Why do you think they are imitations? They look very much like genuine Attic owls of the early 4th c. BC.
Beautiful barbarous imitation. The die engraver was illiterate and could not read Latin...
I love this mixture of Greek and Latin. The legend is Greek, but phonetically written in Latin letters, except for the θ which is a Greek...
[ATTACH] Small AE coin minted under Nero, year 105 = 56/7 AD Obv.: ANTIOXEΩN, Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right. Rev.: EΠI KOYAΔPATOY, Ram...
[ATTACH] Elymais, Kamnaskires VI (late 1st - 2nd c. AD), Seleucia on the Hedyphon, billon tetradrachm. Obv.: No legend. Diademed bust left, in...
[ATTACH] Octavianus (he is not called Augustus yet) standing left, holding transverse spear and extending right arm, on a denarius of 32-31 BC....
[ATTACH] Claudius, Sidon, 51-52 AD rev.: ΣIΔΩNOΣ , Europe riding the Bull right. Date : BΞP : year 162 = 51-52 AD. In mythology, Europe was a...
Two warriors fighting over a fallen warrior is a very ancient theme. It existed since the Bronze Age. We find it on a 15th c. BC Mycenian intaglio...
[ATTACH] A sestertius with Fecunditas... She had 13 kids !!! She could have deserved a prize.
I can see no special reason to consider the double city wall on Mazaios coins, obviously minted at Tarsus, as a representation of Jerusalem more...
It may have been the case in some provinces. In Jordan, Palestinian territories and Israel for example, Arabia-drachms of Trajan are found in...
[ATTACH] Arcadius, AE3, Antioch Obv.: D.N. ARCADIVS P.F. AVG. , helmeted bust facing, holding spear and shield Rev.: CONCORDIA AVGG ,...
Are you sure the personification is a captive? Usually captives are seated or standing handcuffed, or sitting in despair with their hand on their...
[ATTACH] Next : Justinian I
the photo is not good for an ID
[ATTACH] Anastasius (491-518), AE follis, Constantinople Next : Anastasius again
Yes of course, but they don't have to be millionaires. Just amateurs who can afford 2000 or 3000 $ nice coins. It's a globalized world, with a...
[ATTACH] My only "barb" is a Tetricus. Obv.: MP C TITRICVS [...] (sic) , radiate and cuirassed bust right Rev.: FIDE MILITVM (sic) , Fides...
:wideyed: and it's mint fresh
[ATTACH] This one by Lucius Naevius Surdinus...
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