sulla80Apr 139 minBetween the Seleucid and Attalid KingdomSince my first note (November 2020) on countermarks of Attic tetradrachms, I have added three more coins, so my notes needed some ...
sulla80Mar 274 minTigranes II the GreatSeleucid King Antiochus The Great (223-187 BC), expanded his empire by installing Artaxias as the governor (strategos) of Greater Armenia...
sulla80Feb 195 minThracian Wine & CoinsA 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...
sulla80Jan 159 minLysimachos, Pergamon and CistophoriI have been slowly adding Cistophoric tetradrachms from various cities in Asia minor, and today was looking back at one of my first posts...
sulla80Jan 15 minNew Beginnings & Ancient SymbolsIt is a new year, 2022! Appropriately, today's post opens with new beginnings and Aeneas arriving from Troy to the shores of Italy and...
sulla80Dec 31, 20215 minCoins to Rebuild ApameiaAfter wandering a bit into medieval Islamic coins and the Mongol khans of the 13th and 14th century, I inevitably return to 1st century...
sulla80Aug 15, 20215 minAlexander the Great in AsiaThe newest addition to my collection is tied to Alexander the Great at a turbulent time near the end of his life. As Alexander proposed...
sulla80Aug 8, 20218 min"Sullan Era" TetradrachmsThis note will start with a drachm from Cappadocia, a key point of conflict between the Roman republic and the Kingdom of Pontus. There...
sulla80Aug 4, 20213 minMysterious AE from 1st Century BCEMy coin of interest today is a mysterious AE from the late first century with no shortage of competing views on whose portrait appears on...
sulla80Jul 10, 20212 minTisna River GodMy 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...
sulla80Jun 27, 20215 minAn Emerging StoryI have been accumulating some interesting, and good looking coins from Asia, roughly areas today that are Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan....
sulla80May 13, 20213 minSeleucia ad CalycadnumResearching ancient coins and the people behind them, my knowledge of ancient geography is regularly challenged. Today's post shares 4...
sulla80May 2, 20212 minPylæmenes II/III EuergetesHeinrich Kiepert, Paphlagonia, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons Paphlagonia was in northern Anatolia and was bordered by Bythnia to...
sulla80May 1, 20212 minSeleukid Instability"If we set aside the language of Seleukid royal discourse, it is far from obvious how we should discriminate between legitimate kings and...
sulla80Apr 13, 20215 minNot 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...
sulla80Mar 28, 20215 minRoman Provinces & CorruptionGate 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...
sulla80Mar 13, 20215 minHerakles, Slave to OmphaleMy coin today comes with the story of Herakles and Omphale and is a very rare coin that is impressively well engraved, struck and well...
sulla80Feb 7, 20213 minA 12th Century Artuqid Mash-upRecently I've been wandering from ancient into medieval coins and this one takes me far away from the Roman republic. When I originally...
sulla80Feb 6, 20213 minA Tetradrachm of Antiochus VII EuergetesIn 2002 a tetradrachm was found with an obverse die of Seleucid King Antiochus VII and a reverse die shared with a tetradrachm of...
sulla80Jan 28, 20213 minAristotle's Library and a Coin of TroasThe central figures in Raphael's fresco, "The School of Athens" are Plato and Aristotle. With gestures that reflect their body of work,...