I hope the title isn't confusing. Not that I feel we have bigots in the ancients forum and how they die. All of the bigots I've come across on CT...
Recieved this as an add on from one of my favorite eBay sellers recently, but know not what it is or where it comes from in time, other than that...
Hadn't noticed him on here as of late and then saw his account is deactivated :sorry: I hope it's an honest mistake and that he was removed do to...
You are traveling through another dimension of coinage, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of weird countermarks. A journey into a...
At 1.6 gr, 12 mm this coin is considerably underweight compared to the two other examples I found on ac search coming in at 4.43 & 4.09. Though,...
Having scouted out the coin show the day before I'd had a chance to fool around and fall in love... HARD, but didn't want to pull the trigger...
Nymphs: deities and personifications of nature almost always in the guise of beautiful young women... that Satyrs just can't keep their filthy...
Pausanius couldn't have gotten it more right. After the humble, hardworking and highly skilled statesman Philopoemen (253-183 BCE) left the scene,...
1183 BCE was a good year to be a Hellene. Not so good to be a flourishing coastal trade town that's a primary route into the east... with a REALLY...
Without major items striking my fancy at auction this weekend, again, I find myself trudging through the slop on fleebay and came across another...
Hey team, This sellers coins keep crossing my paths but I'm skeptical, particularly the silver coins just have a mushy/soapy look to them....
"Happy Birthday to Rome. Happy Birthday to Rome. All roads lead here and if you lived here you'd already be home." That's right, on this date in...
My latest rarity showing Britannicus and his killer: [ATTACH] Britannicus and Nero as Caesars, Æ17 of Pergamum, Mysia. Struck under Claudius I, AD...
Last week I scored a rarity not listed in RPC (Roman Provincial Coins). I looked and searched everywhere and couldn't find another of the type. It...
As I've been really trying to refine the quality of coin that joins my collection, I find myself still lost in rubbed down surfaces, old cabinet...
[ATTACH] The man who picked up the pieces after the year of the five emperors and no longer hid "the wolf" that the emperors had been holding by...
[ATTACH] (Corinthian style helmet) There were so many different styles and types of helmets that our ancient ancestors used to help keep them...
#1. Blaze of glory- Antigonos Monophthalmus After having been celebrated as one of Alexander the great's greatest generals it took Ptolemy,...
Zeus above on high, do I LOVE a Cloooool Hand Luke countermark. But countermarks are much harder to identify, and tell us much less, than a...
This just in from the latest Leu auction: I just recieved 3 of the baddest emperors in Roman history in one sweet package! [IMG] (My money's on...
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