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Artemis & Abydos
This AR (silver) tetradrachm is from Abydos in Troas, northwestern Turkiye, on the coast at the narrowest point of the Hellespont....
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sulla80
- Nov 17
- 8 min
2023 Top 10 Ancients
2023 has been a year with many ups and downs - and a surprisingly good year for coins. Although I did add several Roman Republican...
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sulla80
- Nov 16
- 8 min
Sanctuary of Zeus Stratios
Amasia (variants: Amasea, Amasya, Amaseia) sits on a narrow pass or gorge between two large hills. Cut into the rock faces above the river..
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sulla80
- Nov 11
- 3 min
City of the Sun
Veterans Day honors active and former US service members and is celebrated, in the US, today, November 11th. My coin today comes from a...
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sulla80
- Nov 4
- 6 min
Attis & Cybele
This coin stands out for the biga of lions (chariot drawn by 2 lions) and the unusually deep and jagged indent on the obverse, "al marco"...
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sulla80
- Oct 28
- 13 min
Prelude to Munda
The later Republican period of Rome was marked by civil wars and the eventual transition to empire under Octavian/Augustus. There is a...
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sulla80
- Oct 28
- 5 min
Roman Grasshoppers
The Gates of Janus were an important symbol of war and peace in Rome: they were opened when Rome was at war (most of the time) and closed...
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sulla80
- Oct 22
- 10 min
Alexandria ad Issum
Each week, these notes share an ancient coin, context for the coin, relevant art, modern references and ancient sources. Sometimes we...
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sulla80
- Oct 15
- 6 min
Soldier Emperor
Today's coins of interest are from Probus, a soldier emperor, who rose up from the ranks and served four emperors before being proclaimed...
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sulla80
- Oct 7
- 7 min
Figs, Sophists, and Sulla
My primary collection centers on the lifetime of Sulla and his reign as consul and dictator in Rome. Today's coin of interest falls in...
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sulla80
- Oct 1
- 12 min
Iberian Denarii
These notes started with the questions of "what differentiates a Palenzuela type Iberian denarius minted in Osca from one that is not...
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sulla80
- Sep 28
- 9 min
Hadrian's Stable Earth
It seems that the uptick in interest in Rome is having an effect on the popularity of my musings on what has, up until now, felt like an...
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sulla80
- Sep 23
- 7 min
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
- Sep 21
- 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 multiple of myths about fierce boars running 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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