Valentinian Posted May 30, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 30, 2022 18 hours ago, Leo said: I tried buying a coin in Rome, but all stores were so outrageously overpriced that I just decided to see the beautiful scenery and art instead 🙂 I think this happens at any tourist spot. If it is serious dealer, and some tourist spots have serious dealers, they may well accept a much lower and more realistic price if you demonstrate you know the market and the coin. They can sell the ignorant tourists come other coin. However, the time spend proving you are not just arguing about the price--like a tourist might--rather actually knowledgeable and offering a realistic price, may not be worth it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etcherdude Posted May 30, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2022 Are the any problems you might encounter at customs if you've purchased an ancient in Europe? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientNumis Posted May 30, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Etcherdude said: If your defaced number 6 was in a Greek museum, @AncientNumis you’d be correct in calling him Heracles. Ah ok you're right. Sorry - I always tend to call him Herakles which is a bit weird, even if he's Roman. Should call him Hercules in this case Edited May 30, 2022 by AncientNumis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etcherdude Posted May 30, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2022 Sorry for being overly critical @AncientNumis. I should have recognized that tufa wall and the clean lines of the ceiling above as being from the recent additions to the Capitoline museum. On second thought, your Photo 10 doesn’t show people on the Via Imperiale (it is obviously a narrow walkway, not a wide boulevard they’re walking on). It could be, as you say, part of the Palatine, but I think it is part of the Roman Forum, taken from the vantage point of the Via Imperiale. Viva Roma! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted May 30, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 30, 2022 Here are a few of the many photos I took when I was in Rome with my son in the summer of 2008. No coins in them, but they should still be recognizable! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientNumis Posted May 30, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 Lovely! And some nice pics from the Capitoline museum, my favourite statue there was probably the Marcus Aurelius one - the sheer size and beauty really impressed me! What about you? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientNumis Posted May 30, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 3 hours ago, Gavin Richardson said: Ostia Antica is underrated. I liked it better than Pompeii. I agree! I loooooooved it - had my eyes out on the ground for any LRBs too but sadly didn't see any 😞 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etcherdude Posted May 30, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2022 25 minutes ago, AncientNumis said: I agree! I loooooooved it - had my eyes out on the ground for any LRBs too but sadly didn't see any 😞 Another less visited (than Pompeii) and better preserved site is Herculaneum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientNumis Posted May 31, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 12 hours ago, Etcherdude said: Another less visited (than Pompeii) and better preserved site is Herculaneum. Oh interesting, thanks for sharing! Have you been there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarf Posted May 31, 2022 · Member Share Posted May 31, 2022 Well, I was. The site is only partly excavated. The modern town still built on top. You can still see interiors extant, 2nd stories, and "feel" the streets. Different from Pompeii and usually not as crowded. Boat houses, where the inhabitants sought shelter in vain. The actual beach i a few hundred meters away nowadays. Second floor A view of a street Old and new Regards Klaus 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientNumis Posted May 31, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Dwarf said: Well, I was. The site is only partly excavated. The modern town still built on top. You can still see interiors extant, 2nd stories, and "feel" the streets. Different from Pompeii and usually not as crowded. Boat houses, where the inhabitants sought shelter in vain. The actual beach i a few hundred meters away nowadays. Second floor A view of a street Old and new Regards Klaus Wow - that looks nice! Really great that you can see old and new at the same time - and from the photos seems like it's not too busy as you say. Would you recommend visiting it, did you enjoy it? Edited May 31, 2022 by AncientNumis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etcherdude Posted May 31, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted May 31, 2022 @AncientNumis yes I’ve been there. As @Dwarf’s picture shows there is carbonized wood in some of the buildings. Wooden furnishings still survive inside houses as well. Pompeii was covered with ash but Herculaneum was covered with lava, as much as 60 feet in places. That and the presence of a living namesake town built above make excavation difficult. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor jdmKY Posted May 31, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 31, 2022 On 5/30/2022 at 11:17 AM, Gavin Richardson said: Ostia Antica is underrated. I liked it better than Pompeii. Agree 100% 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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