I have a copy of this book that I recently acquired as part of a group lot of books about the Roman Empire, but I haven't gotten around to reading...
Very nice coin, but... are you sure that's not Bob Ross on the obverse? ;)
Thought I'd share my latest coin, a Parthian obol of Orodes II. [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR obol (10mm, 0.52g). Orodes II (57-38 BC)....
@Bob L. : Very nice group of Parthian tets in the OP! Of course, if anyone on this site would enjoy a large group of very similar Parthian coins,...
Happy birthday! I have a few Trajans to share (well, I will share pictures, the actual coins stay with me ;) : [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
If I were forced to guess, I would say it was Roman, and based on a subjective examination of the portrait most likely from either Vespasian or...
My favorite sestertius overall is probably this Trajan: [ATTACH] The reverse features Trajan presenting Parthamaspates as his client king for the...
@Carthago : Sadly you are correct, the type specimen (first one scientifically described) of Spinosaurus was destroyed in WWII when a stray bomb...
Well, coprolite. I got hung up on the portrait (which does look more like Elagabalus' than the much more elongated face of Ant. Pius from his...
Oh, and two notable royal collectors were King Farouk of Egypt (reigned 1936- 1952) and King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (reigned 1900- 1946)....
1. Severus Alexander (222-235) 2. The "Antoninus Pius" on this coin is the emperor better known to modern historians as Elagabalus (218- 222), not...
I don't see his picture there, but I believe that Raymond Burr collected ancients. (I remember seeing a Vespasian denarius on a dealer's listed...
I don't think I've shown this one before: [ATTACH] The reverse shows Mars with military standard and aquila with the inscription Signis Receptis....
I was very into fossils in my teens and early 20s (collected at various sites in the New Jersey/Pennsylvania/ Maryland area) and have never...
These are my quick impressions, any additions or corrections are welcome. Most of your coins are Roman Empire unless noted otherwise. 1....
Here's my first coin of the year. (I actually ordered it in December, but due to the holidays and international shipping it didn't arrive until...
My vote would be Tiberius, based on the nose, but I'm not a specialist in Julio-Claudians, so take my opinion for what it's worth.
My main interests, in roughly descending order of time/cash invested: 1. Parthian, including their vassals (Persis, Elymais, Characene). 2....
Also, I have heard from a Japanese friend that it is good luck if you wear a 5 yen coin (the two bronze-colored ones with a round center hole) on...
Just wanted to say that I liked @stevex6 's 16th century example. It looks like the duke was rushing to get into the official photo and was still...
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