No, not that "Dating" I realize my title may be a bit ambiguous, this thread has nothing to do with Caracalla's love life, or Plautilla and her...
This year continues to bring more coins of Asia Minor than Roman republic to my collection. Today a coin from Phrygia, Laodikeia - also spelled...
"Whenever you desire to cheer yourself, think upon the merits of those who are alive with you; the energy of one, for instance, the modesty of...
[ATTACH]In 66 BC, during The Third Mithridatic War (73-63 BC) between the Roman Republic and Mithridates VI of Pontus, Pompey “The Great” took...
[ATTACH] Public Domain: Painting by John William Waterhouse (1847-1917) Elpis (ἐλπίς) with a flower in hand is depicted on this Alexandrian...
Perhaps demonstrating my opportunistic approach to ancient coins, I recently added this coin to my Parthians. This is an unusual coin (see...
Transitions between emperors could be risky times, and Trajan had not clearly defined his successor. We are only a week away from the day that...
Compared with a Roman republican denariius, my latest coin seems impressively large and three dimensional. This is not a Macedonian tetradrachm...
[ATTACH] A Parthian "Gotarzes II, AR Tetradrachm" was the auction listing. A quick glance at the coin, that didn't seem quite right, but I...
[ATTACH] Public Domain, Thanks to the Getty Museum Open Content Program In a previous post, I shared a coin from Pergamon, Mysia. @Shea19 added...
[ATTACH] Base of a funerary kouros, Athens 510-500 BC, with wrestlers – National Archaeological Museum Greece There are coins from Nicaea,...
[ATTACH]Public Domain Image Some of my favorite coins have been opportunistic rather than the result of careful planning. This coin is in that...
[ATTACH]After a number of diversions in Anatolia, and a bit of an RR drought, this week I added another Roman Republican coin to my collection....
[ATTACH] Public Domain image, C. Comiers, "Pratique Curieuse", 1735. The Sibylline books were consulted by Romans from the time of the republic...
[IMG] For more info on the photo and balloon rides see https://cappadociaballoonflights.com/ With the evolving global pandemic, it seems unlikely...
[ATTACH]There was a post last year on this type of anchor and dolphin from Domitian by @Orfew that included a reference to an interesting blog...
[ATTACH] The Humiliation of Valerian by Shapur I, French 15th Century Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program When I first...
[ATTACH] Temple of Vespasian, Stefano della Bella 1656 (public domain) Although I only have a few coins of Vespasian, I find transitional...
In the words of Tom Petty, “even the losers get lucky sometimes”. You have to love an auction where you lose and still get the coin you wanted....
[ATTACH]I don't usually purchase fake ancient coins, at least not intentionally, but as a collector of Roman Republican coins I found this one...
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