The Vicarello Hoard display in the MR is one of the most spectacular coin displays I have ever seen. My children literally dragged me away from...
I got 16/20, but I only got two of those I missed on the fourth try..... SC
The three standard coins from Nicaea are very common and that is very interesting and very weird. They are common in central Balkan lots (among...
Would have to see it in hand and use a microscope but my first guess is differential corrosion due to a poorly mixed alloy. Over time the metal...
If the rumors I hear are true, the next RIC volume, coming out later this year, is the one on Carausius and Allectus by Sam Moorehead. SC
Wow. Sad to hear. I tried to drop in most times I was in Manhattan. I only ever bought some books there, but I did wander around looking at...
I don't know about the rest of you, but I am impatiently awaiting an easy technical solution to this process. If the PRC police can now track...
I would love for it to be a man-faced bull, if only to make Nick write a new chapter. But I voted for regular bull. While it is not entirely...
Nice coins and nice font! SC
Awesome! Please consider submitting them to us at KOINON. With any write up on context / meaning / implications of the new type if you wish....
Nice coins. Justin Lee's are all struck like normal Roman coins. However, Collecting Nut's is cast. While normally that would be cause for...
Metal detecting rules depend on what country you are in. I don't think any allow anyone to detect on a designated historical site. Though in...
Since the pandemic started I have received mailed items from: US, UK, Sweden, Germany, Serbia, PRC and Singapore - all shipped to me in Canada....
No problem. Thought there are many others who know that coinage well too and will surely help. The keys to Qing coinage identification, beyond...
David Hartill's RNS Publication Qing Cash and his Early Japanese Coins just arrived in the mail. SC
This form (shape) of ring did exist in late Roman times and was also used well after. Stylistically the engraved decoration appears to be...
The ring is medieval in era, not Roman. For Roman jewelry my best sources are: R. Facsády Annamária, AQUINCUMI ÉKSZEREK / JEWELLERY IN AQUINCUM....
This item is a Roman horse harness decoration, 2nd-3rd century AD. Mine, shown below is 24 x 22 x 11 mm. It is harness decoration type B13 in...
Beautiful item. I am curious abut why you dated it Roman though. The motifs do not appear to be particularly Roman. Roman did use the...
Not a coin, but the statuette of Jupiter that is my avatar is one of most cherished items. SC [ATTACH]
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