Nice coins @Roman Collector - thanks for the write-up as well.
Nice catch @Orfew
I visited as well. I like the oracle at Siwa Oasis better, though. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great coin!!! You must be very proud.
Don't really have a specific year in time when the ancient world ended. I will refer to the writings of historian Peter Brown, who coined the term...
Great coin and I assume quite rare. Nice pick-up.
My only Carinus is this tet from Alexandria: Carinus (283-284 A.D.) AE Tetradrachm of Alexandria, 19mm 7.19 grams Year 2 = 284 AD. Obverse: A...
Really cool coin. I'd love to have one. Even more impressive than the Trajan type where he acclaims the soldiers from the curule chair mounted on...
The reverse legend in Latin, FEL TEMP REPARATIO stands for Felicitas Temporum Reparatio, translated in English as "The Return of the Happy...
Well, there is a slight resemblance.
It'll clean up well I think!
Thanks for the geographical and historic background @Jochen1 - and that is a very nice coin. I am involved in the Tebtunis Project at Berkeley to...
Nice coin and congrats on the "add" to your collection.
This looks fascinating. I recall the site of Harzhorn having coins of Severus Alexander scattered around, placing the battle's occurrence either...
Very interesting coin Donna...
Hadrian, AE drachm, Nilos reclining. Egypt, Alexandria - Hadrian. (117-138) Year 127-128 Type: AE Drachm, 32mm 24.42 grams Obverse: AVT KAI...
Nice coin @galba68
Nice coin
Nice coin @Mat. I think I saw that one on facebook.
I do get the New Yorker magazine. I'll have to check it out.
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