I don't want to start an argument but I find that the estimate of a population of only seven or eight thousand Christians circa 100 AD to be quite...
The features of the coin are much more recognizable as a tetra, especially yours with such little wear. Do you know if the silver of the drachma...
Some of these coins were in circulation for such a long time that they are often found in a wretched state. Yours is a nice example with a clearly...
I have seen the tetradrachmas at shows but did not know that they made drachmas.
Yes, right you are. According to what I was able to find on this coin it is a drachma (mine weighs in at 2.5 grams) and seems upon closer...
Yes, it definitely is that coin. from the images I found on the net the one I bought seems to be of good style and not tooo heavily worn. Still...
Need some assistance here. Purchase from coin store junk box. I am guessing maybe an Indo-something, possibly Bactria, Scythian, Elymais. Any...
I believe you are correct about both the mint and denomination and I think I see his name, or parts of it as OSTILIAN(OC) at 9'o'clock.
To a great extent that is because your school textbooks and your teachers neglected the teaching of the importance of medicine and public health...
Indeed there should. If I might relate something from my teaching days. At the start of the school year I would introduce my students to the study...
What people of the mid 20th Century did to each other, what Stalin and Hitler and Mao and Pol Pot inflicted on their opponents makes Marius and...
You may have picked up Hepatitis A which I picked up in Italy many, many years ago. It is spread by poor sanitation. One feels very bad for quite...
Very informative posting. Thanks
Not that it did much good, but the Roman people put much faith and credence into the worship of SALVS (Greek equivalent, more or less, of...
As a teacher of history one of the places I have always liked visiting, and presumably will wind up spending a great deal of time in, is a...
Reminds me of the town in a western US city which boasts highway signs on its approaches which proudly proclaim, " Weather Best by Government...
I have bought a number of coins from a dealer in the Maritimes region of Canada. I have gotten used to the idea of a one month waiting time from...
Good for you and I'll bet your students benefitted from your choice as well. I loved teaching history and although I never got rich (in monetary...
I recall reading a story about Maximinus Thrax, that he was so powerfully built, so strong, that he would occasionally give evidence of this...
Perhaps an important date for the Dutch East India Company similar to the 1776 date for the USA? My guess is a gilt button for an officer's...
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