Yes, I saw that -- it's quite interesting. On mine, the horse already has in its mouth whatever it found. I hope it tastes good!
I am well aware that as common as genuine examples of the Apollonia Pontika AR drachms from the 5th and 4th centuries BCE may be -- both the ones...
I always assumed that they were following the mammoths!
What I find interesting is that 99% of the migrations of peoples in the last 5,000-10,000 years, as discovered from archaeological and genetic...
As I'm sure you're aware, many of the supposedly ancient and early medieval Jewish inscriptions (including tombstone epitaphs) from the Crimea...
I have only two coins with Fortuna reverses, one from Nerva and one from Trajan. Nerva AR Denarius 97 AD, Obv. Laureate head right, IMP NERVA...
Sounds like No. 15 or No. 16 in Von Fritze II, both of which have a retrograde K on the reverse: [ATTACH]
This thread involves the intersection of my two primary pastimes: the study of Jewish history and genealogy (including genetic genealogy), and the...
I mean the circle above his brow, to the left of his brush. There also seems to be some kind of mark above the lion's snout.
In theory, of course, mine would have been valued at 4x yours -- a diobol vs. a hemiobol. So the greater weight doesn't surprise me; after all,...
Interesting that yours is only 1-2 mm. less in diameter than mine (8-9 mm. vs. 10 mm.), but weighs only one-third as much (0.4 g. vs. 1.22 g.)...
I'm curious: I see the weight, but what's the diameter of your coin?
The portrait is still clear enough that I would immediately guess that it depicts Vespasian even if you hadn't said so.
From the very large (see my recent "My First Sestertius" thread) to the very tiny: I saw one or two of these posted in this thread and elsewhere,...
A beautiful coin!
And it's complete with a green head and mane! I don't think you'll find too many of that color combination in real life, outside the Emerald City.
Thanks for the added background. Interesting that the two brothers were portrayed at the time either as infants or as being at least in late...
This new Roman Provincial coin arrived from Ken Dorney today. I really love the coloring -- a green and red patina. It's from about 251-260 AD,...
Here's my own example. Too many scratches on the obverse, but I like the reverse: AR Ecu de 6 livres françois, Paris 1792 (L'An 4), Mintmark A....
Always good to hear about another "lady collector"!
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