[ATTACH] I just inherited this head of smiling Buddha. Grey schist, Gandharan art, probably 2nd to 4th c. AD.
Notice that the name "Atropatene" evolved to the modern "Azerbaidjan". In the 3rd c. BC it was already neighboring Armenia.
have you a picture of the rear side? is it plain or hollow?
I wonder what kind of historical conclusions one can draw from an isolated coin. Ptolemaic gold circulated far beyond the Ptolemaic borders,...
It's an unpublished hoard but it's obviously a small hoard, or part of a larger hoard, from Southern France. AE antoniniani of Gallienus,...
This specimen was found in Gaza : [ATTACH]
This specimen was found in Gaza :
As the Pontifex Maximus, the emperor was the only person who had the right to touch or even cancel something sacred. The vestal virgins were...
Do you know its origin, where it has been found?
[ATTACH] Another Elymais drachm
[ATTACH] Nero Drusus sestertius. [ATTACH] Nerva sestertius [ATTACH] Trajan sestertius
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[ATTACH] Justinian, half-follis of Theoupolis (Antioch)
If some day you visit Provins, don't miss the vultures show !... [ATTACH]
I think "stater" means "standard unit". Of course it is not the same in all cities. It's like the dollar today : a US dollar is not a Canadian...
Early Nabataean. The types are copied from Alexander the Great's gold staters. A good article on these coins : https://www.jstor.org/stable/42667225
In the 16th-19th centuries ancient statues and vases were restored this way. When you look at famous Greek statues in the Louvre or the Vatican...
There was never a Palmyrene Empire. Odaenathus (Zenobia's husband and Vaballathus' father) never claimed to be an emperor. He had the titles of...
In the 16th - 19th c. Europe, most of the Roman coins found as stray finds or in hoards had little or no value. But they could be shipped to...
The legends are incredibly blundered.
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