Whether this is the case has been the subject of scholarly dispute for decades. I know; I was closely involved with numerous die studies and...
Many scholars, including the late Philip Grierson (a Byzantine expert), have asserted that gold was always weighed in transactions. When a coin is...
I think this piece was meant as a decoration, not a coin, and not made for profit. You have all seen a belly dancer with a belt of gold "coins"...
I think the reverse is a European lion left, head facing back, with a bull's head before it.
I like the idea of letting the viewer know the size of the coin. Whether it should be on the photo itself or just in the post is a different...
I have added nice nice Constantinan coins, including four of Crispus, in the last three days: http://augustuscoins.com/Constantinian.html...
No, it was completely intact. I was pointing out that old glass can be very fragile.
The OP shows how hard it is to tell sizes from photos. The middle bronze and the sestertius look alike and it is hard to tell which is which from...
Faustina Jr. has VESTA on asses, too: [ATTACH] 26 mm. 13.02 grams. VESTA around Vesta holding simpulum and Palladium. Sear II 5307. BMC 1004....
I thought it was difficult. Had it not been multiple choice, I would have done much worse than the 8/12 = 67% I got.
No. The term "barbarous radiates" refers to radiate (with a crown of rays) imitations made in the Gallo-Roman empire, most of which are of...
Database. The count in his database.
Over the years I have created some supplements to ancient-coin books I use. Here is a page of links:...
@kolyan760 , it is a fake. I have the 1970 book by Robert Göbl, Regalianus und Dryantilla. Your piece does not have the same fabric or lettering...
I once had a small Roman glass bottle, maybe 2 1/2" high. It was intact and sure looked old and fragile. I figured it was genuine, but I was no...
@Jwt708 , you mentioned that the rider has both a sword and severed head in his left hand. This is not a natural way to carry two things and shows...
I second that request.
I added Byzantine coins to my page: http://augustuscoins.com/Byzantine.html including some rare late types of Theodore II of Nicaea, Theodore I...
I am a former professor. In my classes I outlawed the word "it". That word is a pronoun referring to something and half the class (or more) did...
I added one of the earliest portrait pieces to my site (362 BC) as well as three Cilician silver fractions: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html...
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