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Sunday, 13 October 2024
A Kolophon hemiobol reattributed to Magnesia
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The ancient city of Kolophon (sometimes spelt Colophon in the literature), is located in Ionia, Asia Minor. The ruins are situated to the s...
Sunday, 15 September 2024
A Severus Alexander multi city provincial die link
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This provincial bronze of Severus Alexander from Abydus in Troas (Conventus of Adramyteum) is interesting, to me at least, for a couple of r...
Wednesday, 4 September 2024
The infant Dionysus on a bronze of Nicaea
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A number of years ago I picked up a small (15mm) bronze of Geta, as Caesar, from Nicaea in Bithynia. The reverse design features the young D...
Saturday, 24 August 2024
A hemiobol from Kasolaba in Caria
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AR hemiobol, late 5th/early 4th cent BC, Obverse - Male head right with Carian inscription, Reverse - Head of goat right Ancient Greek coins...
Saturday, 13 July 2024
Rouen transporter Bridge token
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Although it is British machine tokens I mainly look for occasionally I pick up tokens from other countries. One such is this 5 centime token...
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
The denarius of Lucius Papius
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This Roman Republican denarius, issued by Lucius Papius c. 79 BC (Crawford 384/1) is known for the use of a, huge series of control marks on...
Saturday, 27 April 2024
The Lupercal on a coin of Marcus Aurelius
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Marcus Aurelius, As, RIC 1247 At the recent Harrogate coin fair I found this “middle bronze” in a pick box. This as, dating to the last ...
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