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—— Things About —— Ancient Coins |
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| --------------------------------- General Interest --------------------------------- |
People arrive at these pages when they want to find out about myths and hairstyles.
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The story of Medusa as shown on ancient coins. Snake-haired horror or lucky protector? |
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Ancient Coins showing Athena's Aegis. | |
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The winged horse Pegasus on ancient coins. | |
| The Zoroastrian Fire Altar on Ancient Coins. | ||
| Hairstyles of the Rich and Famous. 2,000 years ago. |
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These pages are more interesting to people who already have an interest in ancient coins.
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| Publius and Lucius were Brothers. Portraits of Geta and Caracalla from youth to maturity. |
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| Aurelian or Alice? The long-necked emperor. | ||
| Colourful patinas on ancient coins. | ||
| Holed ancient coins, and why they're interesting. | ||
| A gallery of holed coins, mostly ancient. Nine pages. |
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| Tracing a Holed Tetradrachm. The recent history of a single coin. |
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| Unique Ancient Coins. You, too, can have a coin that's different from all the rest! |
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| Identifying Coins with a Spes reverse. A short exercise in attribution. |
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| Coins of the Month. Individual coins of interest. |
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| The Untold Secrets of Ancient Coins. Serious numismatists, don't look. You'd only become upset. |
| --------------------------------- Specialist Interest --------------------------------- |
These pages are much more technical or detailed in nature.
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| Hut Coin Gallery. Constans and Constantius II hut coins by RIC number. |
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| Hut Coin Analysis. Showing all the types and differences. |
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| Flow marks and halos on Roman coins. This section is more technical than the others. |
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| Depressions around the lettering on some Roman coins. This section is also very dry, but interesting to experts. |
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| Crystallisation and Embrittlement of ancient coins. Another quite technical section. |
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