I don't know about you but if I had a time machine and could bring back stuff, I'd bring a lump of gold and try "spending" as much so I go home with bags of denarii and asses. Paying a few asses for some ass is funny but I would almost certainly do some visiting in the interlude instead!

ABSOLUTELY would prefer a day at the Circus. Watching the race scene from Ben Hur (1959) is pretty exciting and it only could be better in person! Great video!!

Looks like a 90% silver equivalent in older US coins would be about 2 quarters and a dime. Back in say 1890’s 60 cents could get you a day at the ballpark. But not a fun time…..

Where can we find the scene at 2:02?

Brilliant!

Priceless.

Another great video! Thank you!

Hi! is it ok to touch the surface of ancient silver coins? Will it affect the patina?

Love your videos! The ram shown in the denarius may also represent the age they were in, i.e., almost crossing to the age of Pisces (symbology behind Jesus).

I always wondered about this. Thank you for the video. It was very interesting. I kinda like the idea of what was a lot of money to them, would only cost me $20 in silver if I bought it now and brought it back in time. Now only if I had a time machine

Do a video on the Nabateans!

I prefer to call him Carcacacarca.

A great video, thank you. A great coin of Vespasian at the start. I have been to the Colosseum, Rome is a great city. I also own a few Ancient oil lamps, one of them is a later Roman lamp that has a picture of the 3 Hebrews on the discuss from the book of Daniel. Great coins shown, for sure Domitian understood inflation and it is a quandary how much things cost in Roman times and how much they would cost today.

Um no internet or modern healthcare. I will Pass eating the diarrhea food thanks.

Brilliant.Thank you 😊

Alas! After seeing that episode, I realized that I absolutely needed a tessera for my collection.

Leo: I teach a class at UC Santa Cruz with 140 students. Would you be willing to join us for 5 minutes on a Zoom meeting to tell us about your interest in the ancient world and numismatics? I've been promoting your videos as education content.

Enjoyed it a lot!

Well done. You really brought that ancient day to life.

A great idea for a video! Creates a clear sense of context for what happens to the money.

Yes, travel back in time to get the full Rome experience! Brag to your friends back home of how you paid to do the nasty with your 75x great grandma, brought back an ancient Roman STD nobody else has, and how now you might be your own 75x great grandpa! 😂

As someone who was in the American military, it’s very easy to spend a week’s paycheck on an average evening drinking, gambling, and fornicating. Some things never change.

Great vid. Leo. Very interesting and entertaining. As always thx for all your work

Wow. I have seen gold coins, but not like this. This is incredible.

I'm looking at Caracalla that is in good condition. I'm trying to get better coins, and be just like you!

I would bring back another couple denarii just to get change and bring back all those sweet sweet sestertii which featured the Colosseum and try to complete a 12 Caesar's set of sestertii.

As Maj. Kong said, "a feller could have a pretty good time at the circus."

I would much prefer a stop at the emperor's booth during intermission and scene change. then back to the imperial garden for a cookout.

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Its amazing how similar we are to those romans. Except executions...and VAR 😂

Thanks for the new video ! 😊

If I going to the Colosseum, I'm not pinching asses!

Macrinus was generally poorly regarded especially by many in the senate and the Severus loyalist he had little support and was removed quickly hardly the story if a candidate of quality and he was not subsaharen that's Afrocentric Hollywood who state all of north Africa was black so the Egyptians septimius Severus Hannibal and Cleopatra were black

Love the Republican era coin!

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An extra danger of the staple flips is that when you stack them on top of each other, and they move around or shift at all, especially with smaller/larger window sizes stored together, they can scratch the coins through the plastic. I've had this happen several times when sellers send them like this in the mail. The adhesive flips are better, though they can break open on their own when the adhesive is rubbed too much or if it gets too old, which could complicate longterm storage. I'd still pick that over the staple risk though.

Looks like it was just put to sea to get some patina, clearly fake

Beautiful Coins~

Any chance you might look further east? I have an interest in Kushan coinage and their fascinating pantheon that includes and adapts deities from all the surrounding lands.

Very good and very nice...❤❤❤ Thanks

Good job on outing this bad stuff!!!

Thank you for your videos, I just subscribed. I find your videos are a great way to learn more about my ancient coins. I have two Caracalla AR Denarius. One with reverse of Moneta standing and one with reverse of Providence standing. Both are well struck, both sides well centered and all legends are complete and legible. Great videos, they make learning a pleasure. Thank you. Also I ordered three of the t-shirts that you offer!