On the Mars vs. Virtus issue, I once more highly recommend this article, which I think conclusively proves -- to anyone who still doubts it (even...
I wouldn't be so sure about that. Have you ever seen this, with Karen Black? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilogy_of_Terror#%22Amelia%22. Believe...
Definitely not Virtus. The figure is visibly male. With chest covered. So, Mars.
Hey, I'll bet you wouldn't be making fun of him if he still had his sword and spear!
I think he means "throw." Please ignore him. [My response to a troll's comment that seems to have been deleted.]
Wow. They're all nice, but that last one is amazing!
These are great. Love that hippo!
Mars obverses: Ti. Veturius [ATTACH] Q. Thermus M.f., with a Mars who's obviously not been working out during the pandemic: [ATTACH] L....
I agree, especially regarding the second one, the cistophoric tetradrachm. The Platonic ideal of a Claudius!
Claudius looks a lot like Nero on that coin -- I couldn't tell at first which was which!
Until a couple of months ago, my earliest royal woman portrayed on a Roman Imperial coin was Hadrian's wife Sabina (unless one believes that Pax...
Not the personification, but the legend: Philip I AR Antoninianus, ca. 247 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate, draped, & cuirassed bust right, IMP...
Nothing Jewish about it.
Yes. That was the reason.
There certainly are a lot of examples with vicious-looking test cuts right through that poor owl's face!
He doesn't look sad to me; he's just hungry. All those Alexandria Troas horses look kind of like that; I think mine does as well. Anonymous...
A very interesting theory. The symbolism would certainly be fitting -- as I hinted at a bit with my "departing for parts unkown" phrasing. It's my...
I think I've posted all my ancient coins with horses before, multiple times, so I'll just pick one for this post: Roman Republic, C. Servilius...
Can you please tell us what it is?
It's obvious from CNG's posts, since CNG doesn't even know the name of the original collector from whom the estate's decedent acquired the coins,...
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