[ATTACH] Anonymous, Antioch (c. 312 AD under Maximinus II Daza ?). AE 15 mm, 1.55 g, 12 h. Obv.: IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter seated left on...
[ATTACH] Attic tetradrachm. AR 25 mm, 17.00 g, 12 h ! This Attic tetradrachm was acquired in Syria. The die orientation is 12 h, is it normal ?...
Philologus_1 's post made me think of getting some display case for a few ancient artefacts that lay forgotten in the attic. Here is an Egyptian...
According to the old Roman tradition, Romulus founded Rome on April 21, 753 BC. The emperor Claudius, who was also an historian, celebrated the...
Dupondius of Trajan celebrating the annexation of Arabia. Rome, 111 or 112-114. RIC II Trajan 457 or 615. [ATTACH] Obv.: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO...
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Elitist : you have less than 50 coins but all well centered and in perfect condition. Barbarian : your collection is specialized in barbarous...
Just two bronze coins of Tiberius, one from Lyons, the other one from Antioch [ATTACH] As or dupondius, Lugdunum (Lyons, France), AD 12-14. AE 27...
[ATTACH] I'm sure this Philip Philadelphus tetradrachm of Antioch was minted later, under some Roman governor of Syria. But which one? The date is...
Last spring I was in Rome and of course took some time to visit some places one more time, taking pictures with my smartphone. In the Forum I took...
[ATTACH] Galatia-Pontus, Amasea ; Caracalla, AD 205/6. AE 30 mm, 16.65 g, 6 h. Obv. : AY KAI M AYP ANTΩNINO[c] , laureate, draped and cuirassed...
[ATTACH] Postumus, AE 22 mm, 5.20 g, somewhere in Gaul 266-270. Obv. : illegible legend (mostly off-flan), radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of...
[ATTACH] It's a silver drachm of the Vologases III type (105-147). A long reign which was plagued in the late 110s by a catastrophe: a Roman...
[ATTACH] Honorius, AE 4, Antioch mint, 402-408. Obv.: D N HONORI-VS P F AVG, draped and cuirassed bust right, wearing pearl-diadem Rev.: GLORI-A...
[ATTACH] What is the curious belt Sol seems to be wearing on antoniniani of Postumus and Victorinus ?
Nice sestertius : AE 66 mm, 176.38 g. Well... that's way too large and too heavy , it's probably a modern fake ;) ... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The...
[ATTACH] Vitellius (69), Rome, AR denarius Obv.: A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head right Rev.: XV VIR SACR FAC, tripod topped by...
This pentanummion (a 5 nummia coin) circulated in Antioch under Justin I (518-527). It represents the centuries-old statue of the Tyche of...
Ancient Roman very rare coins are generally unaffordable, when they are official imperial coins, and not, of course, mere mules. But there are...
It's not about coins. It's about something I saw two weeks ago, this monumental sculpture by the Columbian artist César Hénao, erected last year...
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