I think the "Martin" hint gives it away, Doug.
I tried to go back to the original link in the first post and it had changed to a video about Japanese archery. Here is a link to the original:...
When you read Roman history to don't hear a lot about Roman archery. Of course, the Parthians are famed for archery and most Parthian coins have a...
Okay, if we are going to pick favorites, I pick 5, 2, and 9. I realize 1 is the "best" by far, but I am leaving that type out of the running.
AN, thanks for the reference to the article on "Coinage of the Nezak."
By the way, modern scholarship does not agree with old scholarship on which coins are "Erato." Coin counts showed the old Erato to be,...
TIF, alone a 42 mm coin looks huge, but your 48 mm piece dwarfs that one. A wonderful group!
Mithradates, that is a gorgeous coin from an interesting historical period. Coins 17 and 25 on this page http://esty.ancients.info/FILAVGG/ are...
I have an educational site on ancient imitations, including fourrees: http://esty.ancients.info/imit/ and here is another page:...
There are many "barbarous radiate" copies of Tetricus types. They range in size from the sizes of the originals (say, 18 mm or so) down to far...
How about four heads? [ATTACH] A very large 38 mm. Gordian III and Tranquillina at Seleucia ad Cadnumun, Cilicia. Tyche and Apollo on the reverse.
A old friend asked me to sell his remaining ancient coins. Among them were these three tokens which are not ancient but nevertheless old. I wonder...
I went to the site of CNG, http://cngcoins.com/Default.aspx clicked on "Research" and searched on "Romulus Maxentius" (to not get so many Romulus...
$65 is too much, in my opinion. If you continue in the hobby, it has so many "problems" that I doubt you will never grow to like it.
One interesting feature your your Republican coin is the triga (with three horses). Many have a quadriga (four horses) or a biga (two horses) but...
Beginning collectors may be concerned about what to collect, reference works, and rarity. Answers from the members of this forum usually resemble...
Rarity. Stick around a few years and you will find it a tiresome subject. What is "rare" in RIC often does not correspond to what interests...
My educational web page http://esty.ancients.info/numis/learnmore.html which begins with books about Roman coins continues with books on Greek...
Maximinus II had other types with a deity holding the head of a different deity. Here is one of Sol holding the head of Sarapis: [ATTACH] 23 mm....
I love Roman AE from Valentinian and later. You can identify most using this web site, which is called RIC IX since it begins with coins of that...
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