Well, I'm no expert, but that's never stopped me before. I borrowed a few photos from the Web, and based on Mitchiner I found and outlined...
The book "Coinage in the Roman Economy 300 B.C. to A.D. 700" by Kenneth W. Harl is an excellent source of information about the ancient Roman...
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Looks very much like one I have (that isn't handy and I don't have a photograph, sorry). The Senones are the tribe to which this type is...
From the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, I have a circulated but nicely toned half dollar, plus a large-sized guidebook to the Expo:...
Excellent post @Orielensis! I have two jitals from Kurzuwan to share. The first is of Ala ad-Din Muhammad II (1200-1220) and has no date:...
+1 for pachinko tokens from Japan. A little Googling turned up this, not identical but related, piece:...
The two very thick pieces are not official coins, they seem to be some sort of amulet or charm. In the third picture, the piece on the right is...
Sorry I haven't been posting much lately, I've been busy with work. (It turns out "working from home" means "still spending lots of time working,...
Re: the use of antibodies vs. vaccines for SARS-CoV-2, there's a useful (and not over-technical) discussion on Derek Lowe's "In the Pipeline" blog...
@MatrixMP-9 : Thanks for your post, you explained both the underlying science and the practical implications very well, without any nonsense.
[ATTACH] Roman, Imperatorial Period. Military mint, probably at Patrae. AR denarius (15 mm, 3.60 g). Marcus Antonius, (ex-)triumvir. Issued...
I have a Galba, but it's a provincial coin, a tetradrachm from Alexandria: [ATTACH] This type from Alexandria tends to feature a portrait with a...
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I won one coin lot (and one lot of history books). Got outbid on another coin lot, but it went above where I felt it would have been a good deal,...
[ATTACH] Elymais. AE drachm. Phraates (early-mid 2nd century AD). Obverse: Facing bust of king, wearing tiara and diadem, anchor and...
I think the four-quartered symbol may be grape vines, and I've seen something similar on coins of Maroneia in Thrace.
Just echoing others' responses here, I keep a Post-It note over the camera on my computer whenever I'm not using it. I've been doing it for...
The "money tree" is indeed a modern creation, but the oval coins it copies are Japanese 100 mon denomination with inscription Kanei Tsuho; the...
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