Sorry, but putting terms to exclude in the search is a band-aid on a gaping wound. When I search coins->ancient->greek, ideally, I would only find purportedly...
... I disagree. I think the more that one knows about a coin the more valuable it is. And by this I don't mean just resale value; the coin is more interesting....
Part of the difference is that in the case of software, the is the licensing issue and the laws protecting it. That make a big difference , and the fact they...
I'm not sure whether to post to this question or not. Obviously the political turmoil associated with this period still has active combatants. Those...
... shelves, ... shelves since ... Hi Morten, This part of the thread made me want to ask a couple of questions. 1) So each edition - say the 2000/2001 -...
... If it's a public auction facts like what was sold for how much are just that, they can't be copyrighted. Descriptions and images are indeed another...
... "Books technically don't belong either, but I won't complain about those. " Yes, and that's the rub. Because you find Greek coins and books about Greek...
Is this a bad thing? Why shouldn't antiquities illegally smuggled out of Egypt be returned? The Swiss government seems to be in agreement. Lyndall J. Huggler...
What is to keep coins from being next? Gaye Thomas In a message dated 2/2/2008 2:29:59 P.M. Central Standard Time, lynbeth@... writes: Is this a bad...
Greetings all, This is my concern as well. Let's say I buy a ushabi (sp?). they way they sound now, they would want to seize it on demand, and probably expect...
Doug, According to Ingemar Koenig in "Die Gallischen Usupartoren von Postumus bis Tetricus" Aurelous did strike a few coins at the very end of life. He cites...
Barry, In Koenig the chronolgy is a little different. Aurelous is said to likely have made the first four emissions (of the five distinguished by Elmer)...
I noticed the auction below aqnd I believe these are aither fakes or are too good to be true. http://tinyurl.com/2oxlgc Would appreciate any comments. jose...
I cannot find a reference in my bookcase on how Aureolus was defeated. However, Aureolus never accepted the title of Augustus. He invited Postumus to accept...
Jose -- I think its prudent to avoid auctions by sellers who disclaim any knowledge of their offerings, and by those providing substandard pics of the coins,...
... aurelian was the junior partner under claudius and was likely the commander in charge of the siege at milan which ended in aureolus' capture and execution....
... The chronolgy works fairly well, but the circumstances of Aureolus' death are a different matter. Three ancient sources (Zosimus, Zonaras, and the Historia...
Many of these are obvious fakes, a few, especially in the two lots still open, not quite so obvious from the horrible scans. It wouldn't take too many genuine...
There might have been a few genuine coins in it, but since I could not tell from the image I would not bid on that basis. I was going to bid $150.00 on the...
... i'm inclined to discard zosimus and zonaras considering that the former was writing 200 years after the fact (and likely using the HA as his source) and...
I can believe that his own troops assassinated Aureolus, only because that was the standard operating procedure for the cowardly Roman military. jose vargas...
Dear colleagues, The website Moneta (Moneta bvba <http://www.cultura-net.com/moneta>) is updated with a new group of books in press. - Les monnaies et les...
... This is all earlier in time than my primary interests so I rely mainly on secondary sources. Of course those diverge much as the primary sources do....
From 616-618 AD after the Persians had overrun Antioch and Jerusalem but before they had captured Egypt there are a series of folles by Heraclius struck in...
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