Thanks John. Lots of gangrene, edema, and something horrific in the case of galerius. Wow I guess we are lucky having modern medicine!
Jovianus was commander of the guard under the emperor Julian and accompanied the emperor on his Persian campaign. When Julian charged into the...
Very cool coin - really like it! :)
Great article. Those were some busy dudes...
Here's an example...Constantine JOVI CONSERVATORI. I call this my Pac-man coin. The obverse legend for Constantine is CONSTANTINO, I suppose...
I can determine that the verb iret is among the first symbols. The gist of it is this O (unknown name)....May you be one who lives forever and...
Why yes @Andres2 - thanks! This is one of my first photos with my phone. I've gotten much better since then.
Here's my Moesia Inferior Viminacium of Gordian III...26mm, 9.5 grams [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Whoops! @Roman Collector already nailed it.
Nice coin of Gratian @7Calbrey - can't really make out the lettering on the reverse except for the second half of ROMANORVM. It's either VIRTVS or...
Thank you @Ed Snible !!!
Thanks for the replies. I thought maybe Valentinian was hanging out in Beverly Hills ;)
Nice coin. I guess the troops were loyal to Valerian, but that didn't save him against the Persians...
So I suppose this is just what one might call fake news? It seemed unbelievable to me.
I just came across this somewhat surprising article on the web when doing a google search. Apparently in 2009 a guy with a metal detector found a...
Great coin Ken! Sadly, I have no Ptolemaic coins yet.
Sweet coin @Orfew
I used to buy coins from Frank when I was 13 and into my first collection. He had an office on Post Street in SF that I visited with my parents...
I took one semester of akkadian at Berkeley - it was pretty tough and I ended up specializing in hieroglyphics - easier, well sort of. We had to...
I was a bit surprised to receive Frank's notice by email this morning but pleasantly so because I was not expecting it. I raised my bids and will...
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