From today's Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/08/i-wept-with-joy-young-director-made-guardian-of-italys-temples-of-paestum...
Nice pick-up! The only coin photographed so far with Mars is the recently posted denarius of L Julius Caesar, 103 BC, Crawford 320-1. L Julius...
No, if NGC were to change its policy on guaranteeing the authenticity of ancients, I would still prefer not have my coins slabbed, for the...
Well, that's the description from on-line. Perhaps it is incorrect. My understanding is that Serapis is a composite deity, comprised of Greek,...
Here's a tridrachm of Trajan, from Cappadocia-Caesarea, with Serapis on the reverse, 98-99 AD. 9.9 grams [ATTACH] Next: More Serapis.
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Thanks for posting! That Caracalla Æ 30 is really cool! Here's my only serpent reverse Roman provincial, an AE 30 of Caracalla, from what I...
Roman-collector, this is a very hairy thread, that, as usual, you've combed through in great detail with your OP, creating, I am sure, a wave of...
Nice acquisitions and a great start collecting these diverse and beautiful coins. An imitative (Pharaonic) owl, late 5th-middle 4th centuries BC,...
If you decide to keep the coin, take the incremental approach. Based on the photo the BD seems to be in small spots. Soak the coin in distilled...
This is an interesting thread. I am not familiar with the relationship that Roman imperial coinage had in the empire vis a vis provincial Roman...
Bithynia, Herakleia Pontika Æ 23mm. Circa 305-280 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / ΗΕΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ between club and bow in gorytos....
Excellent examples posted! My denarii purchases over the years have been next to nonexistent. I just can't concentrate on that series, as broad...
Eritrea Tallero, 1918. [IMG]
There really isn't the equivalent of the Redbook (US) or Krause publications for ancient coins, that I know of. The period and geography covered...
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Obi-Wan Kenboi? [ATTACH]
Beautiful owl! It is hard to resist acquiring at least one of these iconic ancient coins, to be sure! As a collector of US coins, I am sure that...
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shuqailat I Æ 17mm. Petra, attributed to years 26-48 = AD 17/18 - 30/49. Jugate busts of Aretas, laureate and draped and...
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