Heroic busts are not that common on Roman Imperial coins. I believe Trajan was the first Emperor to be depicted with the heroically nude bust with...
Hoarding disorder is a persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions because of a perceived need to save them. A person with...
This new volume of more than 400 pages, the first devoted to the Constantinople mint, enriches a collection devoted to Byzantine coins which...
The three most sought after and « not often seen » types for all Victorinus’ coins collectors are COMES AVG, MARS VICTOR and LAETITIA AVG N. If...
A few months ago, I read with attention an interesting article in French in the Bulletin numismatique. Here is a resume of the new theory about...
In 269 AD, exactly two centuries after the civil war caused by the death of Nero, there was another « year of the four Emperors » 800 miles north...
I’m not very intelligent, you already know that. That’s why I need your help. I just don’t understand. How could a coin, a « nice » Domitian...
Sylloges, by definition, illustrate every coin or almost every coin in a collection. (Sylloge, from the Ancient Greek συλλογή ["collection"], is a...
[ATTACH] The most famous liner in the world sank exactly 110 years ago. On the night of April 14-15 1912, the virtually unsinkable Titanic, in...
Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized...
[ATTACH] What a story my coin collectors friends. During the excavation of a Roman settlement on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, a...
[ATTACH] « The Silver Coinage of Diocletian's Reform (294-312 AD) » aims to review one of the main aspects of this major episode in Roman...
[ATTACH] I really think I’m gonna be sick; CNG will sell in its May auction a complete hoard discovered in England in 2018 (except one coin of...
Just for fun, many of them I’ve never seen before my research. Please give my your opinion on them, no need to be an expert ! 1) Tacitus...
I learned a lot this afternoon reading about Value Marks on late Roman coins. So why not posting a little Quiz, just for the fun of maybe learning...
I’d like to let you know about a fantastic new tool created by Steve Moulding (in his spare time !). For the past 10 years, he is working on an...
I read in another thread lately that LANZ doesn’t have a black cabinet. That’s not true; he is currently emptying it ! 70 « modern forgeries » for...
Leu Numismatik is offering you a job, from the comfort of your home. Anyone interested ??? [ATTACH]
Not so long ago I wrote a thread about a coin of Victorinus with a special detail (the small leaf) and how happy I was to be able to finally get...
[ATTACH] This work, the first in a series of 5 volumes devoted to the sestertius of the Antonines, covers the reigns of Nerva and Trajan....
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