[ATTACH] Time of Constans and Constantius II. Roman billon reduced centenionalis, 1.59 g, 14.3 mm, 5 h. Heraclea, AD 347-348. Obv: VRBS ROMA,...
This article by Steve Benner for CoinWeek introduced me to the Kingdom of Sophene. I am embarrassed to say that I had never heard of it until just...
Share your tales of obsession! Good morning and TGIFF, fellow Faustina fanatics! Today you'll hear a tale of obsession. I'm not talking about the...
"New scientific analysis of the composition of Roman denarii has brought fresh understanding to a financial crisis briefly mentioned by the Roman...
This arrived in today's mail and I'm very happy with it. [ATTACH] Julia Domna, AD 193 - 217. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 19.85 g, 28.5 mm, 6 h....
It's not uncommon on Roman provincial coins that deities exhibit syncretism between their attributes, in which case they are usually referred to...
Good morning, everybody, and TGIFF! [IMG] Today we'll be talking about a mirror image. [IMG] This denarius is a new addition to my...
Mike Markowitz published the latest article in his CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series on the coinage of Claudius I. It's a brief -- but excellent --...
[MEDIA] Yes. ON FIRE. For real! Good morning, everybody! Do I have a tale to tell you! This is a coin I never thought I'd hold in my hand....
Everybody loves Philadelphia! That's where the LOVE sculpture is!! [IMG] It's the home of the cheesesteak, for cryin' out loud!! [IMG] People...
[IMG] Not just Friday! It's Faustina Friday! TGIFF, y'all!! Thanks to the work of Martin Beckmann,[1] we have been able to arrange the undated...
Yes, that's the most click-baity headline ever, but the coin is interesting. Here's the story (with the aforementioned click-baity headline). [IMG]
[IMG] TGIFF, everybody! Today we're going to talk about Laetitia. There are many words in Latin for "happiness" which appear on Roman coins....
This is a new addition to my numophylacium, acquired from @John Anthony's Vcoins store. I didn't know much about these imitation or unofficial...
Kyme (also Cyme or Kymi) is one of the old Aeolic towns mentioned by Herodotus, and Strabo refers to it as the largest of the Aeolian cities,[1]...
I know; I know; it's the ides of March and we're all going to be talking about the death of Caesar. But it's ALSO the beginning of the Dionysia...
TGIFF, everybody! Today I'm not going to show you any items in my numophylacium. Instead, I'm going to share the coins I can only dream were in my...
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I'm happy to report I was able to order a bottle of Verdicare at Wizard! I'm going to try it first on this Diocletian. [ATTACH] For those who...
I don't like the style and I especially don't like how the dotted border isn't very circular. Brand new auction house. My spider-sense is tingling...
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