I can't remember that far back.
JJ. I collect items from all periods of history but enjoy ancient history the most. I collect artifacts and coins and have been doing since I was...
Exactly what makes a coin shop infinitely better than on-line purchasing.
Thanks. I will keep that in mind. My kids and grandkids live in the Bay Area and I usually get into San Jose at least once while I am there.
Is this the shop in Berkeley near the university?
Nice coins and great photography.
Sometimes it may be impossible to assign with certainty where a coin belongs. Take the early silver of the mint of Caesarea. Tiberius appears on...
Whether a city is or is not an imperial mint depends on how that term, Imperial Mint, is defined. It might be a good idea to define exactly what...
Parts of the Levant were under Ptolemaic control during this period.
Does the "L" device as a dating mechanism appear on other Greek language coins other than those from Ptolemaic lands? If so, it is unlikely that...
OK, I found an image of a small wheeled "carroballista" designed to accompany infantry as they moved about the battlefield. Think WW II 37mm or 57...
I believe it is an abbreviation or shortened form of the letter E, Epsilon, which is the same as the Latin E, standing for the word ETOUS, "in the...
Maybe that equine actually is an onager, a real one.
Good question. The closest thing I can think of is the bronze ram on the prow of a warship. Like you, I am fascinated by the use of any kind of...
Thanks for those responses. I must admit that that Nero Dupondius is one of my favorite and also oldest coins. My students loved it. Easy to see,...
Several weeks ago there was a thread posted here about saving ancients as type sets. I was very much surprised by that idea, mainly because I had...
OK, and but when he was bought, he stayed bought.
Or as Boss Tweed would have put it, honest graft.
I absolutely love this thread. It shows the importance of NOT relying on translations in the study of history, political or in this case,...
I wish everyone had your appreciation of the written word. it provides a wealth of knowledge to those yet unborn and a kind of immortality to...
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