Thank you for the leads. I will check online and see what I can find. Reverse image search usually gets me close when I don’t know where to look...
Hi Could someone please help ID this? (0.5 g, 12 mm) [ATTACH]
The Gunpowder Plot (November 5, 1605) Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason Why gunpowder...
Proof that Elvis was a time traveller! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Excellent attempt. With very minor corrections, and off-flan words in parentheses. Some words are truncated on the coin (e.g., “Ahmad” as...
Maximinus takes the expression “My lips are sealed” to a whole new level.[ATTACH]
Gillette, the choice of emperors. [ATTACH]
Wardrobe malfunction, c. 4th century AD [ATTACH]
When you rule the empire but they still make you pose on your day off. Emperor’s reaction: the sacred middle finger. [ATTACH]
Proof that not every hero's journey smells like roses. Our hero here prepared for a roar, but instead got the lion’s 'silent-but-deadly'...
Have a hilarious ancient coin photo? Post your favorite funny finds and keep the ancient laughs rolling! I’ll start: Vespasian’s secret to...
Carl Wilhelm Becker (1772-1830) was a masterful counterfeiter and antiquities forger who left a lasting mark on the world of numismatics. Becker's...
The Dauphin and the Maid: Charles VII and Joan of Arc Charles VII, born on February 22, 1403, inherited a fractured kingdom in the midst of the...
Congratulations! I got my first one too recently (yet to be photographed). It is off-center, but the only one I could find that was relatively...
Ahmad Shah Abdali (Durrani) (AH1160-1186, 1747-1772 AD), AR Rupee with "Qadir-e-bechun" couplet, Dar al-Sultanah Kabul mint, AH1175/Ry 15, A-3092,...
My first Solidus. :-) Valentinian III, born in 419 AD, ascended to the Roman throne in 425 AD at the tender age of six. His reign was marked by...
Roman Empire: Philip II, as Caesar (244-247 AD), Orichalcum Sestertius, Rome mint, 246 AD, Cohen 49, RIC 256a (15.73 g, 27 mm) Obverse: M IVL...
I know of one more: Decimus Brutus. Decimus, although a distant cousin of Marcus Brutus, played a far more pivotal role in Caesar's downfall than...
Cassius, a leading conspirator in the assassination of Julius Caesar, played a crucial role in the plot to end what he saw as Caesar's growing...
In the annals of history, one of the most captivating and controversial forms of entertainment was undoubtedly the gladiatorial combat that took...
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