I think the opposite. Would you say drugs production and trafficking is OK because it helps poor people feeding their families? Sounds anarchist...
Not sure there is an Aramaic letter behind Antiochus' neck. It could be just a lock of hair. Look at this Alexander Zabinas tetradrachm: he has a...
Nice antoninianus, but what do you think about the sestertius? The laurel wreath and the name AEMILIANV seem much tooled. Are you sure it was a...
[ATTACH] Another one with Sol on the reverse.
More seriously, in the Middle East when a hoard is found and secured by the authorities, they sometimes make an inventory and stick on each coin a...
A real unbelievable WTF story, but true! Ancient coins dealers use the same methods as drugs or arms traffickers. To detect hidden drugs or...
It's not Monday, I know, it's Tuesday but here are two medieval Armenian coins [ATTACH] Armenia, Hethum II (1289-1306), AE kardez, AE 22mm....
A simpulum, OK... I first believed it was a toilet seat. Pontius Pilatus paid much attention to hygiene. [IMG] OK, sorry... :(...
[ATTACH] Trajan, quadrans Obv.: IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GERM, bust of Hercules lauretate wearing lion-skin, right Rev.: boar walking right, exergue S...
[ATTACH] Commodus, sestertius, Rome 181-2 Obv.: MCOMMODVS ANTONINVSAVG Rev.: TRP VIII IMP IIII COS III P P / S C - Annona standing left, holding...
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Congrats ! That's interesting.
Very interesting reverse. Domitian just copied the reverse and the formula of Vespasian and Titus' sestertii celebrating the victory against the...
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A handful of AE drachms of Elymais, plus one AE tetradrachm [ATTACH] I know nothing about those kings of Elymais... These coins were probably...
a bric à brac shop in Crete? pocket money? Red flags, to me.
Good question. We should check the ancient texts to see which denomination the authors mention.
No problem they look 100% authentic.
I am sorry for your relatives who fell victims of this drug trafficking scourge. Going after dishonest auctioneers and dealers who falsify...
(None of these coins are mine, it's just a draft for a paper) The one-humped camel was domesticated in Arabia in the Neolithic period and reached...
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