sources you cite, shekels are clearly being used as units of weight measure. The first coin you show is of Alexander the Great, from the...
The Oriental Middle East was under the influence of Greek, therefore Western, culture. Coinage originated here, any Persian sigloi or darics were...
If the money changers were solely concerned with shekels, what were they changing them FROM? A tiny flaw in your logic... Yes, they were...
Round coins are really only a stylistic matter. Yes, they were perfectly capable of making them round - but it required a degree of effort that...
Indeed. Its dangerous to overgeneralize and talk about an "ancient economy". Different situations existed in different times at different places....
Thanks, GDJMSP. I'll check them out. Most of what I've studied focuses either on the Roman mints or solely on the physical process of striking the...
Fixing the dimensions of coins is not nearly as easy as you think, first of all. Second, I do not think the coins are ugly by any stretch of the...
I'm sure you're right. I was giving a quick answer that I extrapolated from Roman minting practices. Thanks for fixing it. :smile
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