I've been in a reflective phase lately. I suppose retirement leads one to think about the past, with the dictates of holding down a job and...
The whole question of legality is a sticky one, even for coins with a providence. The central problem is in the details. Some coins come out of...
That's a very nice coin, kazuma78, at a nice grade! The centering of the obverse is particularly nice. Here's my Philip II tetradrachm, a...
Very nice examples in this thread! Here's an obol that I received as a thank you gift for another purchase. It and the other coin came from a US...
T Thank you. I am especially attracted to the wonderful, dynamic modeling of the bull, which is also associated with Poseidon. One can...
"I enjoy seeing the various effects of time's paintbrush on these bronze coins." Both elegantly and poetically stated.
Your post reminded me to check the Lucania, Thourioi double nomos that I have. It has the same format: ΘOΥΡIΩN, with a wide space between the Ω...
I came across this stater from Syracuse, 344-317 BC, Third Democracy, with what appears to be the change in the second to last character in the...
Lovely! Here is a piece by Rameau, Suite en la Gavotte et six Doubles. [MEDIA]
The Baroque era was the apex in roller die struck coinage. One of the best examples of this technology, at its height, is the series of 50 reales...
I know that I am REALLY late replying...sorry. I cannot find that coin now, but I did find one very much like it from a CNG auction, their...
Yes, very nice! I really like the hard patina and the color contrasts. That's what makes an ancient coin so unique.
Soooooooooooooooo nice!
Ah, I see what you're saying. It takes an hour or two for me to process information. I guess that's what I would have made a lousy attorney....
I found this image of a Syracusan tetradrachm, issued between 510 and 500 BC. It is extremely rare. Image courtesy of the Money Museum. Here's...
The rule of thumb that I have used to distinguish bronze disease from hard, green deposits, is that active bronze disease is a pale green to...
A very modern interpretation!
Thanks, but I do think that there are even earlier dates for this type, but they are quite rare. Perhaps another CT member has such an example....
I am not a historical linguist, really not a linguist of any stripe, but if I understand the question, which city began using the genitive plural,...
There's also an episode of Secrets of the Dead, Season 16, PBS, on Baiae. I don't think it is available for free viewing now, so you might have...
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