Since the Hebrew word, shekel was originally a weight, was that term ever applied to coins of similar weight to the Melqart coin we presently...
They has something more effective. In general Giap, they had a Fabianus Cunctator.
I very much like your sestertius of Maximinus. Looking at that aggressive jaw sticking out reminds me of some of the stories of this emperor, how...
Your reply about later US citizens and large denomination notes rang a bell for me. Those who also collect US coinage and currency know that there...
This coin is a real beauty showing the exquisite capabilities of a celator and the mint workers.
Those coins are great, especially the one with Hades actually carrying off Persephone. It's really interesting to see the vast array of deities...
Thanks. I had never seen any of those coins before.
Your coin has a very sharp reverse. It looks like the oxen are posing for their picture.
I love that Galba coin. That is an as, isn't it?
Yes, Demeter was indeed a part of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Yes, I was unfamiliar with this coin.
Well, we in the Northern Hemisphere have just entered Spring, and for most of us it simply means a pleasant time of the year. But in the Ancient...
Because of its scyphate (cup shaped) flan (shallow depression) I think it is more likely a later date, perhaps 11th Century. If there are three...
Yes. it is victoria augg, not historia . That's what comes from a lifetime of teaching historia. I think it's close to Sear 1161 (Byzantine coins)...
The letters used remind me of the period when letters on early Byzantine coinage were transitioning from the Roman to Greek alphabet, say from...
Apparently, yes, maybe. On Byzantine coinage of Justinian I and Justin II the mint mark for Carthage uses a K. Now some might dismiss this as the...
On the letter K in Latin. When a student I tried to memorize all words in Latin by their first letter. I was delighted when I got to the letter K....
I don't have the exact citation at hand, but if recall correctly Caesar, needing the cash, went to the treasury which was being guarded by a lone...
My response has little to do with coins. Dougsmit's response about sealing a deal with a handshake rings a bell with me. I, too, used to and still...
It may seem strange but many Romans were still accepting coinage at its nominal value as opposed to its intrinsic value as late as the third...
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