Great coins. Great history. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Beautiful coins. A nice Zenobia, however, is one of my dream coins. (Images of Palmyra above.)
Great coins, great pieces of history. [ATTACH] My friends (not my pictures): [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Any Zenobias out there?
(Note: This is an edited version of something I wrote a few years back for a site dealing with history.) Marie Louise (or Maria Luigia), the...
[ATTACH] Not much job security in the Roman Empire being a usurper ... or a rebel.
Good point. This list from Wikipedia is surprisingly thorough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_usurpers
I am sure many people have read this recent article: It is possible that Silbannacus belongs to this murky episode in Roman history [during the...
Still one of the best sites for beginners to attribute LRBC: http://www.tesorillo.com/aes/home.htm
Great coin. And great piece of history. That said, the part about Marius being a "humble blacksmith" is probably just myth. This story came from...
Nice review on medieval coins, also: [MEDIA]
In some places this French clip is very entertaining and even educational. In others, it is god awful. Since we have many newer members to this...
So sad. A young man and theological student, working to care for the wounded, was among the millions of innocent young men killed in such a...
Just a little more PAX from an ill-fated emperor: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] (My coin, not my picture.) [MEDIA] guy
With the insanity of the upcoming US elections, let's hope for PAX. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=pax This fellow...
I , for one, appreciate the passion of everyone on this thread. That said, let's please be respectful. I've seen too many people run off of...
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