It's theorized that Maximinus had acromegaly, a condition caused by an overactive pituitary gland that produced excess amounts of human growth...
Oh yeah, I forgot to add that this should be an open thread for posting coins of Palestine. If you've got any to share I'd love to see them.
I am not an expert at all in coins of Judaea. However, I received this one in a hoard and it is reasonably good shape so I decided to post it....
Very cool, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the info on old Septimius. I guess he was 65 when he died.
Holy Cow, that's amazing!
She looks kind of like the actress in the movie Gladiator. Commodus sure doesn't, though, no beard. I have no Lucillas in my collection yet.
Here's another gordie provincial! I almost forgot about this one. I like the reverse a lot because of the animals, I believe a lion and a bull....
Thanks Bing! Picasa seems to have been shut down I noticed yesterday, replaced by google photos. You can still crop photos, change the light and...
Keeping it in the family, here's one of Geta. AE28 of Nikopolis ad Istrum. Obverse, bust of emperor. Reverse, Nemesis standing left, holding...
An antoninianus of Phillip the Arab - it's in FDC condition, like it was just struck yesterday
963, I've been buying unidentified hoards and then attributing the coins, which is quite fun.
Here's the guy who engineered the downfall of Caracalla. Rumor has it that Macrinus was on the hit list and he acted first to prevent his own...
Very cool! It was suggested yesterday I use picasa to crop. Working on learning it. Thanks!
Here's a coin of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, half follis. Two emperors standing on the obverse, large "K" and ANNO on the reverse....
Thanks for pointing this out @David@PCC - When I was attributing this coin last year (came in an unclean hoard of unidentified coins) I debated...
For good measure, I'll also add a 40 nummi piece of Justinian. It has a powdery green patina. Obverse: facing bust of emperor, Reverse: large M...
Here's another one. It appears to be Christ on the obverse (though it could be an emperor) and a cross on steps on the reverse. Near as I can...
I picked up that magazine at a newstand in Los Angeles a couple of years ago, pretty darn interesting. I haven't seen it up here in the Bay Area...
I too find this period in history fascinating. My contribution is this: Caracalla, AE28 of Nikopolis ad Istrum. Obverse: bust of Caracalla,...
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