2023 has been a year with many ups and downs - and a surprisingly good year for coins. Although I did add several Roman Republican...

This coin stands out for the biga of lions (chariot drawn by 2 lions) and the unusually deep and jagged indent on the obverse, "al marco"...

The later Republican period of Rome was marked by civil wars and the eventual transition to empire under Octavian/Augustus. There is a...

The Gates of Janus were an important symbol of war and peace in Rome: they were opened when Rome was at war (most of the time) and closed...

These notes started with the questions of "what differentiates a Palenzuela type Iberian denarius minted in Osca from one that is not...

The U.S. Naval War College in Newport Rhode Island teaches a Fleet Seminar Program for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard officers of...

Although today's note will start with a trending TikTok theme, it will eventually lead to a Roman Republican denarius and the question of...

The Greeks & Romans had multiple of myths about fierce boars running wild. Wild boars were common in ancient Greece and they made worthy...

The Consualia was a harvest festival, held on August 21 (or 18). Consus, the name of the god, is from condere, “to store up.” The...

It doesn't take long browsing the notes on this site to see that degree to which my interests have strayed from the coins of the 1st cent...

Samnite soldiers depicted on a 4th Century BC frieze from Nola in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples via Wikimedia Commons...

Having failed to capture or kill Mithridates of Pontus, Lucullus lost credibility with the Senate and his troops. He was replaced by...

On June 16th 2021, Public Law 17 from the 117th Congress established June 19th as "Juneteenth National Independence Day", a legal public...

Sewage systems have a long history. One ancient sewer from the Sumarian city Eshnunna in central Mesopotamia, consisted of brick sewers...

This week, we return to Rome with a (Crawford 399) denarius depicting Neptune and Amphitrite/Salacia. The time period a few years after...

Today's post looks at another coin from the unraveling Roman Republic. This coin issued in 47 BC only a few years before the...

Inflation for the moment seems to be relaxing a bit, the price of gas, one of the more daily visible symbols, was $3.30 a gallon...

Marseille Greek Colony, P. Puvis de Chavannes, 1869, oil on canvas, commissioned in 1867 by the city of Marseille for the west wing of...

In 27 BC, the Roman Senate granted Octavian the title of "Augustus" and he became the first Roman Emperor, effectively ending the Roman...

My coins of interest today recognize the Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games). This post explores the origins from the time of the Roman...