I have only two solidi [ATTACH] Valentinian I, Constantinople [ATTACH] Theodosius II, Constantinople
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This is a Trajan Arabia drachm. They were believed minted in Caesarea of Cappadocia, and in the 1970s Kindler attributed them to Bostra, Arabia....
[ATTACH] NABATAEA. Aretas IV (c. 9/8 BC-AD 40), with Shaqilath I. Petra, AD 16-40. AE 15-18 mm, 1.66 g. Obv. Aretas, in military attire,...
Large silver coins were in favor in 17th-18th c. Europe. 39 mm is the size of a French Louis XIV silver écu, for example.
[ATTACH] Nemausus (Nîmes, France), dupondius. AE 27 mm, 13.20 g, 2 h. Obv.: IMP DIVI F P P, inscription above and below heads of Agrippa laureate...
This is just a very modest AE drachm from Alexandria I am sharing here. It is very worn, not rare, has nothing exceptional, but I like the...
They weren't playing by the rules and made millions from laundering looted antiquities, deliberately erasing all the metadata. What about Athena...
I don't know if they included, in their exhibition, this wooden figure-head I saw last summer at the BM. It was found in Belgium. At first sight,...
In Orient the aurei were called in Greek "denarioi", the silver denarii were called "drachms". This why even today in Arabic a gold coin is a...
[ATTACH] Lead sling bullet. Pb 45 mm, 63,43 g. I found it many years ago in Paris at the Marché aux Puces. Unfortunately I don't know its...
Very interesting indeed. One of the most fascinating displays is the equipment and money found on the corpse of a soldier killed at the battle of...
Volusian club here ? [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Philip the Arab (AD 244-249). Æ (28mm, 14.08 g, 7h). Dated year 2 (AD 247/8). Obv.: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and...
The design of L. Titurius Sabinus' denarius in 89 BC has been an inspiration for later artists. No doubt, this denarius represents Tarpeia being...
speechless...
Four captives begging for freedom [ATTACH] (not my insane aureus)
not my coins, of course...
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