From what little I know, it certainly appears that the capricorn was a common symbol on the coins of Parium. I had read that Julius Caesar is...
Nice! And I'm sure it's a globe. If not a ball: perhaps capricorns playing sports in the Sea of Marmara was a thing in Parium.
Thank you! You're young. I've had enough excitement in my life!
Your denarius is a beautiful example. I hadn't thought of volleyball as an option!
I've never tried to buy an ancient coin at an auction with a live component (it would be much too nerve-racking to me, as well as too tempting to...
Difficult to choose, but I voted for Vespasian, MA/Octavian, and Roma.
A wonderful group! It only let me vote for one, by the way.
As always, I am envious. I wouldn't find anything like that in Central Park!
18th century British crowns that you could buy for a couple of hundred dollars 15 or 20 years ago will cost you a couple of thousand dollars now.
Congratulations! I am pretty sure I saw that coin on the Silbury website recently when I was browsing there late at night myself!. You mean I'm...
Can you try posting photos that aren't quite so blurred? It's hard to see these.
Am I the only one who thinks the mask of Silenus on top of the altar on my coin looks like a Jack-in the-box that's going to pop up as soon as the...
I think the main problem is that the Wikipedia article is not a good source for supporting your argument. And that, regardless of the word's...
I wish they were! It's more like I'm paying them, not only for the coins but for giving me the opportunity to do the research. For whatever...
I'm afraid that I have to say that that's unusually absurd for a Wikipedia article. It refers to "ancient legend" but describes only a medieval...
This, by the way, is the only mask of Silenus/Silenos that I own other than the one on the reverse of my coin: Hellenistic molded Pottery Mask of...
Fascinating; thank you!
This new arrival is a type that has been on my want list for almost as long as I've been actively collecting Roman Republican coins, and is...
I didn't realize that this was an annual thing here. (I joined at the end of January.) I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I've probably bought...
Thanks!
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