Nice and rare coin, but where did you find it? This Halloween patina (orange and black) is curious. The obv. legend is slightly blundered. "ΑVΩ"...
Very nice coins. The Severus Alexander from Alexandria is exceptional.
[ATTACH] AR 17 g, 12h ! [ATTACH] AR 16.94 g, 9 h. my two modest owls, with test-cuts and even a yod countermark... And also this tiny owl...
Many years ago I found this old book, printed in 1728. It is a French translation of the satirical "Caesars" written by the emperor Julian II....
Well !... it sounds like philosophy, the typical essay in philosophy class in... how do you call this level? in France it's "Terminale", in US it...
He means Justinian II ! He reigned from 685 to 695, was toppled by a coup, had his nose cut off and was exiled in Cherson. He fled and found...
The only Trier Fel. Temp. Reparatio I have is not a centenionalis with the fallen horseman, and not a Constantius Gallus, but a smaller...
I don't think this is the question. First of all nobody ever pretended Jesus was born on January 1st year 0 because there was never a year 0, but...
This thread is the most moving one I ever read for years. You did well to tell the board, and doing it speaks volume about the courage that is...
Did Jesus actually exist or is he a legend? The overwhelming majority of historians, regardless of their personal religious affiliations if any,...
[ATTACH] Seleucia Pieria, Trajan. On the reverse ZЄYC KACIOC, Zeus of Mount Kasios, the tutelar topic deity of the city. It is not a...
What does "race" mean? On this double "mummy-portrait" from Antinoopolis we see two Egyptians who lived in the mid-second century (they may have...
Pagans... or Jews ! The Greek inscription is "Alexamenos sebete theon". It does not mean "his god" or "this god", but God. "Alexamenos worships...
Well... it's not Jesus himself, it's the guy Jesus was speaking about in one of his parables. It shows that in the 2nd-3rd c. people weren't that...
these 2 solidi are sumptuous ! Jesus has the same short beard as Justinian II, but his hairstyle is completely different. I don't know where it...
Not my coin, but the scene of Bocchus delivering Jugurtha to young Sulla, like on your late 18th c. illustration, was also depicted on a denarius...
[ATTACH] Byzantine Empire, anonymous follis (Constantinople, late 10th - early 11th c.). Obv. +ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, facing bust of Jesus holding a book,...
[ATTACH] Tarsus, Macrinus, rev. Apollo Lykeios. Wretched but very rare !
They destroy (mostly for the camera) what they cannot sell. They also destroy ancient buildings, like in Palmyra, because some believe there could...
I had a very quick look at Hixenbaugh's article (sorry, it's very late, I must go to bed now) and there would be many things to discuss. For...
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