These tetradrachmas of Antioch are a cut above what the eastern mints were producing at the time. Unlike the tetras of Alexandria they were of...
Exonumia might be the term you would want to look up. By the way an 1841 token is usually considered to be a Hard Times token as the US economy...
As a group I have found these Antioch pieces, both the bronzes and the tetradrachms, to be an excellent acquirement as often the scarcer emperors...
In some parts of the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia coins were valued as bullion and personal treasure. I can well imagine some Persian...
Looks like the Claudian Aqueduct, constructed during the reign of Claudius about 50 AD. It's built parallel to the main highway from one of Rome's...
I always thought that the difference between Greek and Roman coins was a good reflection of what each civilization most valued and how they saw...
Perhaps something like the antoninianus coins of Aurelian or Probus that started out with a silvery coating that quickly wore off it circulation.
I believe the word sceatta is also the origin of Scot as in scot free, that is sceatta free or at no cost.
I have never seen, or noticed, I guess, the vocative case used before on a coin. More like a plea than a paean, I think. Perhaps the noun...
That silvering is so good i thought i was looking at an argenteus.
Reading something like this, or the many articles in numismatic publications, is so disheartening. When i entered the hobby in the late 1950's, it...
I have one of these but in a condition nowhere near yours. It looks just like it did when the moneyer removed it from the die. What a work of beauty.
A grand coin, indeed.
I would say both emperors got their money's worth.
Some years ago I bought a half escudo dated in the 1750's for $50. I was happy with the purchase and it fit into my collection. Other than the...
I have seen any number of these coins before but always had difficulty, without being able to weigh them, determining if they were one escudo or...
I know nothing about Indo-Parthian coins, but I do know something about the coins of Persis, where the inscriptions are in Aramaic and generally...
I suppose they are impositions of modern notions of decent behavior on past people so I'll modify my premises to what ancient and medieval rulers...
Certainly better than the likes of Caligula and Nero. I don't think the Dacians quite saw Trajan in the same light as the Romans did. I sometimes...
Thanks for that. Are there any coins of the Sub-Continent that are contemporary to the Buddha in time?
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