This pretty coin with a Gorytos shouldn't gather dust in a coin drawer: [ATTACH] Kingdom of Macedonia, Philip III(?), ca. 323-310 BC AE 20...
Dear danielus! Thank you for posting this coin. But I don't think it is Hermes. I don't see any attributes that speak in favour of Hermes. The...
Dear friends of antiquity! I have had this coin in my collection for 15 years. Yesterday I came across it again and realised that it is still not...
A few words about Demeter: In general, Demeter was a goddess who was closely associated with agriculture, especially with grain. Therefore, her...
The coin I would like to present here is probably the rarest from Nicopolis. Nina Hristova has written: „Gospodin and I are very happy to know...
Thank you all for your postings! Dear Christiane! The correct title of the book is Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov, The Coinage of Nikopolis ad Istrum....
The triple statue is generally assumed to be the cult statue of Diana triformis. In mythology, Acca Larentia is the nurse of Remus and Romulus and...
Dear friends of ancient coin! Today I came across this thread about Alexander Balas. Because I have an older article about Alexander Balas too I...
Dear friends of ancient coins! We discussed this problem several years ago, but without achieving a satisfactory result. Now I have rediscovered...
Correction: More than 2700 different types! Sorry Jochen
Dear friends of Nicopolis! The new 2023 edition of Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov "The Coinage of Nicopolis of Istrum" is now ready for printing. The book...
Dear @Curtis! Yes. a nice coin I would be happy to have it in my own collection. But I have a correction: Because HrHJ (2021) 8.26.9.2 and HrHJ...
Dear friends of ancient coins! "We are dwarfs on the shoulders of giants". This parable is first attested around AD 1120 by Bernard of Chartres,...
Dear friends of ancient mythology! I am proud to have now solved a mystery surrounding one of the most unusual coins of Commodus from Nicopolis....
Dear Friends of Ancient Mythology! The wild boar used to be a huge, dangerous animal. It is therefore not surprising that it plays a major role...
Dear friends of ancient Mythology! I will start with a rather rare provincial coin of Elagabal from Nicopolis ad Istrum, showing a Felicitas in...
Dear friends of ancient Mythology! Lately I have been taking care of my republic coins. Coin: Roman Republic, L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus, gens...
@GinoLR Thank you for this interesting addition! Best regards Jochen
Dear friends of ancient Mythology! With Quirinus we dive deep into the earliest history of Rome. The coin: Roman Republic, C.Memmius c.f., gens...
@Marsyas Mike Thanks for the link. Jochen
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