Did you ever have a coin's crush ? The heart that beats fast, the ideas that get confused and that make say anything, the legs that waver, the...
A huge American telescope at the top of a volcanic island in the Pacific has photographed the Sun with unprecedented resolution, making it...
SHIELDS. That’s what we’re talking about. A vital element of all soldier’s equipment. Could you imagine a man going at war without it? It was a...
I can't stop being amazed by the diversity of expertise we found here in the "ancient coins" CT's forum of discussion ; ancient Greek, Roman...
Environmental problems was the hottest topic in 2019; don’t forget to recycle, stop your engine’s car at a red light, avoid wasting the water,...
Egypt, 290-298 AD The Corrector Throughout the third century, the power of Egypt declined: supplanted by Africa as Rome's breadbasket, it suffered...
I know many of us are amateur astronomers. You certainly read about something very special happening since mid-November: The giant star...
I was lately classifying my Roman coins by iconographic elements ; patera, paludamentum, cornucopiae, standards, etc...and caduceus. I have never...
It all started last December. First it was @Roerbakmix, then @JulesUK , @Marsman and finally @Alegandron. All of them talking about the same type...
ValentinianII Ae 2 5.18g. 24 mm. Antioch DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG / GLORIA RO-MANORVM [ATTACH] I won some nice coins at the last Ares Numismatic...
The city Milan (Mediolanum) is today the second most populous city in Italy. But it is an important place for over 2600 years. The name of the...
The 3 coins I won from AMCC 2 just arrived today. They have been lost in the mail and I thought they’ll never show up again... I’m happy because...
No, no I’m obviously not talking about the anatomic genital ligament of the human body...Rather, I’m referring to a specific type of iconography...
Over the years my wife often told me how sexy is my superb aquiline nose. (See my avatar portrait). The prominent bridge of my nasal appendage...
July 21st 356 BC The giant Temple of Artemis , the pride of the city of Ephesus, is on fire. It took 120 years of hard work for its construction...
No we are not talking about Croesus in Lydia in the 6th century BC, but about the Pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1345-1327 BC. Numismatica Genevensis SA...
From the 5th century AD, in a small museum in Tuscany :...
Monogram : a motif of two or more letters, typically a person's initials, usually interwoven or otherwise combined in a decorative design, used as...
Just back from a coin show in Montreal. As usual, only 3 or 4 guys with ancient stuff. But you tell me my friends, what is better than searching...
We all have in our collections coins featuring the famous recurring symbol : the cornucopia. It is a representation of abundance, fecundity,...
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