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    A Rare Cistophoric Tetradrachm
    sulla80
    • 17 hours ago

    A Rare Cistophoric Tetradrachm

    When Attalus III died in the late spring or early summer of 133 BC, he bequeathed his kingdom to the Romans. Cistophoric coins from...
    Reading the Ancient Stars
    sulla80
    • 17 hours ago

    Reading the Ancient Stars

    August Signs I picked up this little coin mostly for the well executed scorpion. It is a little bronze weighing, 2.88mg and 13mm in...
    16 Wrestling Moves
    sulla80
    • 6 days ago

    16 Wrestling Moves

    Greek wrestlers apparently had more than one move. "These staters which seemingly display only a pair of wrestling figures at first...
    The Mystery Emperor
    sulla80
    • 6 days ago

    The Mystery Emperor

    I 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...
    The Usurper Usurped
    sulla80
    • Jun 17

    The Usurper Usurped

    Today's coin is a fairly scarce issue from AD 353 which comes with interesting history of the years after Constantine the Great's death...
    Home to Homer
    sulla80
    • Jun 11

    Home 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...
    The Cimbrian War
    sulla80
    • Jun 8

    The Cimbrian War

    If you look beneath the surface and consider what happened and what it felt like to the people who lived in these times, the environment...
    The Master of Terence?
    sulla80
    • Jun 5

    The 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,...
    Amazon Kyme
    sulla80
    • May 28

    Amazon Kyme

    This map (a detail from The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923) shows the western edge of Asia Minor (a.k.a. Anatolia or...
    Finding M.CAECILIVS.Q.F.Q.N
    sulla80
    • May 23

    Finding M.CAECILIVS.Q.F.Q.N

    M. Aemilius Scaurus & M. Caecilius Metellus chosen as consuls in 638 AUC (ab urbe condita or 'from the founding of the City'). Image from...
    Horatii & Curiatii triplets
    sulla80
    • May 20

    Horatii & Curiatii triplets

    A Roman republican denarius from a moneyer with a family name that traces to the legendary origins of Rome (7th century BC) and the...
    Roman Interference in Egypt
    sulla80
    • May 16

    Roman Interference in Egypt

    During the time of Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Rome was already beginning to interfere in the governance of Egypt. Cicero references an...
    Gold Rush
    sulla80
    • May 11

    Gold Rush

    While this post will start in "modern" times with a "modern" coin, I will ask the reader's patience...eventually it will go back to...
    Parthian Beginnings
    sulla80
    • Apr 29

    Parthian Beginnings

    After 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...
    Roman Republican Sphinx
    sulla80
    • Apr 22

    Roman Republican Sphinx

    My 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...
    Between the Seleucid and Attalid Kingdom
    sulla80
    • Apr 13

    Between the Seleucid and Attalid Kingdom

    Since my first note (November 2020) on countermarks of Attic tetradrachms, I have added three more coins, so my notes needed some ...
    The End of Parthia
    sulla80
    • Apr 9

    The End of Parthia

    February 19, 197, the armies of Septimius Severus and Clodius Albinus clashed in Lugdunum (modern Lyon, France), and concluded the civil...
    Laϊs of Corinth
    sulla80
    • Mar 31

    Laϊs of Corinth

    Perhaps it is not surprising in these notes pages that Lais of Corinth attracted my interest because of the reverse of an ancient coin....
    Tigranes II the Great
    sulla80
    • Mar 27

    Tigranes II the Great

    Seleucid King Antiochus The Great (223-187 BC), expanded his empire by installing Artaxias as the governor (strategos) of Greater Armenia...
    Nero, "Periodonikes"
    sulla80
    • Mar 17

    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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