Yes, in all probability Maximinus followed Drusus´path and reached the Elbe river near the modern City of Magdeburg. [ATTACH] The findings...
Nice Hippo! I still need one of those to accompany the Antelope on the reverse of my Philipp I Millennium Sestertius: [ATTACH] IMP M IVL...
Macrinus Sestertius before... [ATTACH] ... and after setting it free: [ATTACH] Still can´t believe it´s the same coin :-)
Yes, I really liked that book as well! It is the only monography available in English language. The best information about the battle is this (in...
Here are some impressions of the Harzhorn Battlefield for those of you who do not have a chance to visit it. Beware - the site is impossible to...
We should get us some metal detectors and discover the place where he reached the Elbe :-)
The big Thracian would have liked this!!! Now on my breakfast table: maybe for the first time ever a Roman Soldier Emperor gets the cover story...
OMG I would gladly give away my whole collection for that one coin.
My only travel coin depicts the imperial galley, which carried the emperor and his immediate entourage from port to port on their travels. It was...
[ATTACH] Located at the world heritage site of Leptis Magna in present day Libya, this four-way (tetrapylon) triumphal arc was most likely...
I still needed an Augustus to complete my Sestertius portrait gallery and as I love yellow bronzes I could not resist buying this budget example...
My only Postumus right now: [ATTACH] IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG - Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Postumus right P M TR P COS II PP -...
I would prefer this unique Medallion, for the sword in his hand and the unbeatable portrait style :-)...
161 aD Sestertius portrait: [ATTACH]
Update: I managed to buy all nine volumes online today and can´t wait for the six Kilos of literature to get here :-) :-) :-)
My latest eBay purchase: [ATTACH] L AVREL VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS - Laureate head of Lucius Verus right TR P IIII IMP II COS II S C - Victory...
It is 24,74 mm and 9,28 grams. Sear identified it as a bronze As or 4 chalkoi, RPC 4319 and pl. 164 (6 specimens cited); McAlee (The Coins of...
In the mail today: [ATTACH] IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M - Bare headed bust of Marcus Aurelius right, with light drapery on his left...
Yes, that´s the old man - the hairline is barely visible but it´s still there. Gordian I does not look like 79 years old on any of his coins, so...
I did just that - my Julius Caesar Divos badly needs improvement, but my Otho from Antioch probably is as good as they get (graded "EF with...
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