Jesus Christ could have had this coin in his pocket. This coin could be a holy relic, who knows?
In other terms, after Brexit he tried to reintegrate the Empire.
In the late Roman Empire, the word sacer, sacra or divinus, divina just meant "imperial". "sacra moneta" or "sacra pecunia" meant "imperial mint".
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Severus Alexander wanted to be a "normal" emperor. He is depicted sacrificing dressed as a traditional Roman imperator, wearing the toga. Not like...
In fact these Mamluks were the hard core of the army controlling Egypt back then. Most were children taken away from Christian families, sold as...
This denarius is in mint condition ! I like it :woot:
[ATTACH] Severus Alexander, sestertius. AE 30 mm, 14.64 g, 12 h. Rome, 232. Obv. : IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust...
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Victrix causa diis placuit sed victa Catoni
[ATTACH] CAESAR DIVI F : this denarius of Octavian, not yet Augustus, represents an Octavian in the same attitude as the famous statue from Prima...
This coin would make a nice Valentine present
Magnificent
According to Acts 19:24 Demetrius was a silversmith making silver model temples of Artemis, and there were many others like him. This kind of...
Whow !... This countermark may be an unicum. I've never seen this, too.
[ATTACH] An Alexandrian tetradrachm of Gallienus, dated 11th year (264/5 AD). The style is completely different.
The two dekadrachms are from dies signed Kimon and Euainetos. They are the Holy Grail of any ancient coins collection.
The Versailles picture (that obviously would need cleaning and probably restoration) is attributed to Guillaume Courtois (alone) by the website of...
[ATTACH] Philip II, Sestertius, Rome. LIBERALITAS AVGG III : this one was minted to celebrate the third congiarium given by Philip the Arab and...
[IMG] Domitian (81-96), quadrans, Rome 83-92. AE 17 mm, 2.60 g, 6 h. Obv.: two-horned rhinoceros walking left Rev.: IMP DOMIT AVG GERM around S C....
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