It must be the only Egyptian pharaoh whose portrait is on an ancient coin ! Do you have one? I don't, and I'll try to get one!
I didn't try this, looks like a good idea, thanks! Next time I go to Rome i'll do it.
Rome, Athens, Lugdunum, Alexandria are today large and crowded cities, in which you still can see remains of what they were in Antiquity. Others...
J.G.Milne (NC 7.3/4 (1947)) thinks this obverse die is for Valerian (obv. legend E, p.105). [ATTACH] in fact one can read IMPCAERASLLOVNAHIAC it...
Collecting coins in slabs is like permanently hoard one's jewels in a safe and only wear glass copies.
There must be a mistake in the description and identification. This antoninianus is not the Venus Felix type (RIC V Salonina 7) as described, but...
[ATTACH] Domitian, quadrans, basket full of corn ears. Next : a quadrans
I don't think the Britannia of the 19th to 20th c. British pence is inspired by the Britannia we can see on Roman coins. The real inspiration for...
Gerostratos of Arados could have defended his city with some secret weapon : [ATTACH] [ATTACH] but the other cities were doomed: Byblos'...
Internet and the availability of databases like CoinArchives or ACSearch have made numismatic studies enter a new era...
Rhinos... On Roman coins there is only one rhino-type yes, showing the African rhinoceros displayed in the Colosseum during lavish games organized...
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