The shield is seen from profile: it is not a flat disc but a curved shield. BTW it's still Anthemius wanted. Or may we follow the 12 hrs rule?
Well... I don't think I ever posted this dirham. I apologize in advance if I did and forgot I did. Yazdagard I (399-420), Bishapur or court mint....
The picture does not represent this hoard. The picture represents one of 19 amphorae full of thousands of early 4th c. Tetrarchic folles,...
[ATTACH] Gordian III and Tranquillina, Singara (Mesopotamia) Obv.: AVTOK K M AT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, confronted busts of Gordian III...
[ATTACH] Here is my Aretas camel. It is in good condition but (there is always a but) it is off-centred so the exergue Rex Aretas is off-flan. At...
Thank you, but I don't know how I could do this. Even if I managed to disassemble it, there are parts too big for my biggest pan... Well, I'll...
I don't own any functioning firearm, but we keep an old WW1 relic, a German Mauser rifle. It was brought back as a souvenir by my wife's...
[ATTACH] Ascalon, Trajan. It's the same reverse but with the date ΔIC : year 214 = 110-111 AD. The bird in the right field is considered a dove...
[ATTACH] Claudius the Gothic... (he deserves well the name, judging from his crown) [ATTACH]
The 5th c. AD is a difficult century from a numismatic point of view. They minted gold solidi and tiny AE4, AKA "minimi". I am convinced the 4th...
"Fall of Rome"? - this is a very Western Europe-centred view of history. Politically speaking, the Roman Empire fell in 1453. The city of Rome...
Charles V created a Royal Library, with 917 manuscripts. All his successors added new books, François I in the 16th c. ordered that all printers...
[ATTACH] Trajan Decius (249-251), Rhesaina (Ras al-'Ayn, Syria - presently occupied by Turkish forces, and they're not going to give it back to...
[ATTACH] These two have the date 926, meaning these akces were minted under Suleiman the Magnificent (reigned AH 926-974 = AD 1520-1566),...
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[ATTACH] Vive l'Empereur ! Thank you ! I am pleased to know there was a specimen in the Cunetio Hoard ! And thanks for the photo : I can see...
[ATTACH] Valerian, antoninianus, BI 20 mm, 5.00 g. Obv. : IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate draped and cuir. bust right, seen from front...
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