I once raised this question on another thread, and asked what kind of magnification techniques were available at the time -- water? crystal? I...
The photo I posted of my Julian bull coin is from the seller, and I've never been happy with it because it makes the coin appear as if it has...
I've posted this before in a couple of different lion- or animal-themed threads, but it fits the topic, so why not again? Roman Republic. C....
And how do you think so much amber from the shores of the Baltic Sea ended up in the Mediterranean civilizations? It was obviously too far to...
That price sounds to me like it would be about in the right neighborhood for one of these. If you got two of them for that total price, that was...
My father's middle name was Jules, named after his recently-deceased paternal grandfather, whose first name (in this country) was Julius. I very...
I had been looking for a while for a nice-looking Constantinopolis commemorative that wasn't terribly expensive* -- and was offered by a U.S....
Thank you. It's nice to have found a place to share my coins and antiquities where people actually appreciate seeing them -- as opposed to real...
The book looks very interesting. I did like Gore Vidal's novel "Julian." Here are my three Julian II coins: Julian II, AR Siliqua. 361-363 A.D,...
I'm going to cheat, because this token is neither ancient nor a coin -- but it's definitely rather small, and definitely has a horse on it. It's...
Glad that you -- and others -- like it. At the time I bought it, I thought it might have been the nicest portrait of Galba available, even more...
Good advice! All of my "VOT" legend coins have what I now recognize as a compass dot in the middle: Constantine I, silvered AE Follis, Siscia...
There are Galba coins in other metals that show the compass dot: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/galba/RIC_0270.jpg...
Thanks -- yes, I just noticed it after reading @dougsmit's latest comment, which mentions it. I had never noticed it before because I never knew...
Thanks so much to all of you for the completely fascinating explanation for the dot between the O and the B in the center of the reverse. It...
I had been looking for some time for a Galba denarius to buy -- it's not always easy to find the right balance of price and appearance! -- and...
A very reputable antiquities dealer's selection of ancient Greek military items: http://www.hixenbaugh.net/gallery/gallery.cfm?category=Greek...
You're right -- not as oversized a crown as his brother's, but still too big for him! Valerian II Caesar, Billon Antoninianus, 257-258 AD,...
Yes, that was his name. Sort of an embarrassment to the university.
Remember the Harvard professor who claimed that he was abducted, probed, etc.?
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