Jeeze, give me a break on the meter (Dactylic hexameter?). It's been 55 years or so since I studied Greek at the University. Besides, the frogs...
On the reference to the Roman historian Herodian and tampering with the coinage. His reference in Herodian, History 7.3.3, is cryptic because he...
Ah, Aristophanes, Breka Koax, koax, koax. Though he is writing in "the Frogs" here, his ideas on coinage, and society in general, sound more like...
For those who collect and study the numismatic or financial history of the Roman Empire in its Third Century crisis, it can sometimes be...
Jeeze, how could I have forgotten Copernicus whose studies and observations changed the whole world, literally.
I agree in the USA British history is usually studied to some extent and far more likely than Polish history. At least most Americans would...
I wonder why they are so much less expensive than, say, English silver coins of the same time period?
The dupondius is my favorite coin to collect. Only a bit smaller than the sestertius, with their often brassy appearance, they are beautiful but...
Thanks for that excellent reply. One of the reasons I asked those questions is because I am researching a topic I hope to post on this site in...
I wonder if you could tell us the source that circa 300 AD the ration of silver to copper was 100 to 1. At the time of the Augustan coinage...
Yes, at about 10 grams of bronze they were approximately the equal of the earlier Aes pieces or their provincial equivalents. Older citizens might...
I would like to see images of those cleaned coins that wound up on display in the local museum to see what that coating of silver looked like. I...
A Medieval coin for use in the Holy Land with Arabic writing but with a Christion inscription is not at all bizarre. Recall that much of this...
Presumably in that state of AU preservation they would have still had their coating of silver, but I don't see any on the coins shown. How well...
Actually that is an excellent likeness of the emperor, something not common in Byzantine coinage.
There is a decent biography out there, one that I read a couple years ago titled "The Poison King".
I don't know if Soteros (savior) was a term limited to commemorative coins after the death of the person on the coin. You might want to check that...
I think it is supposed to be a denarius of Septimius Severus.
Perhaps, but how many of these have their systems hard wired to withstand an EMP from solar flares or a hostile act? Having a coffee can filled...
Don't let anyone fool you about this. It is in the interest not just of business but of government to get rid of cash, as electronic currencies...
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