In Roman mythology, the Palladium -- a small figure of Pallas Athena holding a spear and shield -- was brought to Rome from Troy. As the story...
Happened to come across this video and thought it was interesting: [MEDIA]
I was going to wait for a few more weeks to post this because the year isn't over yet. But I don't want to miss out on all the fun and if I get...
[ATTACH] Liberalitas was the personification of the Roman virtue of generosity. Liberalitas was employed as a propaganda vehicle by Roman...
Concordia in Latin means "with hearts together"; the Greek equivalent, Homonoia, means "of one mind." In Roman religion, Concordia was the goddess...
Faustina's life was cut tragically short. She died in October or November of AD 140, at the age of 40, a mere two years after receiving the title...
I was the lucky winner of this one in @Severus Alexander 's first Ancient and Medieval Coins Canada auction and I just couldn't wait to post about...
This denarius of Nerva depicts a simpulum, sprinkler, ewer, and lituus -- the emblems of the augurate and pontificate. These are not an uncommon...
A signet ring bearing the Greek inscription ΠΙΛΑΤΟ has been found at Herodion. Archaeologists believe it may have belonged to Pontius Pilate or to...
... but without the neck beard. Glad I don't have any money tied up in this debacle. Roman citizens in AD 267 didn't have any such choice. [ATTACH]
I first posted about this coin a couple of years ago and have since learned a bit more about it. I have since found some references for the coin...
The last time I did this, it was fun, so I thought it would be fun to do it again. I used a random number generator to pick a coin for me to post...
In today's news. [ATTACH]
Sometimes, die-engravers did a pretty good job and it's clear they were familiar with the animal they were portraying: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Python was a serpent who lived at Delphi, where he guarded the center of the earth, represented by a stone, the omphalos or navel. There are...
I bought this from a V-coins dealer who described it as a "hybrid mule type with reverse of Julia Domna." However, he erred in saying its reverse...
There are several variations in the Gallienus zoo series that depict centaurs with the reverse inscription APOLLINI CONS AVG, meaning roughly "to...
Elagabalus issued two denarii for his grandmother, Julia Maesa, with a Pietas reverse type: RIC 263, on which the goddess is depicting standing...
Reading numismatic references from the 18th and 19th centuries is romantic in its anachronism. I imagine myself in my bifocals -- newly invented...
Diana, the twin sister of Apollo, was not only the goddess of the hunt and of childbirth, but she was also identified with Luna, the moon. As the...
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