I don't know if they included, in their exhibition, this wooden figure-head I saw last summer at the BM. It was found in Belgium. At first sight,...
In Orient the aurei were called in Greek "denarioi", the silver denarii were called "drachms". This why even today in Arabic a gold coin is a...
[ATTACH] Lead sling bullet. Pb 45 mm, 63,43 g. I found it many years ago in Paris at the Marché aux Puces. Unfortunately I don't know its...
Very interesting indeed. One of the most fascinating displays is the equipment and money found on the corpse of a soldier killed at the battle of...
Volusian club here ? [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Philip the Arab (AD 244-249). Æ (28mm, 14.08 g, 7h). Dated year 2 (AD 247/8). Obv.: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and...
The design of L. Titurius Sabinus' denarius in 89 BC has been an inspiration for later artists. No doubt, this denarius represents Tarpeia being...
speechless...
Four captives begging for freedom [ATTACH] (not my insane aureus)
not my coins, of course...
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My last acquisition I'd like to share here : a Ptolemaic AE30. [ATTACH] Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145 BC), Alexandria, Faucher-Lorber series...
It looks very much like a barbarous imitation.
Obviously this sale's expert is not a specialist 1 ) this coin does not look "uncirculated", judging from the pics 2 ) it is not Roman, it is not...
I see what you mean. I remember a famous anonymous publication, Die syro-aramäische Lesart des Koran: Ein Beitrag zur Entschlüsselung der...
These Jewish overstrikes are extremely interesting. A great number of these Jewish zuzim are overstruck on Nabataean drachms, Trajanic...
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but this coin is very nice !...
I have two Peroz but not in gold... [ATTACH] 459-484 Peroz - dirham from Goyman (GW) [ATTACH] 459-484 Peroz - dirham from Hormizd-Ardashir (AW)
An article published anonymously? Never seen that in any review... If I tried this, I'd use a pseudonym: " CUSSET-DUPOULAY Aymon, Britannia asses...
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