Mauseus

The early Italian coinage from the instep of the "boot" of Italy is very distinct. The reverses frequently mirror the obve...

Tiberius, AE 20mm, Amphipolis in Macedon, Europa riding astride a bull (Zeus) As the UK prepares to leave the EU it feels right to po...

I am not a token collector but I have always been interested in the nearest 17th century tokens issued to where I have spent most of my l...

I have finally got around to photographing a small pot in my care. Seemingly rebuilt from many pieces and is incomplete. It is a long nec...

Genuine Roman gold solidus of the emperor Valens  The weighing in ancient times of gold coins ensured that they were neither cut do...

Working now in the centre of York I can regularly call into a number of my favourite haunts. On one such lunchtime trip I came across a c...

I have a thing about Roman usurpers and in particular the Palmyrene revolt of  the 270s. I have always promised myself that if ever I get a ...