The Ptolemies had been issuing large bronzes for centuries. It need not have been the Roman Imperial sestertius that was the model for their large...
Don't forget the dog of Odysseus, Argos, as faithful as Penelope.
Clearly from the Bacchus-Dionysius Vineyards of Utopia, Atlantis, circa the second or third year of the 696th Olympiad, a very good year for...
Are coins from Antioch considered to be Turkish coins for the purposes of the UN protocols on the exportation of cultural heritage artifacts? If...
These are not the kind of coins one unloads at the monthly coin club show. Wherever they show up they will attract attention, By the way, how does...
As stated above what the American Colonists were concerned about was the weight and purity of their coinage, no matter where it was minted. It was...
If silver and gold are such good investments why are we bombarded with adds trying to sell the stuff? If one had bullion and really believed it...
Papal Bulls were not all that common. Do you have any idea what the subject of the Bull was all about? From the date, maybe something in...
Is the seal made of lead?
Pater emon o enouranois, hagiasthetou to onoma sou. Pater noster qui es in caelo, sanctificetur nomen tuum, Vater Unser, der du bist in Himmel...
Try Googling coins of Morocco.
I am retired from teaching history for a living. I had a classical education with a good deal of Latin and Greek. I have collected coins since I...
Any idea on why Aesculapius is on the coin? Was it issued for some reason connected with a health crisis, like an outbreak of plague?
I find it most interesting to collect ancients of people I can read about as having the coin on front of me in hand goes well with reading about...
I have noticed that in the past couple of years there seems to have been a large number of high grade Nero Alexandria tetradrachmas showing up on...
I know that in the Eighteenth Century (AD) the British tinned their bayonets to retard rusting, especially on those destined for use by marines on...
Not really experienced but I know precious metals are almost never encountered in a pure state and could not be made 100% anything in ancient...
I would not be too concerned about the somewhat lighter weight. I don't know if Antioch was minting their coins al marco or not but circulation is...
Arashpour: the reference book I think you are looking for is, "Coinage in the Roman Economy" by Kenneth W. Harl, Johns Hopkins Press, 1996. Like...
The easiest way to determine the silver content is by year. The first two year issues of this coin were 63%, then it jumped up to 80% and stayed...
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