In response to several requests, today's post provides an entry point to other notes on this site. There are many coins that a collector...

Muscle cuirass Lanuvium c. 475 BC This coin weighs in at 0.49g, about half weight of the last small coin that I posted and about the...

In his introduction to “The Roman Republic”, Michael Crawford writes: “Some parts of the story may perhaps seem unduly dramatic; I can...

ADDENDUM 8/2024: I am sorry to share that the small 1/4 Drachm coin shown here has been called out as a modern fake, while I don't have more specific reference to share, I trust the source of the assessment and I am updating this entry to make sure no one is mislead by the images of this deceptive fake. White tailed eagle fishing , image used under license from Shutterstock In an post not long ago, I shared a Litra from Akragas . This is another entry under the heading of "

Three Men to Restore the Republic The lex Titia, carried through the plebeian assembly by the tribune Publius Titius on 27 November 43 BCE, created what we call the Second Triumvirate: Mark Antony, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Octavian, granted sweeping powers for five years as tresviri rei publicae constituendae (IIIVIR RPC), "three men to restore the Republic". The commission was renewed, somewhat behind schedule, at Tarentum in 37 BCE for a further five years, through the

The newest addition to my collection is tied to Alexander the Great at a turbulent time near the end of his life or shortly after his...

This note will start with a drachm from Cappadocia, a key point of conflict between the Roman republic and the Kingdom of Pontus. There...

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...

The history of the Roman Republic has no shortage of dramatic figures and events, and yet the story of Cato the Younger (Cato Minor)...

Although countermarked Byzantine coins are not usually something I seek out, I couldn't resist this one. It was described in the auction...

Ann Johnson writes about the challenges of differentiating provincial coinage of Caracalla and Elagabalus: Johnston, A. (1982). Caracalla...

My denarius of interest today was issued by a relative of Lucius Cornelius Sulla. The relationship between this moneyer and the dictator,...

The struggle for power was intense in the years after the death of Alexander III the Great, as the diadochi, his generals and successors,...

"Good things come in small packages" - this is certainly the thought I have today with this 0.56 gram coin. Although unusual for Greek...

My coin of interest today comes from Asia minor, the west coast of modern Türkiye, just south of Pergamon and east of Kyme. This coin has...

When my focus shifted to the Roman republic, I sold most of my late roman bronzes. I kept a few that I particularly liked. My coins of...

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...

Severus Alexander was the last Severan emperor. He ruled from AD 222-235, at age 13 succeeding his first cousin Elagabalus. Julia Maesa,...

Image source: Promptuarii iconum insigniorum, AD 1553 I've been looking for this coin for about a year (since April/May 2020) to...

Coins from Moesia Inferior don't make either edition of Harlan J. Berk's 100 Greatest Ancient Coins , maybe the next edition. There are...