Here's a Faustina II posthumous sestertius Obv. DIVAE FAVSTINAE PIAE - Draped bust right, veiled Rev. MATRI CASTRORVM S C - Faustina seated left,...
Here's an earlier Cloulia denarius of T. Cloelius Obv. ROMA - Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, wreath; legend below Rev. - Victory in...
Here's an Iberian Tiberius (Tiberian :D) of Augusta Emerita Obv. TI CAESAR AVGVSTVS PON MAX IMP - Laureate head left Rev. COL AVGVSTA EMERITA -...
"So many things to tinker with, so little time..." - exactly :D I have a houseful of gadgets/junk and maybe finally the time to do something...
I chopped down most of a bush in front of the house today - it's been on the "To Do" list for ages and coming back from bringing in the rubbish...
... a riot ATB, Aidan.
Good going, Rasiel! Maximinus should be a relatively cheap slot to fill, impressive to have a Clodius Macer. I have a few goals: For the past...
Rotate the reverse 90 degrees clockwise -> cista mystica. Something like this, but the other way round: [IMG] (from...
Stew again tonight - the recipe called for some wine, so I drank some - one for me, one for the stew, some more for me... cheers! Drunk from my...
This thread has been out of the limelight for a while... In my enforced "working from home", I've been listening to a lot more Fatima Mansions -...
Good point about the real benefits of garlic - it gets a lot of good press, probably deservedly so. I wanted some for my stew. I'll look again...
The only thing I was unable to spot in the local supermarket was garlic - has there been panic buying in case of a plague of vampires?
An old Dilbert from 1994... [IMG]
Go on - you're worth it ;)
Hehe - it was small, but it was the fourth of six courses, though I didn't bother with the last (cheeses). A week of pampering and now I'm...
I made a stew on Monday which lasted three days :D Today, it may be something microwaveable :( Two weeks ago, it was a different world! [IMG]...
Here's a drachm with left-facing Aphrodite and a scary-looking crack. State, City: Akarnania, Anaktorion Coin: Silver Drachm Obv. Pegasos flying...
It just looks corroded to me, but genuine.
Anonymous / TOD denarius Obverse: X - Helmeted head of Roma right Reverse: TOD - Luna in biga right; bird below Exergue: ROMA Mint: Rome (ca...
I made it there last year for the first time for the BANS congress, so a weekend of coins. A wonderful place, in many ways a step back in time and...
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