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The Fabian Strategy
The U.S. Naval War College in Newport Rhode Island teaches a Fleet Seminar Program for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard officers of...
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sulla80
- 7 days ago
- 3 min
Nakrasa, Lydia
An usual location for a Roman Provincial coin of Hadrian is as good a reason as any to add it to a collection. I didn't recognize...
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sulla80
- Sep 16
- 4 min
Pro Plancius
Although today's note will start with a trending TikTok theme, it will eventually lead to a Roman Republican denarius and the question of...
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sulla80
- Sep 3
- 7 min
The Emperor's Jealousy
Germanicus had a complicated royal family tree: he was the son of general Nero Claudius Drusus who was the son of Livia Drusilla and...
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sulla80
- Aug 27
- 4 min
Heroes, Gods & Wild Boars
The Greeks & Romans had a multiple of myths about fierce boars run wild. Wild boars were common in ancient Greece and they made worthy...
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sulla80
- Aug 19
- 6 min
Consualia
The Consualia was a harvest festival, held on August 21 (or 18). Consus, the name of the god, is from condere, “to store up.” The...
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sulla80
- Aug 13
- 2 min
The Great God Darzalas-Serapis
The coin that we share today is from Roman emperor Gordian III and was issued in Odessus, Moesia Inferior which is today the city of...
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sulla80
- Aug 5
- 6 min
Seleucid End
With the end of the Third Mithridatic War, Rome became the supreme power in control of all the Mediterranean. Pompey celebrated a victory...
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sulla80
- Aug 1
- 3 min
Perikles, Lycian Dynast
A detail of a frieze from the Heroon of Perikle at Limyra circa 470 BCE. Photo by Vladimír Dlhý from Pinterest. It doesn't take long...
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sulla80
- Jul 22
- 4 min
The Last Days of Sulla
Samnite soldiers depicted on a 4th Century BC frieze from Nola in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples via Wikimedia Commons...
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sulla80
- Jul 9
- 4 min
Vespasian in Alexandria
What an ancient coin costs is always a factor of who sees it. The range of ancient coins is so broad that inevitably there are...
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sulla80
- Jul 3
- 3 min
Myndos, Caria
Dionysos, god of wine, pleasure, wildness was the son of Zeus and princess Semele of Thebes. His mother was killed by Hera's jealousy...
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sulla80
- Jun 23
- 3 min
Son of Mithridates VI
Having failed to capture or kill Mithridates of Pontus, Lucullus lost credibility with the Senate and his troops. He was replaced by...
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sulla80
- Jun 18
- 5 min
A Coin for Juneteenth
On June 16th 2021, Public Law 17 from the 117th Congress established June 19th as "Juneteenth National Independence Day", a legal public...
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sulla80
- Jun 17
- 5 min
A Father's Day Coin
In the US, the third Sunday in June is reserved to celebrate fathers. While several internet sites mention the necktie as tie most...
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sulla80
- Jun 10
- 2 min
Nilus & Euthenia
My coin of interest today is a Roman Egyptian tetradrachm from Claudius II "Gothicus", features jugate busts of Nilus and Euthenia. The...
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sulla80
- May 20
- 3 min
Hermias, Boy on a Dolphin
Hegesidemus writes that in the city of Iasos a boy named Hermias, while riding across the sea on a dolphin lost his life...
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sulla80
- May 19
- 4 min
The Battle of Milvian Bridge
This coin is properly attributed as RIC VI Heraclea 75. It comes from a time period close to the Battle of Milvian Bridge before which...
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sulla80
- May 19
- 5 min
Nero, "Periodonikes"
Nero was a fan of Greek Athletics. He tried to set up the Neronia, a Roman counterpart of the Olympics and other Pan-Hellenic festivals...
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sulla80
- May 6
- 9 min
Head in Hand
Maximinus II is known in coin auctions as Daia, this name perhaps a misspelling from the writing of Lacantius, that is challenged by...
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