I know a lot of Roman collectors like to put together a set of the 12 Caesars, or even ambitiously try to get one coin from as many emperors as...
My Ph.D. is in medieval studies but I do not collect medieval coins, with the exception of 2 or 3. I collect ancient Roman coins because the...
I desperately want to believe that this is a damnatio of Licinius. The Senate issued a damnatio memoriae decree for Licinius shortly after his...
Lovely coin, Valentinian. I had a Celator article about Atargatis/Dea Syria and her connection to a parodic moment in Apulieus's Golden Ass (aka...
I simply made a custom table in Word. As long as the text fits in the boxes, the size will be about right when folded. This may not help you...
Crispus was poisoned. Fausta was suffocated in an overheated sauna. Not exactly boiled. The sources are murky; some assert that she and her...
SOLD 1/23/2017. THANKS FOR LOOKING. Just put this little lady on eBay....
Closest match I could find. Close, but no cigar. Perhaps it will point you in the right direction though. [ATTACH]
Resembles a silver rupee of Akbar, Mughal Dynasty in India. That would be 16th or 17th c. But these are NOT my speciality. Perhaps some wiser...
Easy. Queen Elizabeth II. 2-pound coin. Crowned bust facing right. Wait, did you mean the other one?
I really love those minimalist obverse designs. I wonder if Augustus directed those himself, or if he had an arbiter elegantiae who directed this...
A couple of lovely denarii posted here by @akeady and @IdesOfMarch feature in this discussion from Paul Zanker’s The Power of Images in the Age of...
Here’s mine. A common issue, but perhaps a little interesting because it’s completely toned. I think I bought it from Jeff Clark. Here’s a little...
For me, it's a Vespasian Judaea Capta, regardless of variety--a coin that is currently at the top of my wish list. Perhaps it's a bit silly to...
I've always wanted a "hoard" coin. It's interesting to know some of the circumstances of a coin's burial. It's on the wish list.
Since I've collected only ancients, I'm unfamiliar with this particular grading methodology, which seems better suited to modern coins. So MS...
A thoughtful post, Sallent, which clearly struck a nerve. I was thinking today about this discussion board and how we post pictures of our coins...
Well, I'm very glad those high school students have a teacher who is enthusiastic about the Middle Ages. Often times the "otherness" of the...
Interesting. I wonder if that -th sound was pronounced as a -t in Franklin's day as well.
That book looks lovely. Last year I read Michael Cook's The Koran, A Very Short Introduction, and he had a very brief but interesting discussion...
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