No spoilers! Don't spill the beans right away! Here is an ancient coin that took me a while to identify: [ATTACH] 21-20 mm. Considering it is...
Here is a bull reverse that came yesterday: [ATTACH] SOLI CONS AVG, XI in exergue 20-18 mm. 2.37 grams. RIC 285, page 156. Cunetio 1404 (19 pieces...
I just renewed my "supporter" status at CoinTalk. This site is great and provides a wonderful service so I think it is worth supporting. It costs...
It is a surely cast fake. I agree with Doug and others that the owl is also doubtful.
Here is an electrum piece of Theodore I (acclaimed 1205, crowned 1208-1221) of the Empire of Nicaea which was founded as a Byzantine alternative...
I read ancient history and Amazon sent me a list of books they want to sell me including biographies of the Roman emperors Constantius II,...
@FitzNigel, that was a remarkable writeup. I remark upon it. Thank you.
That's horrible! How can you stand it? As a friend, I offer to help you dispose of it into a lesser collection. PM me for my address. ;)
This one has some damage. The rim beading is broken off from 2:00 to about 6:30 on the obverse. It was in the very first NFA sale, NFA I,...
I just added a number of interesting barbarous radiates to my site: http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/coinlist.html They were acquired in London...
I just read the article of @Gavin Richardson (link above) about Apulieus's Golden Ass (aka Metamorphoses) and Atargatis, the goddess whose image...
Long ago I wrote a web page on the portrait styles on denarii of Maximinus I, Thrax (AD 235-238)....
The Goddess of Syria, Dea Syria, had a lion as a companion, much like the Carthaginian goddess posted by @Ajax: [ATTACH] 28 mm. 14.09 grams....
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