For family friendly I would go to the oldies but goodies: Ben Hur, Quo Vadis, the famous 1963 Cleopatra. Been a while since I saw any of those,...
Sadly I don't think we can be certain either way. The chi-rho was used on gold before this issue and appears regularly starting about a decade...
If you search for images online you will see several examples of these Ticinum coins. Most only have the dot at the end of one arm of the symbol...
When he is older, the 2000 Russel Crowe film Gladiator is a must. Bad history but great movie. Commodus get's his comeuppance (albeit several...
It is horrific to think of this being done today. But it is also very interesting to find coins with this done long ago. I agree that the tags...
Salaethus's question about whether the three monetas equate to specific metals is interesting. In "A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins" John...
Looking forward to hearing about FFIVN's adventures in coin identification when he is done (and done the homework). What is his conclusion? How...
BD is a pain. Here is my reaction to a possible case of BD: 1) Is it BD?? Lots of people mistake different hard corrosion/reaction products -...
Sorry, my text and photo got separate. I moved the text up to join the photo. Can someone help me delete this entry??
[ATTACH] While most of my antiquities collection consists of Roman stuff, with a minor in Avar, I also have some medieval items. On top the top...
For the least environmentally friendly coins I would look at anything made from Spanish silver mined from mid-1st through 2nd century AD. Pliny...
A coin of Marcianopolis in Moesia Inferior. Something close to MARKIANO-POLIS on the obverse, with Tyche bust, and MARKIANO-POLIETUN on the...
Has anyone ever found a parallel to this "peltzen" on other iconographic forms? Is there are carving, sculpture or fresco showing such an item?...
I have hand carried ancient coins out of Israel, Jordan, and Italy, as well as several countries with less restrictive laws (e.g. Belgium,...
Thank for posting this informative write up. SC
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