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The bronze coinage of ancient Carthage is rather boring. During 250 years, from c. 400 to 146 BC, it's always the same types : on obverse the head...
Congrats ! this green patinated follis is a wonderful specimen. Here are two (not so nice) others : [ATTACH] 1 : Constantinople mint, year XII....
The legend is ΛΑΜ / ΨΑ ( Λαμψα(κηνῶν) ) but written in boustrophedon: the first line from left to right, the 2nd line from right to left, etc.
[ATTACH] Claudius, dupondius, AE 28 mm, 13.88 g, 6 h. Obv.: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, bare head left Rev.: [CERES] AVGVSTA / S C, Ceres...
[ATTACH] AE 24 mm, 4.68 g.
Could it be a coin of Kaunos in Caria?
Conspicuous noses have been a beauty standard during some periods. In 17th c. France, for example. There is a famous quote of Blaise Pascal : "Le...
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"What Would Santa Do ?" : excellent !!! That'll be my motto for the days to come.
[ATTACH] This small one (5th-6th c.) is anonymous. The Greek legend on reverse is TOYTO APECH TH XWPΛ "may this please the country".
While we're at it, is this coin the same? The knot pattern is losanges, not squares... [ATTACH] Thanks in advance !
St Nicholas is believed to have bee buried in Myra, Turkey. When I visited this place in the early 1990s, all the tourist shops were full of...
On the tetradrachms, which are often found in decent condition, they made her look like Antony... Same face !... She is ugly on these silver...
For coin collectors, Cleopatra VII is one of the most sought after of all ancient rulers, together with Julius Caesar. Her best portraits are...
When I read the title, "the Tears of Cios", I first thought about the picture by Eugène Delacroix, "Scènes des massacres de Scio : familles...
[ATTACH] Severus Alexander, AE 38 mm, 27.84 g. Tarsus, Cilicia. Obv.: AV K CЄOVHPOC AΛЄΞANΔPOC / Π / Π, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of...
Late Roman coins can be found in North America. The Europeans in the 17th-18th c. sometimes used them for trade with the Indians. Hoards of LRBC...
YES !!! That's it ! Thank you so much, and congratulations !
Please, could you identify this little AE 16 mm ? [ATTACH]
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