With classical numismatics, there’s the physical collection, and then there are the intangible relationships one forms and the information one...
Eusebius writes that everyone who came to Constantine’s 60th birthday party got one of these. [ATTACH]
I can understand a sex scene to demonstrate the unique allure of Helen. But that’s not what opens the show. The early scene just seems to be a way...
Currently Netflix is streaming a series entitled TROY: FALL OF A CITY. I regularly teach the Homeric epics, so I’m a hard man to please when it...
The surfaces aren't so bad that you can't still see some of the details in the pediment of the Temple of Divine Augustus. It's interesting to me...
Just a comment here about why the lovely campgate is getting less love. I think to really dig that coin, it helps to be a campgate enthusiast. You...
I’m going to break with the experts and show my ignorance. I like the Trajan's Column coin. Perhaps I still have enough of a layman’s perspective...
[ATTACH] Here's mine. With a certain gummy "patina" that is the trademark of a recognizable VCoins dealer. Oh well. I still like the coin, and...
SOLD! Augustus, with Agrippa, AE dupondius, struck 10-14 A.D. PAID: $229. ASKING $220, firm. 27 mm. 13 g. 180° OBVERSE: IMP P P DIVI F...
In the article below, the author states that money-changers would sell gold coins to persons needing them to pay their taxes; perhaps such persons...
This is a fascinating discussion. I wonder if the forged gold coin could be part of a bulk payment in a context in which it would not be expected...
Wow. Color makes all the difference. We forget how many of those statues and structures likely had color.
I agree with @Cucumbor. You have to take what the market gives you, at least for some of the scarcer, more expensive coins. For all but Julius...
Shouldn't that be Julia Marmor-a? Sorry. That's a Latin pun. 0.00002 of readers just found that hilarious.
Nice pick up! I literally have $300 cash in an envelope set aside for a Galba ae as. (Gentlemen prefer bronze :shame:) Still haven’t found the...
I can't help with the OP coin. On Randy A's holed coin I'm seeing SMKB in the exergue; so second officina of the Cyzicus mint is my vote, but not...
Interesting write up, @jamesicus. I was under the impression that Galerius invented the title “filius augustorum” as a means of placating...
[ATTACH] Not a full Serapis, just his head.
The placement of the hole seems perfectly at 12 o’clock for the obverse portrait. It makes me think the coin was mounted as some sort of display...
Andrew, are you an academic, or just a really, really dedicated collector?
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