That's a really nice portrait of Probus on the second coin.
This coin was posted before. It is a Parthinian tetradrachm of Orodes II, Seleukia on the Tigris, 57-38 BCE. The reverse commemorates his...
Those are wonderful examples.
The flan is very odd, looks machine-made. Odd modeling, ditto for the letters of the legend. That line below the M on the reverse is wrong....
I think one factor is inflation. Rome certainly experienced it, especially in the later years of the empire, resulting in increasingly debased...
A beautiful example.
Those are beautiful images of the solar system and cosmos.
Asian art, prints and various minerals...the great accumulator! Some recent acquisitions - [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Sometimes a coin comes around that causes everything to click. This is one such coin, an imitative Attica tetrdrachm that I believe is from Gaza....
Here's and interesting AE Dirhem of Urtukids of Maridin, Nasir al-Din Urtuk Arslan (1201-1239), showing a centaur preparing to shoot an arrow into...
I found out that private companies, such as Fedex and DHL, must file a detailed customs form (Entry Summary) with Customs and Border Protection....
That's odd. It really doesn't make sense (no pun intended). I just received an item from Boston last weekend. The prohibition must apply to...
Ah yes....I do get the "point".
No, I am not saying that there should be a prohibition on the private ownership of antiquities. What I am saying is that the process of discovery...
Oh yes, very much. They are capable of almost everything, ranging from love, to jealousy, to hatred, to revenge - the whole range of behavior...
Yes, and a provenance is very important. A major problem over the past decade has been the theft of artifacts in Syria, Iraq, Yemen....
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Isn't it wonderful, how the ancient Greeks endowed their gods with very human characteristics and emotions as reflected in their mythology and...
I use Google search, using key words, then try to locate identical or nearly identical images. If it is a really exotic or rare coin, I try the...
An interesting analysis. Clearly the dies were used to the point where they were on the verge of complete destruction. Some of the...
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