Read an entire post and learned nothing about ancients, nor their coins. Smh. Pyrrhos of Epirus was Alexander the Great's cousin once removed on...
Lol! He did have a ski nose! LOVE it! How about the man and @Bing ... Crosby: [ATTACH]
Excellent coin of one of the most underrated Roman Emperors. Here's to old, "Hand on hilt", as the soldiers used to respectfully call him....
No two ways about it, that Gordian III is clearly Tobey Mcguire in some sort of Sam Ramey, Bruce Campbell produced Evil Dead 4:Deadites of the...
I'd been reading about the finger story for a while now but hadn't seen it reattached. I'll also point out that it's up for debate whether it's...
Here's a fun eros head gifted to me for Saturnalia from Saturnalia King @bcuda! [ATTACH] Certainly not better than @Clavdivs excellent...
Interesting. It looks like a spoke to me. Sardes had some lovely coins... when they could get it in flan. A swing and a miss: [ATTACH] Home...
Thanks for sharing, Galba 68! Just staggering coins and stories. Breaks my heart to think those savages melted down 80,000 Roman Republic...
[ATTACH] Next up: better looking Eros still (wonder how many layers of erotic upstaging we can get... you read that right ;).)
Nice new provincial and fun write up! I really enjoy provincials of this family, especially Julia Domna. A woman who's beauty was only eclipsed by...
Agreed! That thing looks pretty Decent-ius:hilarious: Impressed to actually have an approximate barbarous mint. Here's a imitative of his big...
[ATTACH] Next up: another person/symbol that Christians have have changed from their original pagan meaning
Was very pleased to score my second first Meris tet for under a hundo, on account of it being busted and all. Still, I find it very attractive....
You need to start by neutralizing it ASAP. Get that coin in distilled water!
I am just cruising along looking for coins of Livia and, of course, Tribute pennies come up. Not a fan. I have my 1 and need no more. But, knowing...
That is incorrect. I would point you back up to @Ignoramus Maximus post above. Click the links and read.
Good eye! :) But actually, it's from @Bing ;) I was giving a couple examples to show just how cherry that portrait of Post u must Claud Goth won was.
Excellent Hogs mouth portrait! With the amount of inbreeding the Habsburg's did old Leopold was lucky he didn't have a bent spine... just that...
Coingrats on the new Sal pal! [ATTACH]
Lovely examples! Speaking of limes Geta's portraits: [ATTACH]
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