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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 ...
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
The supposed site of the cremation of Septimius Severus
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The demise of Septimius Severus in York in February 211 was before the anticipated return to Rome with Caracalla and Geta, his two sons. Thi...
Thursday, 22 February 2024
Septimius Severus enters Rome (eventually)
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Septimius Severus, sestertius, ADVENTVI AVG FELICISSIMO AVG SC (RIC 719c) Here is a sestertius of Septimius Severus with IMP VIII at the end...
Thursday, 14 December 2023
The VSV denarii of Aurelian and Severina
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Reading (again) Cathy King’s paper on denarii and quinarii in the late third century in the 1978 Sutherland festschrift she observes that ...
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