These are slides from a slideshow I had prepared for students. None of the coins are mine, natürlich. They show monuments or landscapes, sometimes...
To stay in this thread's spirit, don't you think Fortuna's page 3 could make this denarius another British-related coin? [ATTACH]
:jawdrop::smuggrin::hilarious: Reminds me the Google translation of Carrhae's "Temple of Sin" (Sin, the Babylonian Moon-god) by "Temple du Péché"....
I don't know if the galley-type may be considered part of Hadrian's travel-series. Of course the emperor did travel by sea, at least when crossing...
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Yes, of course, there will always be people in every country in the world that will "strongly oppose" superpowers... But I remember having seen...
You can put the coin in a bowl of sulphuric acid. If it bubbles and dissolves, it was an authentic one.
I was myself held at gunpoint too, twice. One time in the Syrian desert (the guys suspected me of being some Israeli spy, but in the end they...
How does it look nicer: with or without slab? #freelucius [ATTACH]
I am convinced there are less safety risks touring Egypt than attending high school in some Western countries. The biggest concern in Egypt IMO is...
It must be the only Egyptian pharaoh whose portrait is on an ancient coin ! Do you have one? I don't, and I'll try to get one!
I didn't try this, looks like a good idea, thanks! Next time I go to Rome i'll do it.
Rome, Athens, Lugdunum, Alexandria are today large and crowded cities, in which you still can see remains of what they were in Antiquity. Others...
J.G.Milne (NC 7.3/4 (1947)) thinks this obverse die is for Valerian (obv. legend E, p.105). [ATTACH] in fact one can read IMPCAERASLLOVNAHIAC it...
Collecting coins in slabs is like permanently hoard one's jewels in a safe and only wear glass copies.
There must be a mistake in the description and identification. This antoninianus is not the Venus Felix type (RIC V Salonina 7) as described, but...
[ATTACH] Domitian, quadrans, basket full of corn ears. Next : a quadrans
I don't think the Britannia of the 19th to 20th c. British pence is inspired by the Britannia we can see on Roman coins. The real inspiration for...
Gerostratos of Arados could have defended his city with some secret weapon : [ATTACH] [ATTACH] but the other cities were doomed: Byblos'...
Internet and the availability of databases like CoinArchives or ACSearch have made numismatic studies enter a new era...
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