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A Litra from Akragas
"Good things come in small packages" - this is certainly the thought I have today with this 0.56 gram coin. Although unusual for Greek...

sulla80
Jul 14, 20213 min read


Countermarks on a Persian Siglos
These pages are literally my "Notes"- and this one is not much more than a few thoughts jotted down to pick up at another time. I have...

sulla80
Apr 18, 20212 min read


A Tetradrachm of Philip II of Macedonia (almost)
Compared with a Roman republican denariius, my latest coin seems impressively large and three dimensional. This is not a Macedonian tetradrachm with a portrait of Philip II, father of Alexander "The Great". However, it is not far off, the Greek writing on the back well done and the portrait not unfaithful to the original. So similar that there is one very close sold in 2017 from Numismatik Naumann as: Philip II (359-336 BC) . Tetradrachm. Amphipolis. Le Rider pl. 47, 23; SNG

sulla80
Sep 19, 20202 min read


1/5th Tetradrachm of Philip III Arrhidaeos
A 1/5th tetradrachm? this is not a coin I had noticed before this one. A 2.55g coin of Philip III, son of Philip II of Macedon,...

sulla80
Sep 6, 20201 min read


Who is buried in Philip II's tomb?
My collecting focus has been the Roman Republic and especially the time period around the career of Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix . I have...

sulla80
Aug 27, 20203 min read
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