My two heads coins... According to the initial post, it's one head on each face. [ATTACH] Septimius Severus, AE 19 mm of Edessa (Sanliurfa,...
These nice tetradrachms (Nabataean standard) were not minted in Bostra. They were more likely minted in Rome for circulation in Arabia.
Nice tetradrachm, minted in Babylon in the last year of Alexander's life. With the bee and the M in the reverse left field, it belongs to the same...
[ATTACH] I just inherited this head of smiling Buddha. Grey schist, Gandharan art, probably 2nd to 4th c. AD.
Notice that the name "Atropatene" evolved to the modern "Azerbaidjan". In the 3rd c. BC it was already neighboring Armenia.
have you a picture of the rear side? is it plain or hollow?
I wonder what kind of historical conclusions one can draw from an isolated coin. Ptolemaic gold circulated far beyond the Ptolemaic borders,...
It's an unpublished hoard but it's obviously a small hoard, or part of a larger hoard, from Southern France. AE antoniniani of Gallienus,...
This specimen was found in Gaza : [ATTACH]
This specimen was found in Gaza :
As the Pontifex Maximus, the emperor was the only person who had the right to touch or even cancel something sacred. The vestal virgins were...
Do you know its origin, where it has been found?
[ATTACH] Another Elymais drachm
[ATTACH] Nero Drusus sestertius. [ATTACH] Nerva sestertius [ATTACH] Trajan sestertius
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[ATTACH] Justinian, half-follis of Theoupolis (Antioch)
If some day you visit Provins, don't miss the vultures show !... [ATTACH]
I think "stater" means "standard unit". Of course it is not the same in all cities. It's like the dollar today : a US dollar is not a Canadian...
Early Nabataean. The types are copied from Alexander the Great's gold staters. A good article on these coins : https://www.jstor.org/stable/42667225
In the 16th-19th centuries ancient statues and vases were restored this way. When you look at famous Greek statues in the Louvre or the Vatican...
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