@kolyan760 , it is a fake. I have the 1970 book by Robert Göbl, Regalianus und Dryantilla. Your piece does not have the same fabric or lettering...
I once had a small Roman glass bottle, maybe 2 1/2" high. It was intact and sure looked old and fragile. I figured it was genuine, but I was no...
@Jwt708 , you mentioned that the rider has both a sword and severed head in his left hand. This is not a natural way to carry two things and shows...
I second that request.
I added Byzantine coins to my page: http://augustuscoins.com/Byzantine.html including some rare late types of Theodore II of Nicaea, Theodore I...
I am a former professor. In my classes I outlawed the word "it". That word is a pronoun referring to something and half the class (or more) did...
I added one of the earliest portrait pieces to my site (362 BC) as well as three Cilician silver fractions: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html...
I think I know why some have FIL AVGG and others FIL AVG. About half way down my page the aftermath of the conference at Carnuntum is discussed....
Thank you for the kind words. For those of you who don't know the link, it is http://augustuscoins.com/ed/FILAVGG/ It illustrates and discusses...
@Ancient Aussie showed that photos do not always accurately reproduce the color of an AE coin. I often find that photos are greener than the...
Do that and we'll be reading newspaper stories about how the Romans inhabited Ohio, they will go viral, and ancient history as we know it will be...
You might "pre-evacuate" some valuables. My in-laws were in a vulnerable area at the coast before a major hurricane, got ready, and left with...
I just added ten $5-$15 coins to my "inexpensive" page: http://augustuscoins.com/inexpensive.html and removed many coins that had sold and...
The Mardin Hoard: Islamic Countermarks on Byzantine Coins, a 1977 79-page paperback, discusses a hoard found in southern Anatolia of c. 13,500...
PM me with the seller's eBay username and I will consider getting him on fakesellers lists.
@Curtisimo , this "[Poll-6]" designation is working. It is easy to know I have voted in all 6 to date. Thanks for titling them in this useful way.
This choice is a tough one. I like both types (have one, and am on the prowl for the other). So, like in some elections, a close call leads to a...
I think they are die-identical. They are precisely the same in the areas you circled and the rest of the details line up too. That would not...
@Curtisimo , I love the format of the poll where why the coin is interesting is specifically addressed. The poll responses are listed as three for...
Yes, it is! Thank you. I had voted in polls 1-3, so now that #4 is up I can tell I need to vote in that one and I will do so shortly.
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