These 2 coins have been found in North Jordan, a few km North of Zarqa. [ATTACH] Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Amalric I, denier, AR 17 mm, 0.96...
I forgot many kinds of collections, for ex. Feminist Separatist: only goddesses and empresses.
Yes, why does it seem so amazing? BTW I also much appreciated Kingdom of Heaven, but I think this movie defames the Knights Templar. The bad guy...
[ATTACH] Antioch on the Orontes, AE 21-24 mm, 11.33 g, 12 h. Obv.: laureate head of Zeus right Rev.: ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕ[ΩΝ] ΤΗΣ (to r., downwards in two...
Suetonian: a single tray with 12 cases for each of Suetonius’ 12 Caesars, upgrading to the death Biographic: coins of a single emperor and his...
I don't think Endubis is wearing a helmet, it is rather a headcloth like a bandana. [ATTACH]
The best would be to check if some of these copper coins have a provenance, if specimens have been found in archaeological digs and where. At the...
... and rightfully so, isn't it? History, heritage, patrimony are not the privilege of some nations. There are old countries that have been...
Are private collectors better custodians? When a hoard is found, well-known dealers from Europe or North America manage to buy it and carefully...
I like very much the Corinthian helmet painted like a Vietnam War-era US M1 helmet. Why not, after all? While Athenian youths were being drafted...
The turreted goddess is not Concordia, it is Constantinople, because she is enthroned, one foot on prow. This is the characteristic of...
Pictures of the fragments of statuettes I think were toys: [ATTACH] A woman with holes for earrings. [ATTACH] A warrior with a hole in his...
On Republican Roman didrachms and later denarii the crest of Roma's helmet always represents a griffin. Among the bronze material found by the...
Thanks for the reply. These terracotta busts or statuettes are very interesting because they were cheap artefacts made in huge quantities, easily...
If you go to Venice (Italy, not Florida, I've been to both and enjoyed both) you will see in front of the Arsenal four marble statues of lions...
I had never seen before such thing as a Roman imperial terracotta mini-bust. Do you know any parallels, in museums or private collections?
Crusader or not, justice in America is still very indulgent on antiquities trafficking. A dealer (no name, I don't want to be banned), after...
[ATTACH] [CERES] AVGVSTA / SC on a dupondius of Claudius. Next : Claudius I sestertius
Your tetradrachm is an imitation, sure, mainly because of the ornament on the helmet's neck guard which is obviously unathenian. Of course nobody...
I don't think the person sitting on a stool on top of platform can be Antoninus Pius. The stool has straight legs, which means the person sitting...
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