Nice museum. Can I ask where it is ?
It happened a January 24th : an emperor was killed, but nobody weeped in Rome... Maybe calling the man “VENUS” was not a good idea after all....
Like we say in french: a fault confessed is half redressed !
I just remenbered this article who shows that forgers also just want to flood the market with their crap....
In some countries of the world, even making few $ fake coins will ensure a nice profit for the forger. They often start with cheap fakes and then...
As usual Mr. Jochen, I have learn new stuff from one of your instructive article. Shouldn’t we calling you Professor Jochen ?
Another one was sold in 2017. I also checked RPC online and 4 specimen are reported, sadly without any pictures. [ATTACH]
Interesting to read... https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/pit.html
Here in Quebec Canada, our favorite hobby is fighting winter just like today.....it all started with 2 feet of snow..... [ATTACH] Happily I have...
[ATTACH] Roman soldier vs barbarian. When your comrade falls, you have to protect him...
Maybe someone on CT have the reference book of McAlee “the coin of roman antioch”. It could help you to get more details on your coin.
You can go here for the exact attribution : http://www.diadumenian.com/
A few interesting research here : Henry Cohen wrote in 1885 about how to differentiate the two Gordians. He said :(free translation ) “We can...
I agree with you Mr.Smith. In this particular case weight and size would not have made a difference. But generally speaking, asking help for...
According to wikipedia............yes Musei capitonili
Maybe here’s a clue :[ATTACH]
Both father and son used the same legends.They can only be differentiated by the style of the portrait.Observe the hairline features. Gordian I is...
Maybe Commodus Achaea ?[ATTACH] RPC vol IV 4622
I believe this Trajan RIC 642 has the world record of all time : IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO PM TRP COS VI PP ARMENIA ET...
One thing is sure with your coin. On the reverse, Libertas (the Roman goddess of liberty) looks like a statue. It is possible that this is a...
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