So I just returned from the post office trying to track down a Julius Caesar denarius with an Aeneas/Anchises reverse purchased from Numismática...
Congratulations and well done, Paul! Here's your money. Don't spend it all in one place! [ATTACH]
Awesome coin and write-up. And timely. My HEL class talked about Gothic this morning. I gave them this Gothic Bible drill. First one here to tell...
Well, looks like the Eagles have it. That's what goes in the description. Thanks for the responses!
Nice coin. Gert Boersema is selling that collection and seems to have some interesting coins from that collector. I bought a Magnentius with that...
I could see eagle for my T Rex. But the one on the left looks different. Could they both be eagles? I saw one online dealer suggest a panther for...
So I'm still cataloguing this coin donation and I ran across this one. Most of the Nicaea provincial coin reverses feature military standards with...
Maybe folks didn't quite understand your query. There are multiple FTP reverse types. I don't know if they were minted uniformly for each emperor...
I have my own theories on this coin type that I've unfolded ad nauseum, so I will spare everyone here. But regarding the association of Constans...
BTW, here's my coin from Siscia, to compare with the OP coin. I've always thought my Siscia had a strange style. The obverse portrait has a...
I love this coin type. Good OP pickup. And rarely do I say, "Nice flan," but Ken's coin is remarkable for that feature. Despite my love of this...
Nah, that's just a fourth-century mullet. Bad House of Constantine haircut. Never get your hair cut there. And be careful if Constantius II is...
He looks bareheaded. I like Doug's suggestion best. But if it's not Julian, I'd guess Constantius Gallus as Caesar. Might the letters correspond...
It's also the coat of arms of the Prince of Wales. [ATTACH] I've been telling my wife for years that my Ph.D. in medieval studies would pay...
Honi soit qui mal y pense That's the "order of the garter" motto. Evil be to the one who thinks evil. Looks to be some order of the garter...
...and here's the answer key. This exercise does a pretty good job of prompting students to generate the first two prongs of Grimm's Law. Learning...
So here's that Grimm's Law exercise I promised. I'll post the answer key tomorrow. I adapted it from an old exercise I found. [ATTACH]
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Another reason why it might be inadequate to explain Grimm's law sound changes by means of the principle of least effort is that the non-Germanic...
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