Several of my Antiochene Justinians were also struck from inappropriate dies. A decanummium obverse die with half follis reverse. Year 20: 546/7....
Thank you, Al, you are most kind! I'm impressed that you read that passage in high school. I've known about it for decades, but never actually...
Thank you, Al, for a great write up and 2 wonderful coins! In addition to militarily reuniting the 2 halves of the old Roman Empire, Justinian...
A beautiful Milan tremissis. Wonderful style!
You've a good eye - for a good book!
4 mm! Don't drop it in a shag carpet! In his play, the Wasps, Aristophanes jokes about the habit of carrying small coins in one's mouth. A fraud...
You may have already seen the table of contents for Doyen's book, but if not, here it is. I apologies for the formatting errors, but it will give...
I'm impressed by how orderly and neat everyone's shelves are! Mine are a shambles in comparison. I actually buy very few personal books; I'm...
I placed it in queue for our library's ordering several months ago. Amazon shows a release date of 20 April. A friend told me one of the chapters...
Il Duce gave our fair city a copy of the Lupa Romana in year 10. It resides in one of our parks. [ATTACH]
A quick check of "Magna Graecia" as a subject in my university library catalog produced over 200 titles. As usual with our collection, 75% of them...
Here's a well worn sestertius of Nerva. Normally I would have no interest in owning such a worn coin, but I bought it for the tiny eagle stamp to...
What a beauty! Congratulations on getting such a wonderful example. The portraiture on C. IV's gold varies so much in style, from the cartoonish...
What a beautiful right-up and photos! Thank you. Oh, I miss Greece! Although "Byzantium", and I use that term very guardedly, provided the...
Dear Erin, I can't put it any better than B's kind note says it. May God bless and comfort you and your family. As Virgil wrote in his Aeneid,...
Wonderful posts and great photos. Thanks! Just want to note that "gestus" is a Latin, not German word, although I am sure that the Germans have...
Thank you!
Brian, W. Hahn gives your coin to Justin I in his 2000 first ed. of Money of the Incipient Byzantine Empire as NN67, which is what I thought...
Severus Alexander, you are most welcome! It's so nice to be able to meet fellow enthusiasts through CT. When my interest in ancient coins began in...
It's not always easy deciphering the monograms on these tiny coins, especially when the differences between them are subtle, as with these 2...
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