Maybe not forever. It will make an interesting article by the archaeologist who will excavate the remains of your house 1000 years from now.
All these stories remind me of Luke 15:8-10. Here is mine I live south of Paris, not far from Fontainebleau. One day, while all the family was...
And one day some scholar will want to study it for his PhD or some research project. Analysing the metal, listing all dies of this emission, etc....
Of course this coin must remain part of the numismatic material from the archaeological site. The girl was just helping sifting dirt from the dig.
Very good sestertius for so rare a princess. Because it is an authentic coin ! And wear is part of their history.
This sestertius was tooled (or forged?) in the same style, maybe by the same workshop, but w/o the green patina - which is BTW the same green...
Voted for #5 (it is THE coin of Claudius Gothicus to have, after all, and it's in excellent condition); #10 (because of the superb portrait and...
[ATTACH] Pseudo-Attic drachm, Gaza or Raphia, 353-343 BC. AR 4.27 g. [ATTACH] Pseudo-Attic drachm, Gaza or Raphia, 353-343 BC. AR 4.31 g. This...
the portrait does not correspond with any of the Didius Julianus sestertius obverse dies. This is just a fake.
I like this seafood plate...
You mean 'fleur de coin', I suppose ;)
Lowering sales taxes... Is it why Caligula is reputed to have been mentally deranged?
Now a more specifically numismatic question : is your prutah cast? it is 16 mm and 2.13 g, I have another one that is 14-15 mm and 1.39 g....
Thank you, this is very interesting. The paper by Donald Ariel is available online here. The Temple Treasury was located in the southern end of...
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Funny thread :) - My 9 Caesars : [ATTACH]
Not a middle bronze, not of British association, but at least she's veiled ! [ATTACH] Faustina I (posthumous), sestertius, Rome 141-143. AE 31...
If by 12 Caesars you mean Julius Caesar and the 11 first emperors from Augustus to Domitian, sorry I don't have the 12, only 9. Julius Caesar,...
Never heard of a hoard mixing owls or alexanders with Roman denarii. Or even of a hoard of Attic owls found near Rome. In the list of all known...
If the rev. type is unknown for Victorinus, it means that your coin is to be considered "unofficial". The deity on the reverse must be Felicitas...
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