An enormous hoard of bronze coins was found at a 15th century samurai's house north of Tokyo. See:...
I couldn't resist the big-eyed portrait of Constantinopolis on this one from Siscia. It gave me a Cheap Trick earworm, though ... [MEDIA] [IMG]...
Perhaps I’m getting a little ahead of myself, and I know it's not even December, but several other members have posted theirs and I am pretty sure...
This is a tiny little coin but generally well-preserved. The only problem is that there are some encrustations on the reverse which obscure the...
[MEDIA] I recently had the opportunity to acquire a long-sought-after denarius for my collection, the VENERI VICTRICI reverse type featuring the...
It's Thanksgiving in the USA and one of the main symbols of the holiday is the cornucopiae, an allegory for the abundance for which we are...
[IMG] Happy Friday, everyone! After a three-week foray into the coins of Faustina II, it's time to discuss a coin issued for her mother. This one...
I've noticed several coins this year from the so-called "Crescent collection" being sold by CNG in their E-auctions. The coins range from Greek to...
Out of curiosity, I decided to Google "sestertius song" to see if there was any music about the hefty Roman bronze denomination. Well, I got this...
TGIFF!!! [IMG] Today we’re going to talk about Vesta and her appearance on the coins of Faustina the Younger. [ATTACH] Second century Roman...
I got an e-mail from biddr this morning about the upcoming Numismatica Genevensis auction. There was a nice Gordian III ADLOCVTIO medallion ......
I'm just doing show and tell with this one, but with more show than tell. After all, there's no way I could add to what @red_spork has already...
[IMG] Happy Friday, everybody! In this week's installment, I shall discuss this new acquisition, a sestertius issued posthumously for Faustina...
Abila is an obscure coin-issuing city. The British Museum had no coins from the city when BMC 20 was published in 1899. The city is not mentioned...
For the past few weeks, the online version of Henry Cohen's Description historique des monnaies frappées sous l'Empire Romain has been...
TGIFF!! [IMG] I’m always on the lookout for coins of Faustina featuring the empress facing left. Left-facing busts are known on only a few...
I am sad to report that Joanna Cameron, who played Isis on the Saturday morning childrens' program, "The Secrets of Isis," has died of a stroke at...
TGIFF, everybody!! [IMG] We're going to talk about some coins depicting the Temple of Diva Faustina. Let's see your temple coins of Faustina and...
Ask Delphi is a computational model for descriptive ethics, i.e., people’s moral judgments on a variety of everyday situations. I decided to ask...
Happy Friday, all! Today we're going to explore one of the rarest hairstyles on Faustina's coinage, no matter the metal, the Beckmann type three...
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