I imagine that figures from Egyptian mythology are not uncommon on Roman Provincial coins, but here is a Roman Imperial coin I recently received,...
This is my favorite contemporaneous Napoleonic medal -- the only one I've ever had in silver rather than bronze. When I sold the majority of my...
There are lots of people who collect Napoleonic medals. But what they tend to be interested in are the many original medals actually issued...
Also to learn whether those letters had already been damaged by that time.
Happy Mother's Day to any and all mothers out there! Here are a few coins I have that have maternal associations in one way or another, all from...
If I had spent that much money on a coin, I might actually have had it graded and slabbed just to protect against that kind of damage. Despite my...
It says 16,000 Euros was the price realized, not $76,000. Of course, I can't imagine ever spending even 16,000 dollars -- or Euros -- on a coin,...
I hope the skull wasn't found in Argentina, or I'd be even more suspicious about its authenticity than I already am!
Constans (son of Constantine I), AE Centenionalis, Alexandria Mint (1st Officina) 348-350 AD. Obv. Draped and cuirassed bust left, wearing pearl...
Ever since I read this thread a while back, I've had my eye out for a coin with a Diana or Luna Lucifera reverse. I recently bought one from...
@Kentucky, when I started reading this thread, and then found and read some older threads about this subject, I started to get a little concerned...
Here are some lions. Roman Republic. C. Poblicius Q.f. AR Serrate Denarius, 80 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right, wearing helmet decorated with grain...
The only one I have is my own example of the Gallienus tigress coin. I'm adding a closeup to show the remnants of her stripes, because there's a...
Maxentius, AE Follis, 308-310 AD, Rome Mint (1st Officina). Obv. Laureate head right, IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG / Rev. Roma seated facing, head...
Geta Caesar (son of Septimius Severus) AR Denarius 202 AD. Obv. As young boy, bare-headed, draped & cuirassed bust right, P SEPT GETA CAES PONT/...
Here are all the animal types listed; I won't bother tying them to their Officina numbers and the deity whose legends they bear -- you can find...
It's certainly comprehensive! The one odd thing is that for all the detail it has, it doesn't acknowledge that some of the panther coins are...
The small book on the Gallienus zoo coins that I ordered from France about a week ago -- Cédric Wolkow, Catalogue des monnaies romaines - Gallien...
These two are not the same exact coin-type, but -- given my general one-coin-per-emperor buying philosophy, plus the fact that the reverse designs...
The last person to be executed for witchcraft in Great Britain was Janet Horne in 1727 in Scotland. See...
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