---------- What I Like About Ancient Coins ---------- |
Ancient Coins |
--------------------------------- 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 Monsters on Ancient Coins. | ||
The Winged Horse Pegasus on Ancient Coins. | ||
River Gods on Ancient Coins. | ||
Ancient Coins showing Athena's Aegis. | ||
Snakes on a Coin. A slither through many different serpent images. |
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The Zoroastrian Fire Altar on Ancient Coins. | ||
Ancient Coins showing Sacred Stones. | ||
Hairstyles of the Rich and Famous. 2,000 years ago. |
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Roman Coins as Modern Wedding Gifts. | ||
Gods of the Solar System on Roman Coins. | ||
Earth, Water, Fire and Air on Ancient Coins. Coins that can symbolise the four classical elements. |
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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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Ancient Vessels on Ancient Coins An Amphora, You Say? |
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Pan and His Lagobalon on Ancient Coins | ||
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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Our Grandfather — Edward Allen Sydenham An article about the Roman coins author by his granddaughter |
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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, 2006. 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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