"From the inventory of a German dealer", "From the inventory of a UK dealer" : typical Roma pedigree... :smuggrin:
Yes. It has been suggested that the dupondius of Nemausus has 2 heads on the obverse to signify it is a dupondius. In Gaza under Hadrian the...
About the origin and purpose of these graffiti... Thanks for the links. The theory of André Lemaire and Josette Elayi is that they were - perhaps...
Phoenician/Aramaic graffiti on the reverse of Alexanders are quite common. This is one of my coins, a drachm with an aleph graffito on the...
I am 100% sure it is a Phoenician mem. Phoenician script has been in use for more than 1000 years from North Africa to Babylonia to write...
It is not a swastika, it is the Phoenician letter mim (= M).
[ATTACH] Philip the Arab, Hieropolis (Mambij, Syria) 244-249. tetrassarion (12 h) Obv.: AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, laureate, draped and...
Barbarous does not mean Barbarian. And the late 4th c. Sri Lankan imitations are fascinating.
I buy frames only for old pictures, but not for contemporary ones. [ATTACH] (and I really should invest in a new stair carpet) [ATTACH]
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