sulla8017 hours agoA Rare Cistophoric TetradrachmWhen Attalus III died in the late spring or early summer of 133 BC, he bequeathed his kingdom to the Romans. Cistophoric coins from...
sulla8017 hours agoReading the Ancient StarsAugust Signs I picked up this little coin mostly for the well executed scorpion. It is a little bronze weighing, 2.88mg and 13mm in...
sulla806 days ago16 Wrestling MovesGreek wrestlers apparently had more than one move. "These staters which seemingly display only a pair of wrestling figures at first...
sulla806 days agoThe Mystery EmperorI am not expecting that most collectors look at this coin and say "Wow, that's a beautiful coin", I myself didn't have that reaction. I...
sulla80Jun 17The Usurper UsurpedToday's coin is a fairly scarce issue from AD 353 which comes with interesting history of the years after Constantine the Great's death...
sulla80Jun 11Home to Homer"It’s for each of us to decide whether to believe in one Homer or in many, in a blind bard or in a spirit that encapsulates the most...
sulla80Jun 8The Cimbrian WarIf you look beneath the surface and consider what happened and what it felt like to the people who lived in these times, the environment...
sulla80Jun 5The Master of Terence?Terrence was a former slave who became a famous playwright from the Roman republic. He wrote six comic plays in the mid 2nd century BC,...
sulla80May 28Amazon KymeThis map (a detail from The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923) shows the western edge of Asia Minor (a.k.a. Anatolia or...
sulla80May 23Finding M.CAECILIVS.Q.F.Q.NM. Aemilius Scaurus & M. Caecilius Metellus chosen as consuls in 638 AUC (ab urbe condita or 'from the founding of the City'). Image from...
sulla80May 20Horatii & Curiatii tripletsA Roman republican denarius from a moneyer with a family name that traces to the legendary origins of Rome (7th century BC) and the...
sulla80May 16Roman Interference in EgyptDuring the time of Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Rome was already beginning to interfere in the governance of Egypt. Cicero references an...
sulla80May 11Gold RushWhile this post will start in "modern" times with a "modern" coin, I will ask the reader's patience...eventually it will go back to...
sulla80Apr 29Parthian BeginningsAfter the death of Alexander the Great in June of 323 BC, his generals fought each other and divided up his empire. Seleukos I took the...
sulla80Apr 22Roman Republican SphinxMy coin of interest today is a Roman Republic denarius with a sphinx on the reverse, the style of the sphinx is similar to this 1st...
sulla80Apr 13Between the Seleucid and Attalid KingdomSince my first note (November 2020) on countermarks of Attic tetradrachms, I have added three more coins, so my notes needed some ...
sulla80Apr 9The End of ParthiaFebruary 19, 197, the armies of Septimius Severus and Clodius Albinus clashed in Lugdunum (modern Lyon, France), and concluded the civil...
sulla80Mar 31Laϊs of CorinthPerhaps it is not surprising in these notes pages that Lais of Corinth attracted my interest because of the reverse of an ancient coin....
sulla80Mar 27Tigranes II the GreatSeleucid King Antiochus The Great (223-187 BC), expanded his empire by installing Artaxias as the governor (strategos) of Greater Armenia...
sulla80Mar 17Nero, "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...