Maybe she inherited the pointy nose from her father? xD [ATTACH]
To be fair most of my assessment of Claudius is based on what I’ve heard and read other historians say about him. For example Adrian Murdoch of...
I like to think that them knowing the vague appearance of certain Kings of Rome may have been from oral tradition rather than seeing images like...
So it seems to me like this is a disputed fact regarding the white star marking. It seems some historians say it was there while others make no...
Ah yeah I know what you mean. Sometimes these things happen. I remember reading a Suetonius translation that said Emperor Augustus used to hand...
I understand that but in my own personal opinion it’s a bit different because very expensive multi-million dollar coins are known to be exemplary...
May I ask where you found your information about Bucephalus having a large white star on his brow? I had never heard of that and would be...
I wasn’t talking about yearlings. I was talking about horses like this. [ATTACH] The photo above is the horse Plavius being auctioned. Notice...
I thought it was 1 talent for one servant, 2 talents for the second and 3 talents for the third? For a total of 6 talents.
Rumor has it that the Temple of Artemis was burned down the same day Alexander was born too. His mother Olympia told him that it burned down...
Idk 78,000 drachmae is a pretty high price xD. I’m sure Alexander would’ve been just as happy with a 10,000 drachmae horse. Sometimes though I...
That’s a good point and to be honest that’s what I thought at first. I assumed “Maybe it was just a world class horse with an incredible pedigree...
The story goes that Alexander’s father Phillip II paid a merchant 13 talents for Alexander’s horse Bucephalus (literally “Ox head”) after first...
Not all historians agree with that. According to historian Dr. Aaron Irvin of Murray State University: “Claudius was far and away one of Rome’s...
To be fair Claudius was a much better Emperor and a much smarter person than he is given credit for. Apparently Caligula only kept him around as...
Even though I collect silver denarii I like that coin a lot! :)
What about bullion too? I stack bullion with my coins and would insurance pay the full price if I got some gold bullion coins stolen? Afterall...
That’s awesome! I hope I could do that when I finish my denarius collection. Nowhere near close yet but I still have a few more decades to...
Just a suggestion: A lot of credit cards will get you a better exchange rate because big banks transact so much foreign currency they get a better...
Great closeup photos! What cameras/lenses are good for taking close up photos of coins? I would love to try it myself.
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