Yup its already on the radar. Constantius I will also further my Constantinian Dynasty set.
I bid on and won both of these (running at the same time from the same seller) as it seemed fitting to keep the pair together, especially with the...
But more than 1 billion people on this earth do not currently have access to electricity. Companies can make all the cheap technology they want...
Thinking physical money will disappear in 10-15 years altogether is a First World problem.
I looked up the Laurium mines and those were controlled by Athenians and closed in the first century BCE and per this source not used again until...
I always assumed the Romans claimed provincial mines and took the ore as their own at a governmental level.
I have read similar to what dltsrq said as well as that trade to the east, especially India, drained away the silver faster than it could be acquired.
I would reply that under normal circumstances it is unlikely to find 'air' devoid of oxygen, so hitting that state is then less of a jump to...
I think for a $7 ancient I'm not going to worry about it other than the desire to understand what I am looking at. Thank you all again.
Let's have more fun. Place your oxygenless air and copper penny in an environment at high pressure and temperature and the copper will react with...
Can a wax treatment be removed? Should I bother is the real question. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I was the only bidder on this coin and it was cheap, but in-hand it seems odd so maybe that's why. There is a strange sheen to it like it had been...
This discussion helps me as well. I had to look it up while identifying a pair of my coins. I have a Gratian VOT X MVLT XX and a Constantius II...
Fel Temp Reparatio Red because whenever a bottle is opened it should be a return to happy times.
Maybe this is an odd question, but I'm an odd newcomer to Roman coins. I have seen mention of coins depicting one ruler (or other dignitary)...
Thanks to @Heavymetal I now also know there were two portraits during this timeframe. CoinTalk is the best. [ATTACH]
Well call me a double then because the Tyche is seated above the river god Orontes for whom the river passing Antioch is named. Of course I had...
If I read correctly the Greek idea of Tyche evolved to be personifications of important cities such that by late Roman times Rome, Constantinople,...
Does this count? Tyche as the personification of Antioch? GENIO ANTIOCHENI, Tyche of Antioch seated facing on rocks, holding ears of grain; river...
I'm formerly connected to Amazon logistics, what dark are you drinking? I can here to share information and not argue right and wrong. I'll be...
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