It's hard for me to believe that anyone who knows enough to realize what that's supposed to be would simultaneously be naive enough to believe...
Great write-up, @Jochen1. Here are some pigs/sows, as opposed to wild boars: Roman Republic, Ti. Veturius, AR Denarius 137 BCE. Obv. Helmeted...
Thanks. All I can say is "Wow." Too rich for my blood, but they're gorgeous. I wonder what the mintage was on these restored Republican issues,...
Sear RCV II lists 16 Roman Republican denarii and three Imperatorials reissued as part of Trajan's "restoration" coinage. Keeping in mind that...
I had to look up that word you used. I've encountered a lot of British slang (snogging, I've heard of), but not that one. It doesn't sound very...
I think they're all great, but my favorite is the beautiful Augustus denarius.
I wouldn't call myself a "collector" of old books per se -- I just like to buy them now and then when they appeal to me, pursuant to no particular...
Macedon, Alexander III (under Philip III Arrhidaeus), AR Drachm, Miletos mint, 323-319 BCE. Obv. Head of beardless Herakles to right, wearing...
For anyone who hasn't already seen my original British "Surrender of Napoleon After Waterloo" medal in silver that @Ryro mentioned (I've posted it...
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RPC is all online.
I concede that you are correct! Counterclockwise is something else, technically, not just a synonym for "right to left" vs. "left to right." Or,...
A very nice coin. I'm surprised that there's an RPC number for it, though, given that by its own definitions RPC begins with the death of Caesar....
The nymph looks like she has a terrible pain somewhere.
I don't have much in the way of ancient coins showing galleys or other boats, but here's one: Roman Republic, C. Fonteius, AR Denarius, 114-113...
Beautiful coin. Do you leave the obsolete RIC numberd in your descriptions? When I know both numbers, I include both (I call them "RIC" and "old...
@Al Kowsky, it seems that one expert who hasn't been in agreement that the Tyche/Orontes tets like mine were from Antioch is David Sear, who, as I...
@svessien and @Scipio, I bought a guidebook or some other book of photos at every museum we saw in or near Rome during the two weeks we were...
Some more photos taken at Hadrian's Villa: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Some of the tunnels at Hadrian's Villa have legible graffiti dating back at...
A couple of coins of Hadrian (a denarius and dupondius minted in Rome), and a bunch of photos I took at Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli (about 30 km ENE...
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