March 1st was the signal for the start of the festivities in honor of Mars Victor, featuring the dance of the Salii which continues through the...
From time to time when we look at prices hammered in auctions for « ordinary coins », we ask ourselves: Is the world going crazy ? It seems that a...
The (short) history Valentinian became emperor February 26th 364 AD after the death of Jovian who only ruled for 8 months. He was a capable...
February 23, 303 AD was not the most glorious day in the life of Diocletian. He ordered that the newly built Christian church in Nicomedia be...
Let’s have a little fun here: it’s been a while we didn’t have a « coin Challenge ». What is your coin with the longest legend ? The problem with...
Many of the types produced by the Gallic rulers are without a doubt directly copied from earlier reigns, but sometimes simply adapted and...
Radiates of the Gallic Emperors were frequently copied in the later 3rd century and sometimes called barbarous radiates. While the copies were...
Have I ever told you how I discovered Cointalk ? About three years ago, I was searching on the web for an « ancient coin discussions forum ». I...
We know almost nothing about the Gallic Empire, since only few written documents have survived until our modern days ; what was the truth 100...
Just read this somewhere else: « In my view, cointalk is a non-serious forum, popular because of a like button. » What do you think of that ? Do...
Just lost my father yesterday. Damn cancer. Just 73 years old, way too early. His name was Claude, Claudius in Latin. A few years ago, I gave him...
I was very excited to find, bid on and win another « not often seen » coin to add to my Victorinus’ collection (as you can see on this picture…)....
[ATTACH] Is it only bad luck or I don't know what, but one in four auctions in which I have been participating lately encounters technical...
"The aim of « Le Monnayage en argent de la réforme de Dioclétien (The Silver Coinage of Diocletian's Reform), 294-312 p. C." is to give an...
[ATTACH] Sold a few days ago by Heritage, an aureus of Tetricus described as " repaired, thus uneligible for encapsulation. SOLD AS IS, NO...
Officials Roman coins were almost always produced under state prerogative. They therefore embodied the authority of the empire, clear and...
Archaeologists in Pompeii announced on Saturday that they had unearthed the remains of a "slave room", an exceptionally rare find in a Roman villa...
I gained 50 pounds during the pandemic; I'm now weighting 180 lbs. Not too bad you may think. But since I'm only 4'10, my BMI is now 37.6... What...
My latest acquisition shows what happens when two blanks were stuck together before the hammer swings... one got the obverse and the other one the...
The minims are local imitations or barbaric strikes with very light weight. These imitations of very particular fabrications, very stylized, are...
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