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Zeus-Serapis?
This set of notes started from a discussion of "syncretism" and when or how Zeus and Serapis started to blend across Greco-Roman-Egyptian...
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Jul 275 min
Temple of Artemis, Ephesus
Paul the Apostle (2BC–64/65) stayed in Ephesus for about two and a half years from 53-56 BCE. In Acts 19.24-28 there is a story of Paul...
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Jul 264 min
What's new in ancient coin collecting?
The coins that are the subject of these Notes are often thousands of years old, so it is perhaps not surprising that much is unchanged in...
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Jun 224 min
Nerva: Succession & Reign
Nerva was named by the Senate as emperor on the same day that Domitian which certainly opens suspicion that there was no shortage of plan...
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Jun 164 min
Severina, Empress
Ulpia Severina Augusta, wife of Emperor Aurelian is not named in ancient literature, however the Historia Augusta mentions her: Clothing...
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Jun 84 min
The Year of Six Emperors
"It so happened that the two men were not in complete accord: so great is the desire for sole rule and so contrary to the usual practice...
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Mar 173 min
Standards Restored
"I compelled the Parthians to restore to me the spoils and standards of three Roman armies and to ask as suppliants for the friendship of...
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Feb 174 min
Capitolia Heliopolitana
The Capitolia were games (held every 4 years) established by Domitian in 86 AD in Rome. "In 86 AD, emperor Domitian organized the first...
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Jan 64 min
CABЄINA CЄBASTH
Today's coin of interest comes from the reign of Hadrian (CE 117 to 138). This coin is issued in the name of his wife Sabina, from...
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Dec 26, 20238 min
Selene, Moon Goddess
The ancient Romans, celebrated a feast on March 31st, in the Temple of Luna on the Aventine Hill to honor the Moon Goddess, a cult...
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Dec 19, 20235 min
Soul of an Ancient Collector
Perfectly centered and well preserved coins, are certainly worthy of admiration. However, as a collector of ancients, I find beauty...
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Dec 2, 20237 min
Joyful Arrival of the Emperor
The Emperor Commodus was murdered on December 31, 192, and the Empire faced another period of a civil war. His murderers put foward...
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Nov 16, 20238 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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Nov 11, 20234 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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Oct 15, 20237 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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Sep 28, 202310 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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Sep 21, 20233 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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Sep 3, 20237 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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Jun 17, 20235 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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May 19, 20234 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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