Yes, that seems to be it, so we need not go back to Minoan or Mycenaean times for its origin. Good research work and documentation.
Perhaps he means, can you see any difference in the shields. For example, the soldier on the right may be carrying the Greek shield of the peltast...
Has anyone conjectured how leaving the EU might affect regulations on shipping ancient and medieval coins from the UK to other nations? Are there...
I don't know. More to the point how would the Romans know what the Mycenaean figure of eight shield look like as it was many centuries before this...
Donna, looks like something Mycenaean (figure of eight)from the Trojan War.
Is this one of the shield coins you are talking about? I realized that I had this in my collection but only saw it as a Macedonian tetradrachma of...
Some of these coins actually look like miniature shields.
Fascinating thread which prompted me to review ancient weaponry. I think our image of the Roman legionary with his cylindrical and rectangular...
The Lysimachus image shows what is probably the "hoplon" (hence, hoplite soldier) of Ancient Greece and perhaps an early model for the clipeus.
The weight seems correct, minted on the Phoenician standard.
At the same time that the legionary was equipped with the more rectangular scutum, the auxiliary troops, derived from the provinces, seem to have...
A young Caracalla and a young Geta look pretty much alike.
If I recall correctly that company created a whole slew of replica coins covering several periods of history connected to material it was...
Right you are. Also nice touch in that the bronzes of Theodosius' sons are just half the weight of their father's coin.
I thought I would post a somewhat different game, or, perhaps challenge. As you know a triptych is a picture formed by three images. Below I have...
I assume this coin is an As. The edges look real but the surfaces of the rest of the coin look noticeably different in tone and smoothness. What...
Yes, that appears to be it. I wonder how and why I acquired this coin as I usually don't collect later than the High Middle Ages. Thanks for...
I usually post on the Ancients site as that is what I mostly collect,[ATTACH] [ATTACH] along with some medieval coinage. I just uncovered a...
I think some countries cupro-nickel production for coinage has a high enough percentage of nickel, which is magnetic, that it will stick to a...
About that sharing our assets, even our coins. Please I am not tooting my own horn. At a small show recently I met an elderly gentleman who has...
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