[ATTACH] ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate bust right TEMPLVM DIVI AVG REST / COS IIII, front-view of the Temple of Divine Augustus, with 8...
I don't know. This anchor countermark on these Side tetradrachms is extremely common, and probably struck at the Side mint. I am sure there is...
[ATTACH] Antoninus Pius, Ephesus : the Temple of Artemis of Ephesus, one of the 7 Wonders of the World ! NEXT : another monument, in Rome or not.
[ATTACH] Side (Pamphylia), AR tetradrachm, late 3rd-2nd c. BC with anchor countermark.
[ATTACH] Roughly the same coin... NEXT : a monument on reverse
OK let's be realistic. All countries have laws about hoards and treasures. In the Muslim world they even have treasure acts since the middle ages,...
"changing national laws to be more like those in England", says UK which, in the same time, more than any other European country, protects looters...
My wife and I alternated, one night it's for me, one night it's for her, one night it's for me, etc... When we heard the poor little baby crying...
[ATTACH] One of my fav coins is this sestertius of a very young Gordian III. The picture was taken with a scanner, it is incredibly more...
[ATTACH] This follis of Constantine was actually circulating in early 20th c. France. Of course it had been buried in the ground for centuries,...
Good luck for you all ! [ATTACH] Here is a funny Gallienus, doesn't he look cute with this little braid?
I do not agree at all with this gentleman. Archaeological importance of coins is not peripheral and in every state of the art publication of an...
[ATTACH] Denarius of M. Barbatus Obv.: M. ANT. IMP. AVG. III VIR R.P.C. M. BARBAT. Q. P., bare head of Mark Anthony right. Rev.: CAESAR IMP....
Antoninus Pius was the most boring emperor of all Roman History. No big all-out civil or foreign wars, no neurotic behaviour, no madness, no funny...
[ATTACH] This one can take off before the tiger catches it. Gallienus, antoninianus, rev. SOLI CONS AVG / A, Pegasus taking off right
Is there a cabbage reverse too, in the series?
[ATTACH] Gallienus, antoninianus, rev. IOVI CO[NS AVG], goat walking left.
sh*t! too late...
In late 5th - early 6th c. Carthage, under the Vandals, they minted coins of 4 nummi with the mark of value on the reverse : N(ummi) / IIII. (1.34...
OK but it's nevertheless an probable archaeological site, if one can find so many 3rd c. coins at low depth in a single day. This was not a legal...
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