It is a nice Alexandria AE drachm of Antoninus Pius. But I wonder why the discovery of a single ancient coin in Israel makes headlines. This one...
The temple of Janus was one of the oldest temples of Rome. Several literary testimonies indicate its location with great precision: in the street...
[ATTACH] A Sidon coin of Elagabalus...
[ATTACH]Another view of this temple, on an Antoninus Pius coin minted at Ephesus. There are no pediment details but the number of columns matches...
Are you sure? It seems his coin bears the same HKΣ date...
it's a regular follis of Justinian minted in Constantinople
[ATTACH]Byzantine Empire, anonymous follis class B (usually attributed to Romanus III Argyrus 1028-1034). I like the contrast between the very...
[ATTACH] This siglos must be one of the most common Persian coins of the Achemenid period. Next: (let's go to a completely different domain) a...
Here are 3 Roman imperial Alexandrian coins. I think I already posted them. [ATTACH] Hadrian, AE drachm, Rev.: Egyptian temple, statue above...
very interesting coin !
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The problem with the coins acquired through auctions or from dealers is that they have no provenance - I mean the place where they have been found...
Byzantine coins mix Latin and Greek letters. This was also frequent on Oriental inscriptions since the 3rd c. AD. Try to decide if this Byz. coin...
Ascalon, no doubt. There is a little coin of Ascalon with the same reverse : https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4874 With the male head right,...
bizarre picture. Is it the one published by the auctioneer? Why are the emperor's cheek and neck blurred?
Protecting cultural patrimony is not "bureaucracy". Looters and antiquities traffickers severely harm History by destroying archaeological sites,...
[ATTACH] Seleucia Pieria, Trajan. R/ : the conic Baetyl of Zeus Kasios under his canopy. Next : Baetyl
[ATTACH] I have no first ancient coin, I have 20 first ancient coins : a small hoard (or more likely part of a hoard) my dad gave me when I was a...
[ATTACH]This is my first sestertius. I was young at the time, and very excited to find this budget Roman coin with the emperor Commodus addressing...
Here are two photos of Saint Sophia, one I took a few years ago and a recent one picked from the ArtNews article. A few years ago, this church was...
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