Speaking of family, and ancestry, Robert Graves had this to say about Livia and the Claudian Family Line: “Livia was of the Claudian family, one...
This coin postdates the Peloponnesian War by nearly 100 years, but it is in keeping with the general designs of Syracuse's dekadrachms. This is a...
Both renderings of Arethusa are magnificent and both coins are exemplary. Syracuse and other cities of Sicily employed die engravers that were...
Good luck, John. I'm currently treating a Cleopatra VII bronze. Apparently these bronzes are notoriously prone to bronze disease.
This is a coin that I posted a month or so ago. This is a fourré tetradrachm patterned on the Attica tetradrachm of the 4th century BC. It came...
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I've been going through my David Sear certificates (not too many, really), and he assigned one coin that I submitted for certification a Starr...
Here's another coin from the general period. While not a participant in the war, as far as I know, Bybos produced an interesting and rare shekel...
Yes, Persia was a participant, especially towards the end of the war, and more than willing to help the Greeks along on their paths of mutual...
An outstanding coin! Thank you for posting it.
Are there any other examples for comparison? The weak/missing neck detail might be due to die erosion. This is frequently the case with Athens...
Agree. The Justin II Sophia follis shows up very frequently in hoards, so this type must have circulated widely throughout the region. A year...
Here's an interesting and I think charming Fals of the Umayyad Caliphate that is imitating the follis of Justin II and Sophia. I picked this...
Here's a link to The Nero Files. This program is part of the PBS series Secrets of the Dead. This episode is no longer free, so in order to...
That's a beautiful coin and an excellent addition to your collection. The minor roughness really doesn't affect the coin's appearance. It is...
I think Nero's main problem was that he hired a lousy public relations firm. Here is one of my tetradrachms of Nero from Antioch. SELEUCIS...
I just ordered a copy of Starr's work on the coinage of Athens in the 5th century BC. This is something that has been long overdue, but I...
Thank you. This is a very illuminating post. The nuances of distinguishing the types within the Starr groups are quite complex, as you say, and...
Is that copper showing under silver plating on the reverse?
Thank you. For reading, Edith Hamilton's "The Greek Way" is a good reference, with its focus on Athens in the 5th century BC, as is Thucydides'...
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