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Top 10 for 2022
"CXXXII. The offering is to be made in this way: Offer to Jupiter Dapalis a cup of wine of any size you wish, observing the day as a...
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sulla80
- Nov 19, 2022
- 5 min
A Macedonian Coin Quiz
This week's post assembles relevant coins from Macedonia with answers to a quiz. Kings of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323...
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sulla80
- Nov 17, 2022
- 3 min
Tiberius' Cucumbers
Wandering again from Sulla, and the Roman republic, I stumbled on a debate amongst botanists about Tiberius' favorite food. The ancient...
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sulla80
- Nov 5, 2022
- 3 min
Provenance Rediscovered
This week a short post to share this coin - a rare and unusually well preserved tetradrachm from Gallienus' 15th and final regnal year....
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sulla80
- Oct 30, 2022
- 8 min
Rome & Africa
The modern countries, bordering the Mediterranean, west of Egypt, in northern Africa (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia)...
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sulla80
- Oct 23, 2022
- 3 min
Thessalian Nymph, 4th Century BC
Livy in mentions Phalanna in his account of the Third Macedonian War against the Romans (171–168 BC). After four days attacking and...
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sulla80
- Oct 21, 2022
- 5 min
Seleucid Empire: Family Politics
These notes were originally written for the tetradrachm from Antioch, that is found at the end of this text, with a fabulous Tyche. The...
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sulla80
- Oct 17, 2022
- 6 min
Commodus, the Best of Men
The arrival of an Alexandrian Tetradrachm of Commodus led to a deep dive into the life of Commodus and his coins. Commodus was the son of...
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sulla80
- Oct 2, 2022
- 6 min
Norbanus, Casualty of Sulla’s Return
The Roman republic of the first century BC is my home base for collecting. My latest AR denarius, from 83 BC, was issued by Gaius...
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sulla80
- Sep 25, 2022
- 5 min
Purple of Tyre
Tyre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. One of the best known episodes in Tyrian history is the resistance...
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sulla80
- Sep 18, 2022
- 3 min
Phillip II and the Perrhaiboi
While the history is for me usually the draw, a first impression of the portrait and provenance are the reason that I now own this coin....
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sulla80
- Sep 17, 2022
- 2 min
Coins of Vespasian from Ephesus
In an earlier post (Sept 15, 2020), I shared two Roman Imperial denarii of Vespasian from Ephesus. I have since added two more of these...
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sulla80
- Sep 11, 2022
- 3 min
12 Olympians (Greek Edition)
A couple of years ago I posted a set of Roman republican denarii showing the 12 Olympians. The twelve Olympians were the major deities...
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sulla80
- Aug 28, 2022
- 5 min
A Late Republican Cistophoric Tetradrachm
Since I first wrote about this coin four years ago, this 2017 ANS book by William E. Metcalf has become one that I've frequently...
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sulla80
- Aug 14, 2022
- 3 min
Faustina the Younger
I was immediately taken with this early portrait of Faustina II on my latest coin of interest. The details of both jeweled hair on the ...
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sulla80
- Aug 13, 2022
- 2 min
Who's bidding?
Have you ever asked yourself: who are the collectors that I am bidding against? A search in ACSearch turned up some interesting...
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sulla80
- Jul 16, 2022
- 6 min
"Freedom" for Thessalians in 196 BC
This article was originally issued in July 2021, as we celebrated the 4th, in the United States, and the American Declaration of...
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sulla80
- Jul 10, 2022
- 5 min
Julius Caesar v. Pompeians
The First Triumvirate was a powerful coalition between Julius Caesar, a young and charismatic populist, two more senior leaders who both...
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sulla80
- Jul 6, 2022
- 2 min
A Fresh Start
This past week these notes pages tipped over 200 posts - which gives me an excuse to think about how to better organize these posts going...
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sulla80
- Jul 1, 2022
- 2 min
A Rare Cistophoric Tetradrachm
When Attalus III died in the late spring or early summer of 133 BC, he bequeathed his kingdom to the Romans. Cistophoric coins from...
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