[ATTACH] Here is the Vatican statue. It has been found in Rome, I don't know where precisely. The inscription on the base is modern, it says it...
This pentanummion (a 5 nummia coin) circulated in Antioch under Justin I (518-527). It represents the centuries-old statue of the Tyche of...
[ATTACH] I don't have 12 Caesars but I have 1 Augustus
[ATTACH] This sestertius of Gordien III was a birthday present from my wife. [ATTACH] Another gift, from friends : this Gaulish ЄΛKЄSOOYIX /...
Nice coin ! Here is [ATTACH] rev. IOVI CON[s. aug.], the Amalthea goat. and [ATTACH] SOLI CONS AVG / H in exergue.
Nice ! that's Samian ware, from the Roman European provinces (1st - 3rd c.) [ATTACH] Oil lamp from Africa (Thysdrus - el-Jem) 5th-6th c. AD...
I think the right die orientation is 6 h : [ATTACH] There are only a few letters readable from the end of the reverse legend, but the name of the...
[ATTACH] Valentinian II, majorina, Siscia 378-383. AE 23 mm, 4.23 g. Obv.: D N VALENTINIANVS IVN P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust...
Elymais... This was a very, very ancient country called "Elam". Its capital, Susa, was a city that had existed since c. 4000 BC ! It has been a...
Ancient Roman very rare coins are generally unaffordable, when they are official imperial coins, and not, of course, mere mules. But there are...
This FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse with the galley is found on coins of Constantius II and Gallus' coins too. It is not just for Constans. The...
It's not about coins. It's about something I saw two weeks ago, this monumental sculpture by the Columbian artist César Hénao, erected last year...
"Panem et circenses", this is the well-known formula summarizing what the Roman people expected from Caesar, the emperor. And indeed propaganda...
[ATTACH] AE 26 mm, 7.40 g Obv.: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG PM (counter-clockwise), laureate head right Rev.: no legend, eagle on globe, [ S ] C....
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Yes, thre is an anachronism on reverse. The Eiffel Tower under the throne was not built before 1889 AD. [ATTACH]
Sorry but the two limes denarii of Caracalla (bottom left) are very probably modern cast fakes. They are identical, including the centering and...
In 1682 Louis XIV, king of France, ordered a plain silver furniture for his new palace of Versailles. Tables, mirrors, other kind of furniture...
Maximinus Thrax (could've been called Max the Thrax). He was born in the province of Thrace - hence his origo. He enlisted in the army and had a...
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