Hello all again :) I've uploaded a new article which deals with the pro-Angevin Barons Revolt in Italy between 1459 and 1464 and how a small...
Enrico Dandolo also took part in the ill-fated campaign of emperor Baldwin I at Adrianople in April 1205, despite his old age and infirmity....
Hello everybody :) If anyone is interested in Late Empire lead sealings, this article discusses a tentative datation and identification of such...
Yes, I'll post them here in this thread. I'll also translate my other numismatic articles in English and hopefully post them in good time too.
Thank you! Hope I'll be of service this way too :)
Dear friends, It's been some time since I last posted here but that does not mean I have forgotten this lovely community. So although I'm not...
Do you think it's premeditated? 2 or so years ago I came across a Valens rare siliqua offered on his daily auctions and after contacting him with...
I don't think there is a CAESAR AVG variant of this (or any for that matter) issue of Claudius II. At least none Sylviane Estiot and Jerome Mairat...
Could this be a superior example of what is commonly sold as "Vandal imitations" on ebay? Those I have seen are all quite deteriorated but they...
Is per chance the lion on Brian's last Leo looking back at a cross? To me it looks like there is a cross right next to the lions's head.
Who was Magnus Maximus's Magister Militum? Bernie Sanders!!!1 :cat:
Glad to be back and hopefully here to stay :)
In a 5-10mins check I found this at 2.68g and in a condition that would not explain a presumed loss of cca. 0.6g:...
The diadem could've been tampered with although it's more likely that the reverse legend was recut and then had the camps smoothed (which could...
It's authentic more likely than not, but the tampering makes it look weird.
Thanks! It's good to be back and I've missed you these past 6mths :)
This plain diadem is quite usual for the time (335-340) but like the other colleagues advised, you might find a better and more honest example of...
RMBT and Roman Quinarii are excellent books, congrats!
Specialist threads show a glimpse into how vast the field of numismatics really is. Also, for me and my SPQR ants research, writing these...
scarce denominations from the 3rd century (severan quinarii, early ants 215-235, late denarii, ases, dupondii, sestertii) rare bust types for late...
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