Great coins all! The plague descending upon Rome certainly didn't help the state of affairs confronting the Romans at this time.
Nice to see that you are still going on the trip. Hopefully it will be productive and relaxing.
[ATTACH] Antoninus Pius, Nice turreted Tyche reverse [ATTACH]
Volusian, Felicitas Publica reverse. [ATTACH]
Stay Safe Ken! We are also getting hammered by the "atmospheric river" with high winds and rain, though the power has not gone out yet. Hopefully...
Elagabalus, 218-222 A.D., Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria AR Tetradrachm, struck 218-220 A.D., 25mm 12.02 grams Obverse: Laureate head of...
Excellent coin! And a great story, too.
That's pretty cool. Nostradamus?
Nice coins all. I did step on a scorpion in Hawaii which was on the kitchen floor when I was a kid. Kind of painful.
Looks like it's authentic, but at this point I don't yet have an expert eye.
Amazing coins @galba68 - a sestertius in good condition that survived pretty well in the soil. Keep sharing these great finds!
I always thought that the globus cruciger was a symbol for a round earth. Claudius Ptolemy also spoke of a round earth, as did several other Greek...
Given the proscriptions against "graven images" in the Qu'ran and the hadith it is pretty surprising, but cool.
Pretty cool posters folks. I had a great poster given to me by Frank L. Kovacs. It was on my bedroom wall for many years when I was a kid.
Naah, it's a fictional prop. Maybe something you can buy in a suq of Cairo.
Not a coin, but... ;) Headpiece to the Staff of Ra... [IMG] The instructions written on the headpiece stated that the staff should be "six...
All I could find... [ATTACH]
Very interesting thread and I definitely learned something new. Probably enough to want to stay away from this particular variety of coins.
Fairly recent pick -up is this sestertius of Volusian, almost certainly the Rome mint. FELICITAS PVBLICA [ATTACH]
Nice @SeptimusT - pretty interesting find.
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