Cassius Dio Roman History. It is just sad that almost half of his collection of books have been lost....
What a hunt !
Here is one of my Alexandrian’s babies. Claudius the Gothicus ; a sharp strike of the head, but a sloppy lettering around... Milne 4291 [ATTACH]
Civil engineering program to better preserve 2000 years old catacombs from rising groundwater, which threatens this archeological tourist site,...
By the way , the coin similar to yours from VAuctions was estimated at 275 US $and finally sold for 855 US $..... Ka-Ching...
I’m impressed by your research @Volodya and @dadams ! Bravo!
I also have a Probus that surprised me. Got it in an auction and was misattribuated. I had problems researching it because I was not able to find...
Just want to share this interesting article from “le bulletin numismatique” about a denarius of Julia Domna sold not that long ago. Here is the...
Excellent observation, Sherlock Lee ....
[ATTACH] Is it the same profile ? If yes, it’s Galba.
The real problem with the reputation of Proculus coins is the ‘gossiping’ from some ‘experts’. R.Bland said “This coin (...) in the Munich museum...
I agree with you @gsimonel about the barbarous style. The problem was that during his rebellion, no ‘official workshop’ were available to mint his...
Here is the link about the expert of the Britisn Museum. I don’t know if he changed his opinion since then......
Wednesday April 10th 2013 Washigton Hotel, London England The famous numismatic auction is expected for weeks now, espacially lot # 694. For half...
[ATTACH] Diocletian RIC VI 10a B Alexandria Yours have 10 layers of stone, maybe unrecorded.
Question from a guy without a large vocabulary in English : I often made research for references about coins with “snakes”: not much results. But...
I bought many times from this seller and he’s very reliable.Just one thing: some sand is added to the surface of the coins ( the guy is not hiding...
Lion and bull : what a pair ! Trajan Decius Sestertius Viminacium Moesia Superior Moesia with Bull & lion at sides [ATTACH]
Before you do anything, please read this post : https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=111984.0 And after...
@arizonarobin : your coin reminds me of something...... [ATTACH]
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