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Lepidus as Moneyer
There is no better illustration of the cursus honorem, the political career ladder in the Roman republic, than a coin from a moneyer who...
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sulla80
- Jan 15, 2022
- 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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sulla80
- Jan 1, 2022
- 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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sulla80
- Dec 12, 2021
- 3 min
The Galvano Boys
Buying ancient coins can be particularly challenging for those just starting out. This can be especially true on EBay as a place where...
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sulla80
- Dec 5, 2021
- 5 min
A Chemistry Experiment
Public Domain Image published by Chez le citoyen Mirys in Paris, 1799 This coin interested me for several reasons : the link to the time...
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sulla80
- Dec 4, 2021
- 3 min
The Chariot of Victory
Public Domain Image, etching "Aurora" by Guido Reni 1886 In 1637, Francescus Junius published "De Pictvra Vetervm Libri Tres" (Of Ancient...
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sulla80
- Nov 20, 2021
- 6 min
Top 10 for 2021
Next week is Thanksgiving, and I am looking forward to the family gathering and a return to Thanksgiving traditions that we missed last...
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sulla80
- Nov 7, 2021
- 2 min
Ancient artwork
This week I am adding an extra "Note" commemorating 3 years of "Notes on Ancient Coins" and post number 160. The photos celebrate the...
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sulla80
- Nov 5, 2021
- 5 min
The Right of Appeal
"Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as...
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sulla80
- Oct 30, 2021
- 7 min
Rats in Rome
“There are many rats depicted on ancient coins, this one has an actual rat.” - Frank Robinson, ancient coin dealer, in one of his online...
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sulla80
- Sep 12, 2021
- 7 min
Goats, Beans and Biscotti
‘With these beans I throw I redeem me and mine.’ -Ovid, Fasti Book V, Lemuria Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz by Thomé,...
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sulla80
- Aug 29, 2021
- 6 min
Grain and Civil Unrest in the Republic
In his introduction to “The Roman Republic”, Michael Crawford writes: “Some parts of the story may perhaps seem unduly dramatic; I can...
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sulla80
- Aug 20, 2021
- 7 min
Coins of the Second Triumvirate
Lex Titia, passed by the senate on November, 27 43 BCE, formed the "2nd Triumvirate", and granted broad authority to Mark Antony, Lepidus...
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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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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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sulla80
- Aug 1, 2021
- 5 min
Cato the Younger
The history of the Roman Republic has no shortage of dramatic figures and events, and yet the story of Cato the Younger (Cato Minor)...
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sulla80
- Jul 25, 2021
- 3 min
Sulla's Uncle or Grandfather
My denarius of interest today was issued by a relative of Lucius Cornelius Sulla. The relationship between this moneyer and the dictator,...
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sulla80
- Jun 26, 2021
- 3 min
Where to start and end?
The question often posed by family members caught up with me this morning: "Is your collection done?" A fair question, but not one I have...
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sulla80
- Apr 27, 2021
- 5 min
The Temple on Mt. Eryx
In the second major battle of the second Punic wars, the Carthaginian general, Hannibal, defeated the Romans on Lake Trasimene. Quintus...
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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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