[ATTACH] My favourite as is this one: Nero, Rome AD 65 Next : a temple
[ATTACH] Carthage, 2nd c. BC, AE 27 mm Obv.: Head of Tanit left Rev.: Horse pacing right, punic letter beneath NEXT : anything from Gaul
The first one must be a variant of RPC III, 3750 - 3755. The second one is RPC III, 3502
Virtus is a very frequent legend on Roman coins from the 1st c. BC to the 5th c. AD. It can be Virtus alone, Virtus Aug. or Augg., Virtus...
Fantastic, fabulous, vorzüglich !!! and extremely rare. Much rarer than gold solidi or tremisses, but this is normal for the period. I know that...
[ATTACH] this one is a dupondius, I think. RIC I (second edition) Claudius 94
No chance the reverse could be inspired by the "standing caliph" type of the Syrian fulus?
Nice medal, but it seems to me this woman is not a personification of France, this is Gallia, a personification of Gaul. And Gaul is not exactly...
[ATTACH] Cornelia Salonina's pudicitia... AE antoninianus Obv.: COR SALONINA AVG, draped bust right wearing stephane on crescent Rev.:...
Same for me... I must have been 10 when I found some day in a drawer not my dad's gun (he never had one except when in the military) but an old...
It is true that under the Carolingian dynasty (9th-10th c.) gold coinage gradually disappeared from Western Europe. From the 10th to the mid-13th...
Collecting ancient coins is one thing for mere mortals like most of us, but it's a completely different hobby when you can rely on almost...
Wonderful gold coin! From the 5th to the 8th c. the Byzantine Empire minted gold in industrial quantities, this why early Byzantine gold is often...
Livy wrote that all ancient records dating back to the earliest times were destroyed when the Gauls took and burned the city in BC 390. To write...
[ATTACH] Demetrius II Nicator, AE23, uncertain Syrian mint, 144/3 BC Obv.: Laureate head of Zeus right Rev.: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΘEOY ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY...
Thanks, but I like that patina... I shall never attempt to clean this dupondius. Maybe, after my death, if none of my heirs wants to keep this...
The "Sponsiani" coins have been discussed since the 18th c., some numismatists thought they were modern forgeries while others thought they were...
Poor Cleopatra! They made her look like Mark Anthony!
[ATTACH] Macrinus (tetradrachm minted at Hierapolis (Mambij)) next : Lion
Could these aurei be contemporary Indian imitations? After all, there is no real evidence they were actually found in Transylvania... [ATTACH]
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