A friend showed me part of a hoard of Byzantine large folles. There were 477 coins, and they represented 50 or 60% of the complete hoard, which...
[ATTACH] Theodosius I - AE4 from Antioch Obv.: D.N. THEODOSIVS P.F. AVG. Rev.: VOT / X / MVLT / XX in wreath , exergue AN[T .] (Antioch)
I don't think there are any ancient coins with the name and/or effigy of Hannibal. In the 3rd c. BC portraits on coins could only be gods or...
[ATTACH] Sumerian numerals are still used today
Zarb of course !!! You're right !
On the reverse exergue you read DMShQ (Dimashq, Damascus). In the right field you can read TYB (tayyib, good), like on the Homs fulus. I cannot...
They often find ancient or medieval coin hoards in Israel or Palestinian Territories. I remember this one found in Rafah, in the Gaza strip. It...
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/7955 The mint-place is uncertain
Like this one? [ATTACH] Alexander III the Great, hemiobol, AR 9mm, late 4th c. BC Obv.: head of young Heracles right wearing lion-skin Rev.:...
The picture is not sharp enough, but it is obvious this is a modern imitation not even supposed to deceive collectors.
It is this coin : https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=114803 "Apparently the second known specimen, the other one is in the Munich cabinet."...
In France in 1914, 10 Francs was a gold coin of 19 mm and 3.22 g. One century later in 2014, the same amount of 10 Francs of 1914 has become 0.02...
I think it's a nice denarius of Nero. I never got any...
A small group of Sassanian coins: [ATTACH]AR Drahm of Shapur I, son of Ardashir Papagan, (241-272). Too bad it's broken... [ATTACH] Yazdagard...
This is what archaeologists think. They recently found the remains of a small city on top of the hill and, in its centre, post-holes and...
Imagine that : a coin that is not only fake, but also has bronze disease! :vomit:
According to the label, its weight is 208.6 kg. Empty, of course :)
It is less a problem for Europeans. Italy and Greece are members of the Schengen Area that covers the whole European Union plus Switzerland (but...
There are famous places and monuments of Antiquity people from all over the world like to visit, such as Rome, Athens, the Pyramids, Petra, etc....
[ATTACH] Posthumous sestertius of Faustina the elder (posted before, sorry) Next: a coin you received (or gave) as a gift (again!)
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