[ATTACH] The Dea Syria Hierapolis (Mambij, Syria), Philip I or II, AE 30 mm Obv.: ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹЄΒ; laureate, draped and cuirassed...
Tuna-fish[ATTACH] Tuna-fish on a semis of Gades (Cadiz, Spain), 100-20 BC I don't remember right now what the neo-Punic legend means next : more...
A friend showed me part of a hoard of Byzantine large folles. There were 477 coins, and they represented 50 or 60% of the complete hoard, which...
[ATTACH] Theodosius I - AE4 from Antioch Obv.: D.N. THEODOSIVS P.F. AVG. Rev.: VOT / X / MVLT / XX in wreath , exergue AN[T .] (Antioch)
I don't think there are any ancient coins with the name and/or effigy of Hannibal. In the 3rd c. BC portraits on coins could only be gods or...
[ATTACH] Sumerian numerals are still used today
Zarb of course !!! You're right !
On the reverse exergue you read DMShQ (Dimashq, Damascus). In the right field you can read TYB (tayyib, good), like on the Homs fulus. I cannot...
They often find ancient or medieval coin hoards in Israel or Palestinian Territories. I remember this one found in Rafah, in the Gaza strip. It...
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