Here's my Cupids-drawn chariot: [ATTACH] L. Julius Caesar. 103 BCE. Ex Leo Benz & Scipio Collections It's a little bit hard to tell, but on...
^ Sheesh, sometimes I forget that Romans really sound totally psychotic. They see a magnificent rare animal for the first time on their continent...
Here is another quote to the same effect as Victor's comment, from the excellent CoinRelief blog (last active 2021) of the British P.A.S. website...
Incidentally, here's the silver, left-facing version (ex Orfew / Andrew Short) [ATTACH] I consider the elephant/Colosseum types a continuation of...
I've got one coin from Cilician Aegeae, so it's very interesting to learn a bit more of the city's history. I've read a little of Florian...
All right! I searched through my old posts, and I've actually never posted most of my Byzantine Folles. At least I can't find any previous post of...
Here are some of my favorite Severus Alexanders from interesting old collections, two of them NGC encapsulated. Favoritest-favorite: Provincial...
Nice group of Severan Denarii! The Geta has a nearly complete obv. border -- a big plus on Roman Imperials (aside from being attractive, means...
Aside from papers on the topic, the British Museum's online catalog lists many metal objects as having been treated by Renaissance Wax, including...
The baking soda part is not a good idea at all. (Except as part of cleaning a coin that has stubborn encrustations, and even then you have to be...
Nice writeup and interesting coin! Syracuse bronze coins are usually known for their artistic beauty and interesting designs, but their history --...
Very scarce, especially in bronze. There are many more sales of Denarii and even Aurei than Sestertii. (Looks like usually only a couple of her...
Oh good -- here's a chance to post a coin for the first time ever (I think). Got this cute little Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm about 3 or 4 years...
I buy lots of numismatic literature on eBay (especially old auction catalogs if they're cheap). But occasionally I also look on eBay for things...
I'm also puzzled by how it happens with a barrier between oxygen & coin, but I've also had BD develop underneath. (But rarely, couple times in...
Nice big chin-jaw on that one! Well, to my great frustration, I seem to have taken my jumbo Jovian AE Double-Maiorina (29mm, 8.1g) to the bank...
Those raise some other interesting categories of "ugly duckling." I thought about posting my very similar Themistokles Hemiobol. I collect AR...
Ah, the fascinating NCAPR Vespasian ... I need to restrain myself! I've spent a lot of time thinking about it and trying to figure it out... If...
Great early "captives" coinage of Constantine! Just added it to my file of captives types by ruler. I hadn't noticed it before (but now I see it's...
There was a related thread recently, Aesthetics or Historical Interest. Clearly, we almost always like to have a little bit of both. But what...
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