Fantastic. Attractive and inspiring.
An interesting nexus of concepts with Marsyas. Dionysius is sometimes called "liber" presumably because we are less inhibited after a glass or...
I'd agree. I wonder if the popular concept of LIBERTAS shifts over time. Late Republic="No dictators, please." Middle Empire="More bread, please."
Hadrian 117-138 A.D.; Struck: 119-121 A.D. AE Sestertius; 32 mm.; 22.25 g. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG PM TR P COS III; laureate bust...
Thanks Daniel!
Thanks Glenn. I will definitely do the wildwinds option when I have a moment. I think I have handled Price a long time ago since I have one of...
Looks good to me. What did you use to get the green gunk off?
Thanks to the OP, I now have a new computer background for a while. I won't sully this thread with any of my coins. Love that Claudius. What's the...
We are (meaning, "I am") working on it. They are on physical display at the university, and a virtual display is in progress here:...
Ha. Yes, but usually of the Scooby Doo variety. I'll see what else I can find about this coin, but I fear that this coin is so worn that certain...
[ATTACH] I'm still working by fits and starts on my university's meager collection of ancient coins. Here's an Alexander the Great drachm. I have...
That's a beautiful coin. Don't touch it. I have a superb example currently sitting on my long want list.
By the way, here's a Russian Orthodox depiction of Arius dying in the privy. The artist seems to envision the death of this heretic as a...
I think it’s very possible that this was a real medical condition—an ulcer, as the medical journal suggests. But as Doug has implied, I wonder if...
I have no insight as to the authenticity of these coins. If it is a modern replica, the top coin seems to be imitating a fairly rare silver...
With #2, I think he is talking about unofficial coinage, or "barbaric imitations," though generally speaking these typically do not command the...
Lovely "trays." And SA, I really dig that Commodus as Hercules As. I've been wanting one of those myself. That's a very nice example.
Well, my comment was a suggestion trying to make sense of a very interesting reverse type. I'm not sure mine was a definitive answer. Lovely coin.
But why the "Phrygian cap" for a civil (Roman) enemy? Unless all captives are to be stylized as barbarians, and all barbarians are signified by...
I think you would get better responses if you posted each coin separately, and out of their plastic. For a dozen coins, that might be more work...
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