Commodus has been much criticized and even vilified by historical tradition. The fact is that the news of his death (assassinated, but by who?)...
In my house cleanups we only discover old Lego blocks.
So you may belong to the Size Matters kind?
I think I'm personally exactly like you !
Thanks to you I must add to my typology the High Five and the Bollywoodian kind!
In the Frankish states of Outremer (the Levant) the locally-minted coinage, like the deniers of Amalric, circulated together with equivalent...
Thanks. I had forgotten the Biblical kind.
These 2 coins have been found in North Jordan, a few km North of Zarqa. [ATTACH] Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Amalric I, denier, AR 17 mm, 0.96...
I forgot many kinds of collections, for ex. Feminist Separatist: only goddesses and empresses.
Yes, why does it seem so amazing? BTW I also much appreciated Kingdom of Heaven, but I think this movie defames the Knights Templar. The bad guy...
[ATTACH] Antioch on the Orontes, AE 21-24 mm, 11.33 g, 12 h. Obv.: laureate head of Zeus right Rev.: ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕ[ΩΝ] ΤΗΣ (to r., downwards in two...
Suetonian: a single tray with 12 cases for each of Suetonius’ 12 Caesars, upgrading to the death Biographic: coins of a single emperor and his...
I don't think Endubis is wearing a helmet, it is rather a headcloth like a bandana. [ATTACH]
The best would be to check if some of these copper coins have a provenance, if specimens have been found in archaeological digs and where. At the...
... and rightfully so, isn't it? History, heritage, patrimony are not the privilege of some nations. There are old countries that have been...
Are private collectors better custodians? When a hoard is found, well-known dealers from Europe or North America manage to buy it and carefully...
I like very much the Corinthian helmet painted like a Vietnam War-era US M1 helmet. Why not, after all? While Athenian youths were being drafted...
The turreted goddess is not Concordia, it is Constantinople, because she is enthroned, one foot on prow. This is the characteristic of...
Pictures of the fragments of statuettes I think were toys: [ATTACH] A woman with holes for earrings. [ATTACH] A warrior with a hole in his...
On Republican Roman didrachms and later denarii the crest of Roma's helmet always represents a griffin. Among the bronze material found by the...
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