I'd be interested as well to learn what the oldest known provenance is. There have been posts on CT about coins with a countermark of an eagle,...
A wonderful coin. I didn't realize that it was a Roman custom for men not to shave their beards while in mourning. It's true of observant Jewish...
I think you're right about what must have happened. If you zoom in as much as possible and look carefully, you can still see the outline of the spear.
Martial arts. He knocked the horse over with his fist and feet, and now he's about to spring onto the horseman.
It's beautiful! I could never accomplish a project like that; I have enough problems assembling Ikea-type furniture. How do you view the lower...
My one Diocletian abdication/retirement issue: Diocletian, billon abdication Follis, 305-307 AD, Trier Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right in imperial...
Commodus (son of Marcus Aurelius), AR Denarius 181 AD. Obv. Laureate head right, M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG/ Rev. Pax standing left, holding branch...
That might explain one previous sale. but two?
Another 3rd Century oblong flan, this one for Otacilia Severa: [ATTACH]
I have nothing from Maroneia, but I do have two coins depicting Dionysos -- although one of the portrayals is very tiny; more of a control or mint...
If you click on "full image" after uploading your photos, they will appear full-sized in the post instead of as thumbnail attachments. Great coin!
I wouldn't exactly call myself a condition snob, because I can't really afford to be one. But I do like to buy ancient coins -- specifically,...
I read it too and found it quite interesting, although I skimmed a lot of the more dense passages and footnotes! Yours is a good summary. I...
I'm not a dog person myself -- I'm the sort of person who needs a low-maintenance pet like my cat Ziggy, especially living in Manhattan! -- but I...
It was! I was convinced that the coin was gone forever. Of course I was aware that I could always buy a different one, but I wanted that one....
@abc123 and @curtislclay, this is very interesting, but it doesn't actually state that he made the discovery himself. But Curtis is right that...
Thanks for pointing that one out. So there are at least two.
Is this reference intended to be a joke? You must know that he was disgraced a long time ago as a criminal -- a notorious smuggler and trader of...
Correction: there is at least one Roman Imperial coin depicting Ulysses, listed as Odysseus at OCRE for some reason:...
@curtislclay, it seems logical that Crawford himself may have discovered this. He specifically notes at p. 377 that all the known control letters...
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