Coins depicting one or more captives presumably destined for slavery, issued by Trajan (Dacian captive), Septimius Severus (Parthian captives),...
I certainly think so!
Roman Republic, A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus (Aulus Postumius Albinus, son of Aulus [mint magistrate ca. 96 BCE], and grandson of Spurius...
Now, that was a good book!
The first ancient coin I bought as an adult (so not counting the several wretched LRBs I bought at a local coin shop when I was 8 or 9, for a...
I think it's safe to say that by far the best novel I've ever read about Vikings is Frans G. Bengtsson's novel The Long Ships, set in the late...
My ancient lions (not including lion-skin headdresses on Herakles/Hercules, Melqart, etc.): Mysia, Kyzikos, AR Diobol, ca. 450-400 BCE. Obv....
Some additional thoughts: I agree with all the recommendations of Gore Vidal's Julian; I simply forgot to mention it in my previous posts. I've...
Gordian III AR Denarius, 240 AD [TRP III]. Obv. Laureate head right, IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG / Rev. Gordian on horseback left, holding spear...
Fascinating; thank you.
I've seen some descriptions of this reverse as showing Nilus seated on a crocodile! I don't think that's accurate for any examples I've seen. And...
For a while now, it seems that all my new coins are either from the Roman Republic, or are Alexandrian tetradrachms from Roman Egypt. (No new...
I think Venus is a very reasonable suggestion. The more I look at the coin, the less likely I think it is that it's supposed to be Diana.
Some more recommendations in addition to Harry Sidebottom. Not about ancient Rome, but it would be very difficult to top Mary Renault's The King...
I'm particularly fond of this coin because of the reddish color of the horse: Anonymous colonial civic issue, AE 23, 251 - 260 AD (Trebonianus...
My only coin of Severus Alexander: Severus Alexander AR Denarius. Obv. Laureate head right, IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG. / Rev. Fides standing...
On the one hand, it would seem quite odd to combine Diana on the reverse with some other female deity on the obverse. Especially given that nobody...
I have no coins of Germanicus. He's definitely up there on my mental want list, though! Which are the most common, and which the most scarce,...
My one coin with Tranquillina: Gordian III with wife Tranquillina, AE 26 mm., 241-244 AD, Thracia, Anchialus [Pomorie, Bulgaria]. Obv. Confronted...
I highly recommend the novels of Harry Sidebottom, an Oxford history professor. They are set in the mid 3rd century, and (so far) cover the...
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