Technically, it's not a 3-volume set. Sear's Ancient Greek Coins catalogue is in two volumes issued in 1978 and 1979 (I: Europe, and II: Asia and...
I will strictly follow @lordmarcovan's advice, and refrain from making any comments whatsoever about leaders with psychological issues.
I know transgender people who consider him a tragic figure on a personal level -- born far too soon, and all that. One among many on the list of...
Hi there, fellow New York lawyer!
@medoraman, David Sear's characterization of this coin as a "stater" has definitely not caught on since his Greek Coins catalogue was published in...
Is he wearing pants on that reverse? I've had that thought about the reverse on my own example of a "horned" Elagabalus (RIC IV-2 146, RSC III...
It was obviously a difficult time in Rome for chastity and modesty.
Interesting. Incompetent he may have been, but there's such a long list of incompetent and ineffectual emperors (such as Honorius, mentioned...
If that's an XI in the exergue, then it's a gazelle walking right and we already have it. Diana's antelope walking right would be from Officina...
I think that several of your references to Soaemias were intended to be to Aquilia Severa. Who knows how many of these scurrilous stories about...
My one PVDVCITIA is of Herennia Etruscilla: Herennia Etruscilla (wife of Trajan Decius) AR Antoninianus, 249-251 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. HER...
@Ryro, have you been keeping track of how many different animals from the list have been shown on this thread? Here's the list, supplemented with...
I think the Jim Phelps article on Forum (see http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Liber Pater), as well as several of the...
It wouldn't surprise me if there were a practical reason -- having nothing to do with "political correctness" -- for the author's not adding...
A Diana coin from Officina X has to be a stag, not an antelope. The antlers are simply worn away. The Diana antelope coins are from Officina 3.
Of course, isn't a gazelle technically a kind of antelope in the first place? I'm not sure the Romans were aware of that, though!
@dougsmit, I understand. It's just that I had never seen such a relatively small coin -- ca. 20 mm. and something between 5 and 6 grams -- called...
So should I assume that nobody is aware of any particular meaning that a backwards Γ had as a letter or symbol in Ancient Greece? Or whether these...
'QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 4552756, member: 75143"]So are the only officially known names “Demarius,” “sestertius,” and “as?” I think there...
@Bing, on second thought, it could be either a gazelle or an antelope, both of which have Diana in the reverse legend. If you can find any trace...
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