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From the Republic to the 16th century...M. Aemilius Scaurus, S.Severus, Trajan, Sigismund I...

Illyria Apollonia drachm, ae As, small bronze, Probus, Byzantine ae....

Hadrian as, 10 gr..

49 minutes ago, Heliodromus said:

How does something that big get lost/stolen?! Maybe 4x6m = 12x18 feet in size!

It seems it'd be hard to sell something so large and unique - maybe stolen to order perhaps, and now adorning some millionaire's mansion ?

 

 

 

The painter Paja Jovanovic was known for some truly monumental paintings..Just look at this oil painting * The Proclamation of Tzar Dusans Law Codex* and its size...

*FUROR TEUTONICUS*, by Serbian painter Paja Jovanovich...The monumental oil painting, 24 square meters, made in 1899, describes the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest..It went missing after being in the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts, though this sketch has survived...

8 minutes ago, seth77 said:

The copper one is beautiful but how do you know it's Germanic? It looks a bit later, perhaps avaro-slavic?

Its hard to tell, but its definitely a migration period..

Bronze Germanic fibula, 8.5o gr. and partially gilded Germanic silver fibula, 3.5o cm, 4.5o grams..

What would this mean? Childs play or religious signs?

Its lead, 1.37 gr...

Divus Augustus as, 11 gr...

I know its broken, I know its not eye appealing, but its historically interesting and very rare...

Gepid siliqua, Cunimund, 567 AD, very rare..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunimund

Gallienus antoninian, Tacit/Florian/Aurelian? ant. with a nice silvering and Galerius? follis...

Iron spearhead, 13 cm/ 5 inches

Terra sigillata, 9 cm/3.5o inches...

Medieval fighting iron axe, metal treated, 21 cm/8.2 inches...

Faustina as, 10.5o gr and part of bronze decoration..

Domitian denar, 3.7o gr

Salonina ant., Gallianus antoninian, 3.8o gr., and Neron as, only 5 gr..

8 hours ago, Kamnaskires said:

Yes, these twisted shank types are medieval, not ancient. Here’s a site I use for medieval iron arrowheads. If you scan way down on the linked page, you’ll see some similar.

http://grexluporum.blogspot.com/2017/02/medieval-arrowheads-database.html

 

 

Kamnaskires, thank you very much for this info...!!!

Iron Roman? arrowhead, 14 cm/ 5,5 inches, and bronze hoof, part of a larger bronze horse...

Some members of this forum are familiar with this item, but I would like to share the purchase of this item with other members..I bought this item from an elderly person and this item was in his possession over 20 years..Due his ill health, he decided to sell his collection of antiques and coins..

Roman iron divider/compass, 35 cm/ 13.7o inches...

L. Titurius Sabinus denar, it was, probably, ritually bent and burned on a pyre, as a part of Celtic/early Roman custom...

Commemorative issue..Constantine I, 2.9o gr..

Viminacium, Caracalla denar, Hadrian as, Gordian III Nicaea, small bronzes, Joseph I, 3 kreuzer...

1 hour ago, Ocatarinetabellatchitchix said:

I think it is written MADE IN CHINA ???

Haha, OC, maybe, but the quality can be seen after 2000 years...

Titus denar, Mars, 3.2o gr., and makers stamp on part of Terra Sigillata...