The Ancient sub-forum did it: They surpassed the World Coin sub-forum in the number of messages (158,205 to 157,559). Error coins is next...
I've been watching the Ancient coin forum messages. Ancients have 155,109 messages as of today and the World coin forum has 156,916. Soon, the...
What an educational thread. Here's a similar thread from last year. Always good to review this little-known part of ancient history. I wrote a...
I found this floating on the internet: Abstract: Many tetradrachms of Alexandria have been assayed for their silver content but very few have...
The Crisis of the Third Century (which includes Aurelian) is my favorite period of Ancient Roman history....
Although I can't assure the object's provenance or even authenticity, I can say from experience that it is associated with a very fine beverage....
My Eugenius (but not my pictures): [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I always enjoy and learn from these write-ups. Thank you. Here's part of another perspective on Eugenius that I wrote at another site: The...
A blast from the past, indeed. Any answer would depend on time period, country, coin type, etc.
Any time I look at an Alexandrian tetradrachm, I think of this video: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] EGYPT. Alexandria. Trajan (AD 98-117). BI tetradrachm...
Any Roman coin and this song: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Aurelian (AD 270-275) & Vabalathus (AD 267/268-273). BIL antoninianus (3.69 gm). Antioch,...
Great memory. I've seen several (and have in my possession three) tetradrachms that have silvering. I will defer to the experts on the original...
Love the tetradrachms. Great history, but not too expensive. (My friends below, but not my pictures.) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] EGYPT. Alexandria....
A lot of folks (myself included) sometimes confuse the Caduceus with the Staff of Asclepius: [ATTACH] I have referenced a few times before this...
Great article. Thank you. The article proves again the great (but frequently unappreciated) contributions numismatics have made in understanding...
The Romano-Gallic Empire created by Postumus lasted fourteen years and was ruled by five accepted rulers: Postumus (AD 260-269) Marius (269)...
Geez. I think the ad hominem attacks have been regrettable. Let's all take a deep breath. I don't know Barry, but I think he has shown a lot of...
What a beautiful coin and the rabbit symbol on the reverse is thought-provoking. http://ctspanish.com/rabbits.htm...
Great history. Thank you for the write-up and the coins. guy
Great coin and history. I think that the Samnite Wars (343 BCE and later) were less an example of Roman aggression than they were a defensive...
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