[ATTACH] In the US, since 1972, the third Sunday in June is reserved to celebrate fathers. While several internet sites mention the necktie as...
Dear ancient collectors, a few new notes added to my pages on http://sullacoins.com including this one for a coin that arrived just in time for...
[ATTACH] I enjoy Thanksgiving for the look back with gratitude at a year with all the usual highs and lows. In this forum we can be grateful for...
My latest denarius completes a 2-rat set. [ATTACH] Jugurtha in chains, public domain image by M. S. Maélla, from La conjuracion de Catilina y la...
I am attempting to make some sense of these dirhems - some coins that I don't collect, but have accumulated. I am unsure about the attributions -...
[ATTACH] Image Source: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz by Thomé, Otto Wilhelm, 1903 If you keep asking, "What evidence is there...
Ancient coins offer no shortage of stories of political and military battles. The two coins that I feature today are from political opponents in...
Although countermarked Byzantine coins are not usually something I seek out, I couldn't resist this one. It was described in the auction listing...
[ATTACH] "Vedute antiche e moderne le più interessanti della città di Roma", Rome, 1820, published by V. Monaldini, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons...
"Good things come in small packages II" - Although at 0.49g this coin is about the same weight as the last coin that I posted it is NOT an obol...
"Good things come in small packages" - this is certainly the thought I have today with this 0.56 gram coin. Although unusual for Greek coins,...
Octavian (aka Augustus) conquered, or annexed, Egypt when Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide after the battle at Actium. Between 30 BC and AD...
[ATTACH] While the portraits often draw me to a coin - the stories of the people and the history of the Roman Republic linked to it bring me back....
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