We've seen a lot of nude bodies in this thread. How about just the external reproductive organs? "Pudenda virilia"-- it take some imagination...
I'm going to hold off attributing those because they're well-preserved and I think you might enjoy doing it yourself :). If you get stuck, let me...
[IMG] PHOENICIA, Arados Aradian date 130 (130/129 BCE) AE 16, 4.0 gm Obv: jugate heads of Zeus and Astarte right Rev: prow of ship left, with...
OooooooooooooAhhhhhhhhhh!! Nice haul!! They are all from Egypt (except the JC, of course). Sorting out the Ptolemaic coins can be a headache....
Thank you for that information, Ben!
Works for me. Carry on... Jay called for a Judaea capta. [IMG]
The majority of my small Byzantine "collection" came from that group lot. All but a couple on my website are from that lot, although I have a few...
I have a flake of gold from Constantine IV. It was in a large-ish lot of Byzantine coins from a very frustrating G&M auction six years ago. On...
Everyone else is posting their Venus-from-behinds so I'll add this one, purchased for the beautifully proportioned goddess :). [IMG] Julia Domna...
Modern fake. It looks like it is a struck coin and the metal is right but the style is wrong. Here's a match in Forum Ancient Coins' fakes...
There is one type of owner-applied damage I'd love to have... anything with the inlaid silver Gonzaga countermark. Here's an example from a...
"A__________ University"? It is not unheard of for museums and universities to mark their collections in some damaging manner.
It may be common but it is an outstanding example! Fabulous :)! Happy Father's Day, all! :)
Well, as long as we're on that member subject... Postumus = Doug Smith :D [IMG] Postumus CE 260-269 antoninianus, 20 x 22 mm, 3.0 gm struck CE...
[IMG] CORINTHIA, Corinth 345-307 BCE AR stater, 8.65 gm Obv Pegasus flying left, qoppa below Rev: helmeted head of Athena left wearing necklace;...
[IMG] ISLANDS OFF ATTICA, Aegina. 456/45-431 BCE AR stater; 20mm, 12.32 g Obv: land tortoise, head in profile, with segmented shell Rev: large...
Not the biggest and nastiest teeth but Z already posted a ketos... [IMG] Augustus & Agrippa Gaul, Nemausus, c. 10 BCE - CE 10 AE dupondius Obv:...
[IMG] TROAS, Alexandria. Trebonianus Gallus CE 251-253 AE 21 mm, 4.76 gm Obv: IMP VIB TREB GALVS AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right...
Cool coin and nice writeup! Gonatas: [ATTACH] KINGS OF MACEDON, Antigonos II Gonatas 277/6-239 BCE, struck after 270 BCE, Amphipolis mint AR...
[IMG] MYSIA, Kisthene Orontes, satrap of Mysia, c. 357-352 BCE AR Half Siglos or Tetrobol; 13 mm, 2.75 gm Obv: Nude hoplite crouching left behind...
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