Except that loss of sense of smell is a symptom of COVID-19.
This copper as of Faustina II bears her earliest obverse legend, FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL (for Faustina Augusta, daughter of Pius Augustus), and...
Here you go, @furryfrog02 -- the listings in Ruzicka Die Münzen von Pautalia: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] It's closest to 671, but the eagle isn't...
Unfortunately, Ruzicka is not online as far as I know. It is at Moushmov online, no. 4284.
It is indeed Caracalla from Pautalia. Its obverse reads ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC and the reverse reads ΟΥΛΠΙΑC ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙΑC. It is the tetrassarion...
Lovely coins, @DonnaML ! I enjoy the barracks emperors and their coins. I'm still waiting for the right Hostilian to come along, too. I have too...
I have noticed little change in the ancient coin market. A few European auctions have been postponed, but most online auctions have strong...
Those are hard to come by, @Mat ! No Saloninus tets for me; only his parents: [IMG] Gallienus, AD 253-268. Roman billon tetradrachm, 8.70 g, 23...
Holy smoke! That's one of the finest assemblages of "The Year of the Six Emperors" coins I've encountered!
Yes, they are expensive, @Marsman , but that's a lovely as you've added to your collection. The middle bronzes of Nerva are much more affordable...
When I was a boy, I used to collect US coins before switching to ancients in grad school. I sold most of my US collection, but I kept a few. This...
Nice one, @bcuda ! I only have one of his mom: [IMG] Otacilia Severa, 244-249. Roman provincial AR tetradrachm, 12.23 g, 25.1 mm, 7 h. Syria,...
Yes. See: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/21/rejecting-the-solutrean-hypothesis-the-first-peoples-in-the-americas-were-not-from-europe
Hippocrates believed diseases came from a variety of natural sources, such as dietary indiscretion, excessive drink, "bad air," cold temperatures,...
Very nice, @DonnaML ! I don't have a Balbinus to show. As for whether it's a short scepter or a parazonium, even the British Museum can't make up...
It's S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night ... [MEDIA] ... and I've been cataloging and photographing some folles of the tetrarchy. Here's a couple of...
Thanks for sharing that article, @robinjojo . And very nice coin! I have lots of family in Italy. Italy could sure use some restoration right...
I hope that some of you who are more experienced with coins of the tetrarchy can help me out on this one. I'm pretty sure that there's too much...
Commodus, like this one (30mm, 18.77 g, 6h), Meshorer, Aelia 66; Sofaer 63. Obverse die-match, too, I think: [ATTACH]
Same thing on this one! [ATTACH]
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