Yes, there is such a big difference between Arsacid and Sassanid rock reliefs that it is obvious a new art school emerged in Persia as soon as...
Coin 1, Ayyubid fals, 13th c. according to the calligraphy Coin 2 Ummayyad fals (probably Syria, 8th c. AD) Both are upside-down. Here they are :...
Knowing that I like ancient coins, my colleagues (good friends indeed, i was moved) just offered me a scarce Gaulish coin, a nice one. It's a coin...
I think this typical architecture of the Tychaion (tetrastyle, triangular pediment with central arch) is not always just the frame of the adyton,...
You are right, it's a simplification of the Tychaion architetural frame. We can say that in Antioch : here is a (much worn, sorry, that's the only...
The vision at the Milvian Bridge was not a conversion for Constantine. He just saw a sign, a logo : ☧, and considered it was a sign from "the...
Many cities in the oriental provinces of the Roman Empire worshipped their own city-goddess called in Greek the Tyche, the Fortune or Destiny of...
The Sabina Alexandrian tetradrachm is outstanding.
The Mauger medal is interesting. The rev. legend, DISCIP. MILIT. REST. probably means Discip(lina) milit(um) rest(ituta), "Military discipline has...
[ATTACH] Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian, AE 8 assaria of Antioch. On the reverse, the Tychaion of Antioch. It does not represent the temple...
You are right, the tooled coin from Chicago must be one of the "triumphal arch" coins with a reverse copied from the Domitian Alexandrian...
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In the Art Institute of Chicago, they have a specimen of this coin which is the most abominably tooled ancient coin... [ATTACH]...
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The representation of fallen war horses is relatively rare in ancient iconography. You can find the same kind of triumphal image in Sassanid...
[ATTACH] This sestertius was a birthday present from my wife :kiss:
That's an interesting post indeed, but is this discussion board the best place for publishing a coin hoard? You could write down all you know...
Yes, it is... This man collects coins, antiquities, etc. And in his coin collection there are not only coins, there are also hoards. He had a...
I didn't say it was a daleth, I just said it was written like a mirrored D. But you may be right, for several people it's an 'ayin.
The upper legend is [ATTACH], the 1st letter is not an 'ayin but a C, written as a mirrored D. The date must be 116, because I count 6 strokes (a...
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