The two dekadrachms are from dies signed Kimon and Euainetos. They are the Holy Grail of any ancient coins collection.
The Versailles picture (that obviously would need cleaning and probably restoration) is attributed to Guillaume Courtois (alone) by the website of...
[ATTACH] Philip II, Sestertius, Rome. LIBERALITAS AVGG III : this one was minted to celebrate the third congiarium given by Philip the Arab and...
[IMG] Domitian (81-96), quadrans, Rome 83-92. AE 17 mm, 2.60 g, 6 h. Obv.: two-horned rhinoceros walking left Rev.: IMP DOMIT AVG GERM around S C....
[ATTACH] Byblos - Julia Domna (193 - 217). AE 24-25 mm, 7.84 g, 1 h. Obv.: ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ CЄ(B?), draped bust of Julia Domna, right Rev.: ΙЄΡΑC...
Venationes are not just history today. In many half-ruined half-restored Roman amphitheatres the show goes on ! And the debate is still there. C....
[ATTACH] In Dacia they minted the same kind of coins under Philip the Arab.
It was found near the town of Herschbach, a place that was outside the Roman Empire at the time.
It is a silver coin that seems to be much scarcer than generally said. [ATTACH] Marcus Porcius Cato the younger, quinarius, Africa (?) 47/6 BC....
Of course no record of the precise location where this archaeological material was taken away from its context... Too bad for archaeology and...
This story about conventional gifts for anniversaries is funny but... What is it like if you must wait for 50 years to get a gold present? And 80...
I think it's Demetrius II Nikator, coins of Tyre.
Overstriking copper folles was very common, especially for the "anonymous classes". I don't think it was a matter of emperors' ego : the anonymous...
Quadrans (or quadrantes) are interesting coins. In the 1st and 2nd c. they were the smallest coins issued by the senatorial mint of Rome (the SC...
Alexander the Great wearing Herakles' lion skin is a familiar monetary type, approved by Alexander himself. I like his elephant skin too. I don't...
Looks like the tiniest black hole ever spotted (Compare with Sagittarius A*) [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Rome, AR denarius of Caius Cassius, 126 BC Obv.: helmeted head of Roma to right, in left field X and - monogram meaning 16 (one...
[ATTACH] I found this sestertius a few years ago at some flea market. It's true that left facing portraits of Antonine and Severian emperors are...
The reverse legend : ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ / ΕΝ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΔΙ / ΙΕΡΑΣ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ
This one is not so "ugly"...
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