the cellphone photo is not sharp enough to show if it's a cast fake or an authentic coin. It's supposed to ba a drachm of Alexander the Great.
Not only in US... but that was the point of my answer, demagogy. Commodus was an emperor and, as an emperor, undoubtedly has to judge, take...
What happened in 193, after Commodus' unexpected death, can show us what was the opinion in Rome about Commodus. The constitutional system...
Commodus was emperor from the age of 16 to his death at the age of 31. He has been vilified by ancient historians or biographers. Sure, he was not...
ΟVΛΠΙ-Α[C ΠΑΥΤΑ]ΛΙ / ΑC... Of course it is Ulpia Pautalia !
It is an interesting theory worthy to be discussed. How would you explain, then, that bronze coins were also minted with the same bridled horse...
I'm not very good in English and I didn't understand which was your problem...
It is a coin of Geta, Pautalia in Thrace. Obv.: AVT K Π CEΠTIMI [ΓET]AC, laur., draped and cuirassed bust right Rev.: ΟVΛΠΙ-Α[C ΠΑΥΤΑ]ΛΙ / ΑC :...
I am in France and I wanted to buy a book on Vcoins from Charles Davis Numismatic Literature, but all I got was a No Way red notification : We...
The natural evolution of human languages has always been diversification, not unification, thus "progress on this front" would mean even more...
This coin is clearly an imitation, why not an ancient one? It was overstruck on an older coin. If it is silver, I wonder what kind of silver coin...
This means it is not unauthorized archaeological digging. In France any kind of archaeological excavation and taking out of archaeological...
Under the Roman Empire it seems that a very simple Greek was the lingua franca of most of the Mediterranean, while Aramaic had the same position...
In my country, unauthorized metal detecting, digging and selling archaeological artefacts is illegal and could end in jail....
I wonder if there are strict rules for telling if an ancient coin will be called rare, scarce, common... For a sirloin steak it is clear : blue...
The coin on the left is the equivalent of a Roman semis, minted in Gaza under Hadrian in 134/5 CE (RPC III 4041). On some dies used in this coin...
[ATTACH]Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 BCE). AE31 Egyptian style. Obv.: head of Zeus right. rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ("of the king...
[ATTACH] Justinian I, half-follis, Antioch mint (4th officina) 528-539 [ATTACH] Justinian I, half-follis, Antioch mint, 550-551
All ancient coins are rare, it depends of what you consider rare. On a scale from rare to well done, I would say medium.
It is rare and also has a interesting reverse ;)
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