Somebody must really think Nerva is more than just a runner-up.
Yes, the Gimbel's building, with its cast iron façade is still there as is the present Macy's, nee Wanamaker's, store which still has the "Eagle"...
Yes, a truly "Roman" nose.
Last month we had a thread about who was the most decent of the Roman emperors and not surprisingly Antoninus Pius came in as the number one nice...
That's why I use the chronological presentation. Cleopatra vii resides between her father, Ptolemy Auletes, and her husband Mark Antony, right...
I arrange my entire ancient collection in chronological order. Of course at first they are all Greek coins starting with an Aigina Turtle, circa...
Geeze, I thought I was the only one doing all this.
Thank you so much for providing that extra information. Very thoughtful of you to do that.
It does weigh 16.8 grams, which is a bit light, but I gather it is supposed to be about this weight. Any reason you know for why this group is a...
Since you appear to know a great deal about these New Style Athenian tetradrachmas, I wonder if you would take a look at mine. It probably has no...
Yes, indeed.
I have one of these new style tetradrachmas but never knew this was the mark of Sulla's man. I'll have to look closely at mine to see if it might...
Let me second that request. I did not know there was such a coin issued.
Just what I was looking for.
I have read several, including having had a professor of Classics who actually like the guy. I don't think I'd want him living next door to me.
It's a lot easier reading these inscriptions on the tetradrachmas.
Yes, I would agree about Carthage as an entity. I would say Carthage actually had the advantage at the start of the First Punic War. Its mistake...
That Pegasus, or some reasonable facsimile shows up on some of his mother coins
If one were to ask the average person to name a dangerous enemy of Rome, the most dangerous enemy Rome ever had, the answer might be in the form...
Looks like the VIRTVS AVG reverse, a slightly less common variety. The weight of this denarius at 3.8 grams is somewhat above the average but that...
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