dear all, as you know, parallel to the sng- issue (bobokov collection) there is a corpus (in english - hard cover, over 450 pades on heavy paper) about the...
http://www.artfact.com/catalog/viewLot.cfm?lotCode=8MLC1OYV If you Love the Julio Claudian Dynasty, you will love the Julio Claudian Iconographic Association....
hi group, i have a single copy of a sng-deultum (edited 2005) - the "green" big book. also setts of varbanov's "provincials" are offered on preferencial price....
Today I received, and verified as genuine in hand, the 2 coins from this eBay auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250231186236 The...
I am forwarding a rather interesting response to my query, which I posted on one other group. From what Jan has put together (see his two web pages) the...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7402480.stm A BUST of Julius Caesar, believed to be the oldest representation of the Roman emperor yet known, has been found...
"The City has fallen". A time to remember: 555 years ago today, May 29, 1453, the Turks captured Constantinople, effectively marking the end of the Roman...
A bit belated, but here is a link to the obit of Michael Hendy, one of the foremost authorities on Byzantine coinage of our time who died in May. A great loss...
On another list I engaged in a debate after a list member claimed that in the mid-third century Moesia Superior had a "closed economy" in which only the...
Thought this book on eBay would be of interest to the group, it features an excellent section on Biblical Coins and Antiquities: THE HOLY LAND SATELLITE ATLAS....
hi tom, without reading the discussion en detail i can only put a small comment, that the terminus CLOSED ECONIMY is not appropriate to comment economic life...
hi group, i still have to offer the three vol's of varbano reference- books "roman provincials on the balkans" GREEK IMPERIAL COINS) if interest - please ask...
I think you make excellent points, unfortunately the other fellow remains unconvinced. I think since the coinage of Viminacium is he specialty he genuinely...
Hi Tom, I once read (many years ago) an artical on the coins of a userper in which the archiologists determined his boundries of occupation by where his...
I soon will be spending a week in Cairo, Egypt and with my weakness for the coinage of Roman Egypt I am looking forward to the possibility of getting coins...
When I lived there in the early 80s it was still legal to bring out small items purchased from licensed sellers. After about 3 years, though, the laws were ...
Thanks, Hal and Jim. I must confess I was hoping for a different answer, though, even though I am aware some other countries see it the Egyptian way. I am...
Tom, if I have understood it correctly, it is even worse. As far as I can remember, the great majority of the coins found earlier have been melted down –...
Here's My Latest Entry Shanks Is Still Right . . . And Barford Is Wrong http://awcoingeek.blogspot.com/2008/11/shanks-is-still-right-and-barford-is.html Jim...
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081110/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_ancient_jewelry_10 2,000-year-old gold earring found in Jerusalem from the Roman period ...
Hello Group- I am a new member, I am a member at the Ancientpeddler and wass told this is a pretty good one to belong to also. Here is my problem; I have...
Varbanov II has this coin #4052 with text: Fountain with profile base and cornice, with spouts to l. and r. (2, 680) R7 Euro 150. (2, 680) refers to Jurukova...
Pekka; Thank you for the response & information, but I need to ask if it states anywhere about the "The Flame or Snake" above the Altar? Here is a link to a...
The picture looks like Moushmov #2731, see http://www.wildwinds.com/moushmov/hadrianopolis.html and 2731 Burning altar. Plate VII 35. Pekka http://get.live.com...
I found this also in Varbanov #3707. Referred coin is Moushmov #2731 and does not state the diameter, rarity nor value. Similar altar can be seen also on...
Pekka; Thank you, If you come across anything else that pertains to this coin, I would really appreciate your in-put, opinion, or references. I am going to...
Pekka; Sorry it took so long to get back to you but I was having surgery on the 24th. I thank you for posting that for me, even though I still believe my altar...