2025年1月27日 · A large hoard of Roman-era coins (404 gold and silver) was discovered near Utrecht in the Netherlands. The latest Roman coin of Claudius dates from AD 46-47, but the hoard also includes forty-four British gold coins from the reign of King Cunobelin (AD 9-40).

2025年1月11日 · Vespasian, 69-79. AR Denarius (17 mm, 3.31 g, 6 h). Rome mint. Undated, circa 21st of December 69 to Early 70 AD.

2014年8月26日 · From what I have read, they make a lot of those odd decisions. Here in Europe, eBay and PayPal even tried to enforce their rules regarding Cuban coins, cigars, rum, etc.: Buyers in the EU - who the US boycott and embargo laws do not affect anyway - could not buy them from vendors in the European Union if eBay (as a platform) or PayPal (for payments) was involved.

2024年11月19日 · The end of an era, the last Severan Emperor. Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by expat, Nov 19, 2024.

2024年12月20日 · The past year was a good one for me in terms of my collection. I completed three sets to my satisfaction: an 18th century to modern type set, a type set of fractional currency, and a classic silver and gold commemorative set.

2024年11月26日 · I had picked up a gunflint from a flintlock musket and some old pieces of plantation-era pottery moments before. I have two pet theories. Either it was lost by an early collector (a famous 19th century antiquarian happened to have lived nearby), or it came over a bit before that- maybe on a ship from England during the colonial era, where such ...

2024年10月23日 · I have no doubt that early Washington quarters from the same 1936 to 1942 era suffer from the same anomalies because Burdette speaks at length about them and shows decent photos for each year. I don't know if a similar reference exists for later quarters but the lessons regarding lapping and strike are universally applicable.

2024年11月24日 · Borglum offered to finish the project and there was talk of borrowing money from Franklin Roosevelt’s Depression era Reconstruction Finance Corporation to fund it, but nothing came from those ideas. Gutzon Borglum would win lasting fame from his work at Mt. Rushmore, South Dakota which has become one of our nation’s most imposing landmarks.

2025年1月4日 · Currently I am researching how dies were manufactured in the early Victorian era, they contain a lot of errors and the question is how did they get on to the coins. On the face of it, the engraver just picks up the wrong letter punch or punches one in the wrong place so re-punches over the top of it.

2024年10月27日 · Painting by Guillaume Courtois, Jacques Courtois ("Le Bourguignon"), and Pietro Berrettini Da Cortona, created between 1662–1664, depicting Alexander the Great and Darius III, located in the King's Apartment (Grand Couvert) at Versailles, dimensions 188.1 x 344.8 cm, oil on canvas.