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    Between the Seleucid and Attalid Kingdom
    sulla80
    • Apr 13
    • 9 min

    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 ...
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    Tigranes II the Great
    sulla80
    • Mar 27
    • 4 min

    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...
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    Thracian Wine & Coins
    sulla80
    • Feb 19
    • 5 min

    Thracian Wine & Coins

    A nice glass of red wine would go well with today's post. There is evidence of wine making in Thrace from 4300 BC. The coins of...
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    Lysimachos, Pergamon and Cistophori
    sulla80
    • Jan 15
    • 9 min

    Lysimachos, Pergamon and Cistophori

    I have been slowly adding Cistophoric tetradrachms from various cities in Asia minor, and today was looking back at one of my first posts...
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    New Beginnings & Ancient Symbols
    sulla80
    • Jan 1
    • 5 min

    New Beginnings & Ancient Symbols

    It is a new year, 2022! Appropriately, today's post opens with new beginnings and Aeneas arriving from Troy to the shores of Italy and...
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    Coins to Rebuild Apameia
    sulla80
    • Dec 31, 2021
    • 5 min

    Coins to Rebuild Apameia

    After wandering a bit into medieval Islamic coins and the Mongol khans of the 13th and 14th century, I inevitably return to 1st century...
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    Alexander the Great in Asia
    sulla80
    • Aug 15, 2021
    • 5 min

    Alexander the Great in Asia

    The newest addition to my collection is tied to Alexander the Great at a turbulent time near the end of his life. As Alexander proposed...
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    "Sullan Era" Tetradrachms
    sulla80
    • Aug 8, 2021
    • 8 min

    "Sullan Era" Tetradrachms

    This note will start with a drachm from Cappadocia, a key point of conflict between the Roman republic and the Kingdom of Pontus. There...
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    Mysterious AE from 1st Century BCE
    sulla80
    • Aug 4, 2021
    • 3 min

    Mysterious AE from 1st Century BCE

    My coin of interest today is a mysterious AE from the late first century with no shortage of competing views on whose portrait appears on...
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    Tisna River God
    sulla80
    • Jul 10, 2021
    • 2 min

    Tisna River God

    My coin of interest today comes from Asia minor, the west coast of modern Turkey, just south of Pergamon and east of Kyme. This coin has...
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    An Emerging Story
    sulla80
    • Jun 27, 2021
    • 5 min

    An Emerging Story

    I have been accumulating some interesting, and good looking coins from Asia, roughly areas today that are Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan....
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    Seleucia ad Calycadnum
    sulla80
    • May 13, 2021
    • 3 min

    Seleucia ad Calycadnum

    Researching ancient coins and the people behind them, my knowledge of ancient geography is regularly challenged. Today's post shares 4...
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    Pylæmenes II/III Euergetes
    sulla80
    • May 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Pylæmenes II/III Euergetes

    Heinrich Kiepert, Paphlagonia, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons Paphlagonia was in northern Anatolia and was bordered by Bythnia to...
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    Seleukid Instability
    sulla80
    • May 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    Seleukid Instability

    "If we set aside the language of Seleukid royal discourse, it is far from obvious how we should discriminate between legitimate kings and...
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    Not the Usual "12 Caesars"
    sulla80
    • Apr 13, 2021
    • 5 min

    Not the Usual "12 Caesars"

    Suetonius is responsible for setting the 12-Caesars benchmark that all ancient coin collectors have to live with. There are other sets...
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    Roman Provinces & Corruption
    sulla80
    • Mar 28, 2021
    • 5 min

    Roman Provinces & Corruption

    Gate to the agora (assembly place) of ancient Kibyra I think it is only fair to offer caution that this thread wanders a bit far from...
    36 views1 comment
    Herakles, Slave to Omphale
    sulla80
    • Mar 13, 2021
    • 5 min

    Herakles, Slave to Omphale

    My coin today comes with the story of Herakles and Omphale and is a very rare coin that is impressively well engraved, struck and well...
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    A 12th Century Artuqid Mash-up
    sulla80
    • Feb 7, 2021
    • 3 min

    A 12th Century Artuqid Mash-up

    Recently I've been wandering from ancient into medieval coins and this one takes me far away from the Roman republic. When I originally...
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    A Tetradrachm of Antiochus VII Euergetes
    sulla80
    • Feb 6, 2021
    • 3 min

    A Tetradrachm of Antiochus VII Euergetes

    In 2002 a tetradrachm was found with an obverse die of Seleucid King Antiochus VII and a reverse die shared with a tetradrachm of...
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    Aristotle's Library and a Coin of Troas
    sulla80
    • Jan 28, 2021
    • 3 min

    Aristotle's Library and a Coin of Troas

    The central figures in Raphael's fresco, "The School of Athens" are Plato and Aristotle. With gestures that reflect their body of work,...
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