It is a modest AE antoninianus of Gallienus: [ATTACH] Gallienus, antoninianus Obv.: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right Rev.: PROVID AVG,...
The first Gallienus is dated P M TR P XV P P, which corresponds to 267. He was COS VII since the previous year, thus I suppose the "VII C" in...
May we consider Greek a Parthian prince who was pro-Roman, had lived in Rome and very probably could speak Greek like Plutarch himself ? After...
When attributing classical Attic owls, it is always difficult to judge from the style. Flament insisted on the fact that in the end of the 5th c.,...
If you want to feed a lion, you should first make him starve for a week then introduce him to somebody you don't like. A patera full of whiskas is...
I sincerely can't tell. I'm like @ominus1, for me it looks like a bona fide Athenian coin. The irregularities left of the eye and on the neck do...
I like very much the desert patina. Unfortunately there are some unscrupulous dealers who paint black coins with some orange product - at least...
[ATTACH] Byblos, 4th c. BC, 1/8th of shekel, AR 8-10 mm. [ATTACH]
I agree with you [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ... but I think that dragging a poor Barbarian handcuffed prisoner by the hair is not a very Christian...
[ATTACH] Counterfeit antoninianus of Tetricus I, emperor of the so-called "Gallic Empire", 271-274 AD. The legends look blundered : MP C TITRICVS...
I don't know if such a plan existed in the time of Genghis Khan. But such an attempt was made later. In the National Archives in Paris they still...
Genghis Khan is regarded in Mongolia as a national hero. His portrait is on the banknotes. [ATTACH]
Execute the ambassadors of Genghis Khan?!!! it was a veeeery bad idea!
The first thing that comes to my mind when somebody mentions Nero is "I wish I had a sestertius of him".
[ATTACH]"Liberalitas Augg": "liberality of the two Augusts". One could say that Philip the Arab and his son were damned liberals, which could...
[ATTACH]I like this Constantine follis from Alexandria, the emperor looks funny :clown: NEXT : consular bust (Roman or Byzantine)
Gorgeous specimen !!! But @Andres2 said "Constantine the Great", and this beautiful coin is of Constantine Jr...
Well... 4th Century BC or AD? [ATTACH] Athens, tetradrachm, second half of 4th c. BC [ATTACH] Valens (364-378 AD), siliqua of Treves. NEXT :...
Thank you. So the coin is skyphate? Or is the reverse flat so the coin is very thick in the centre?
[ATTACH] My modest collection of fakes... Nice uncles, aunts or distant relatives, when they had been visiting Tunisia, Turkey, Jordan and other...
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