This is the first coin that I have with full obverse bust of Vulcan. I admit, that "dancing chicken" was not the intent of the moneyer,...

I have three drachms of Ariarathes IX, with very different portraits. I had not read the article by Mørkholm until I after I purchased...

Image of Ceres giving her chariot to Triptolemus published in Les Metamorphoses d'Ouide,1621 With this coin, I am getting back to Roman...

I've always had difficulty passing up a Salus reverse (Goddess of Health) , and even more so in this year of COVID-19. This coin is from...

[photo by Diliff used under CC BY-SA license] The Julio-Claudian dynasty began with the end of civil war and Octavian becoming the first...

Base of a funerary kouros, Athens 510-500 BC, with wrestlers – National Archaeological Museum Greece There are coins from Nicaea,...

This year continues to add more coins of Asia Minor than Roman republic to my collection. Today a coin from Phrygia, Laodikeia - also...

Public Domain: Painting by John William Waterhouse (1847-1917) Elpis (ἐλπίς) with a flower in hand is depicted on this Alexandrian...

I tend to shy away from discussion of the price of ancient coins - while the price is relevant, even primary, in defining which coins I...

Compared with a Roman republican denariius, my latest coin seems impressively large and three dimensional. This is not a Macedonian...

"Whenever you desire to cheer yourself, think upon the merits of those who are alive with you; the energy of one, for instance, the...

Democracy is fragile. The Roman Republic became an autocratic empire when loyalty to individuals became more important than the rule of...

No, not that "Dating" I realize my title may be a bit ambiguous, this thread has nothing to do with Caracalla's love life, or Plautilla...

Aristotle lived on Mytilene during the period in which these coins were minted. The dates are variously reported, somewhere between...

During the time of Trajan in Roman Britain, AD 97-103, this is what an invitation to a birthday party looked like. From Vindolanda, a...

Public Domain Image Some of my favorite coins have been random auction finds, rather than the result of careful planning. This coin is in...

Prusias II, King of Bithynia, Reduced to Begging (Public Domain Image, with thanks to the Getty Museum Open Content Program) In a...

Suetonius, Julius Caesar, 79.3 The Sibylline books were consulted by Romans from the time of the republic through to the end of the...

After a number of diversions in Anatolia, and a bit of a Roman Republican drought, this week I added another Roman Republican coin to my...

With the evolving global pandemic, it seems unlikely that much leisure travel will be part of my near term plans. The phrase, "may you...