Roman Republic, C. Servilius M.f., AR Denarius 136 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right wearing winged helmet, wreath behind neck, ROMA beneath with *...
"[T]he 'CB' monogram is that of Brieg's mintmaster." See...
It seems to be from the Brieg (Brzeg) mint, and SIL vs. SI is a variation in KM 606. See https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces85409.html ....
I'm pretty sure that it says SIL at the end, not SI. I have no idea what C•B means. Somewhere I have a copy of a KM catalog from back in the...
@Roman Collector, could it be this one or something similar? https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces69097.html Numista is usually a good place to...
I have several coins with Pietas legends, but only one depicting her personification. (The others -- one of Maximus and the other of Saloninus --...
Once the pandemic's over, I'll be happy to show it to you if you're ever in New York City! Another thing I like about the reverse, which I didn't...
This forum isn't intended as a "who knows more" competition. It's primarily intended for people to help each other answer questions they might...
Nothing to do with racism (Persians aren't a race, as you know), or even Islamophobia, and everything to do with the substance of your comments....
I guessed that your book is in Persian; hence my comment. I figured that that language fits all your comments the best.
This is one of my favorite dolphin coins; the rider is so joyful: Roman Republic, L Lucretius Trio, AR Denarius, 76 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of...
This coin includes a prow: Roman Republic, C. Fonteius, AR Denarius, 114-113 BCE. Obv. Laureate, Janiform head of the Dioscuri, control mark N...
If ErnstK's book exists, I doubt it's in English or Spanish or any other language that most people on this forum are able to read.
Neither of my Medusa/Gorgoneion coins looks particularly evil, I'm afraid. Thrace, Apollonia Pontika, AR Drachm, ca. 450-400 BCE. Obv. Upright...
The only thing for which I blame Münzhandlung Ritter is their failure to explain to me that the DHL service they said they could use was not the...
I have had no problems during the pandemic receiving coins from the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Belgium, each time sent by DHL Express or...
I sometimes wonder how they can tell. It doesn't seem obvious to me. That translation of Julianus is quite funny. I wonder what they'd do with...
Thanks so much! I'm not going to worry about my coin anymore, given what everyone has said. And I won't worry about the CNG coin either, because...
The question I answered was simply about the etymology of the English word Satan. It was derived from the Hebrew word. The question had nothing to...
Actually the Hebrew Bible was written more than 1,000 years before the Koran. Someone's visions must have forgotten to mention that.
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