I am announcing my new educational site on barbarous radiates of the Gallo-Roman empire (259-274 CE):...
I am in the US and ordered a coin from a German MA-Shops firm May 11. They say they have an contract to ship exclusively with DHL and cannot yet...
Here is a Roman Republican denarius with a rat: [ATTACH] Ti. Quinctius (or Quincitilius) 112 or 111 BC 18 mm. 3.95 grams. Bust of Hercules left,...
Does a scorpion count? [ATTACH] Antiochus IV of Commagene, 38-72 CE. 29 mm. 14.31 grams. Appointed King by Caligula. Sear Greek 5507. RPC 3854.
Stork [Sear], Crane [SNG Cop], or Heron [Kraay]. [ATTACH] Stater. 23 mm. 7.58 grams. Kroton, Bruttium, Italy Sear Greek 466, SNG Copenhagen I...
I collected barbarous radiates for many years and I spent some time in England in the 1980s and 1990s where they were common at coin shows. (Maybe...
The temple of Roma: [ATTACH] Probus, 276-282 IMP PROBVS AVG, helmeted bust left with spear and shield. ROMAE AETERNAE, 6-column temple (of Roma)...
The temple of Vesta in Rome. [ATTACH] Julia Domna. Struck 214. 27-24 mm. as. 10.15 grams. IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG Julia sacrificing over altar,...
Nice coin! Congratulations. I have Hristova & Jekov and the quoted number 6.24.10.3 is correct. That is interesting because the plate of the...
Our web page list of Greek cites and whether they have been posted in this thread, created by @TIF , is here:...
[correction] and Nicomedia.
We've seen coins of Maxentius as Consul and as Consul twice. Here is one for him as consul for the third time:[ATTACH] Maxentius 25-22 mm. 6.63...
When I was a child my grandfather gave me some (a hundred?) common low-denomination "world" coins from numerous countries. I sorted them by...
The Roman empire was much the same before and after Elagabalus. Regardless of his personal life, he did not have much impact on the empire as a...
I mentioned one article in the book, "From symbol to likeness: The development of Coin portraits in the Graeco-Persian world." The earliest...
Thank you.
I just got the book in the mail today. I'll answer when I've had more time to look at it. My first reaction after reading the review is that the...
No. Common, and with numerous varieties.[ATTACH] Sear 811. Heraclius 610-641 21-20 mm. 5.43 grams. This one struck year 30, 639/640.
Today got a splendid newly released book in the mail, Portraits: 400 years of Hellenistic Portraits, by Andreas Pangerl. A few years ago I got his...
As a followup to my post above, here is a Valens siliqua which has obviously been clipped: [ATTACH] 15 mm. 1.43 grams. DN VALENS PF AVG VRBS ROMA...
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