Did not realize Descartes' "Ice Queen" was a collector. I am a math guy, so that is connection enough to pique my interest. For those...
Won this at auction the other day: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The obverse is pretty rough, but it is a welcome addition to my non-portrait Julius Caesar...
Looks like a great year coin wise, despite the troubles. Love your positive attitude.
o Boże
Rhode Island School of Design
Here are pics of the collection in the right showcase (I think I missed the last row): [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Home for the holidays and made my periodic visit to the RISD Museum. They have an impressive collection of Greek silver and gold. The story of...
Neat. My favorite math aspect of Miletos coinage is that Thales may have used them. Thank you for dropping the Lo Shu reference, dug deeper and...
Great examples all, thank you for sharing! I knew I should have put quotes around "seven" or "completed." Good catch @Volodya ! Unsure if I'll...
With a click of the mouse this morning, I just completed my first set. Here are examples of RCV 1399-1405. Feel free to post yours. Particularly...
Saw a nice article in the current National Geographic HISTORY magazine featuring the temple. In reading this, I made a potential connection...
Great battle snippet. Here are some relevant tetradrachms and staters: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Special thanks to @TIF for a bit of advice before...
Very sorry to hear of your loss, he lives on through your spirit and that of your family. May you find peace in this unexpected loss.
Nice links! I visited that exhibit last year (or was it two). They have a neat permenant exhibit about the Flavian burial temple. I'll take some...
Nice! Picked up that same book off the free rack of my local public library. Great maps!
Wow, those are beautiful! Here is my lone Brutus denarius: [ATTACH] Some CNG auction listings of this type claim it to be "the final issue...
My only Athenian tet has a bit of character: [ATTACH] Decided to buy it since it was probably (it is ex-agora and ex-naville, each house...
Good points! Titus provides an example to your observation (having only reigned 2-3 years, but having killer issues commemorating the construction...
what a beauty. i grabbed an uglier one last year, but was shocked to find how pretty she was in hand. i bet yours is gorgeous in hand, nice...
Thank you all for sharing your thoughts and wonderful examples. It will take me a while to research each and I plan on revisiting this post and...
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