Dear friends of ancient coins! We discussed this problem several years ago, but without achieving a satisfactory result. Now I have rediscovered...
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 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...
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...
Dear friends of ancient mythology! Numa Pompilius was after Romulus the second mythic king of Rome. The Coin: Roman republic, L. Pomponius Molo,...
Dear friends of ancient Mythology! Here is my last article before Christmas The Coin: Akarnania. Oiniadai, 219-211 BC. AE 22, 6.91g, 22.02mm...
Der friends of ancient Mythology! In addition to the well-known Roman gods, especially the Olympic ones, which are part of our educational...
Dear friends of ancient mythology! Here is my newest coin: The coin: Troas, Ilium, Crispina (wife of Commodus), AD 178-182. AE 25, 13.7g,...
Dear friends of ancient mythology! The coin Roman Republic, L. Plautius Plancus, gens Plautia AR - Denarius, 3.54g, 17mm, 210°. Rome, 47...
Dear friends of ancient mythology! The botanical season, in which I roamed through meadows and forests almost daily as a volunteer mapper for the...
Dear friends of ancient Coins! There are a number of coins in my collection which I have not yet been able to identify satisfactorily. Until...
Dear friends of ancient mythology! The starting point for this article was the following coin. 1st coin: Roman Republic, M. Plaetorius...
Dear friends of ancient mythology! Already in our school days we have read with pleasure in Goethe's Faust, Part 2, the scene in the laboratory:...
Dear friends of ancient mythology! I have always tried to find out the historical and mythological background of the coins in my collection....
Dear friends of ancient mythology! We have already encountered the genius cucullatus in the article "Some reflections on the boy between...
This article is dedicated to Pat Lawrence who has teached me so much. Dear friends of ancient mythology! I want to confess at the beginning: I...
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