New coin and video. :-) [MEDIA] Gupta Dynasty: Chandagupta Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II) (c. 380-414 AD), AV Dinara, Archer type, Shivlee A4,...
This week’s coin and video: [MEDIA] Anglo-Gallic: Edward the Black Prince (1362-1372), AR hardi, Limoges mint, Elias-204, S-8134 (1.05g)...
New video and coin. :-) [MEDIA] Roman Republic: L. Livineius Regulus, AR Denarius, Rome mint, 42 BC, Babelon (Livineia) 12, Crawford 494/30, RBW...
This is an excellent comment: genuinely appreciate the thoughtful critique and the nuance. I completely agree that Nero is one of those figures...
New video and coin. :-) [MEDIA] Nero (54-68 AD), Æ As, Rome mint, 62-68 AD, RIC 212, WCN 272, BMC 256, Sear 1978 (8.37 g, 23 mm) Obverse:...
Good point. In hindsight I should probably have said electrum-bearing alluvial deposits rather than separate deposits of gold and silver. The...
New coin and video. [MEDIA] Kings of Lydia: Kroisos (c. 564/53-550/39 BC), AR 1/12 Stater, Sardes, Berk 26-7, Traité I 413, SNG Kayhan I 1020-1...
That’s certainly possible, and many Roman leaders did choose suicide to avoid capture or humiliation. What makes Otho unusual is that, according...
New video and coin: [MEDIA] Nur Jahan, by authority of Jahangir, AR Rupee, Patna mint, AH1037/Ry. 22, KM#168.5 (11.40 g, 19.40 mm) Obverse: Ze...
New video and coin. :-) [MEDIA] Roman Empire: Otho (15 Jan to 17 Apr, AD 69), AR Denarius, Rome mint, Jan-Feb 69 AD, RCV.2162, RIC.8, BN/R.10,...
I have discussed Agrippina Jr.’s murder in the video. I don’t yet have a coin depicting her though. This is an excellent example. Thanks for sharing!
New video and coin. [MEDIA] Nero (54-68 AD), Billon Tetradrachm, Alexandria mint, circa 63-64 (year 10), Geissen 157, Dattari-Savio Pl. 7, 196,...
Made a new video on the extraordinary story of Joan of Arc, told through a real silver coin struck in the year she was executed. [MEDIA] France,...
New video and coin. [MEDIA] Syracuse, Sicily, Hieron II (274-216 BC), AE28, SNG Morcom 823. Calciati 195 (16.51 g, 28 mm) Obverse: Diademed...
Adding Decimus, the other Brutus… Albinus Bruti f (Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus), AR Denarius, Rome mint, 48 BC, Babelon (Postumia) 14 and...
Created a new video, telling the story behind this popular Roman Republican denarius. [MEDIA] Roman Republic: M. Sergius Silus, AR Denarius,...
Made a new video, telling the story of my Marcus Crassus and Orodes II coins. :-) [MEDIA] Syria, Antioch under Roman rule, Æ19, time of Marcus...
Made a video telling the story of my Sestertius of Didius Julianus. Tooled, I know, but it was the best I could afford. [MEDIA] [ATTACH]
Adding my “Piece of Eight” from the Golden Age of Piracy: CARLOS II (1665-1700), AR 8 Reales, 1670, Potosí mint, assayer E, Cal-2019-701 (27.53g,...
Adding a silver Dirham citing Ja’far. al-Muhammadiya mint, AH181 [ATTACH]
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