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 tetradrachm with a portrait of Philip II, father of Alexander "The Great". However, it is not far off, the Greek writing on the back well done and the portrait not unfaithful to the original. So similar that there is one very close sold in 2017 from Numismatik Naumann as: Philip II (359-336 BC) . Tetradrachm. Amphipolis. Le Rider pl. 47, 23; SNG

"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 and her relationship with Caracalla, a sad story for which there are other sources e.g. this book . What date for this coin? Instead, this post is focused on trying to decide - " could I narrow the date range for my coin ". I recently took a closer look at a Roman provincial coin from Augusta Traiana and wonder how close to the death of Sept

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...

Today's coin of interest starts with a symbol that takes on new meaning as we move from a mosaic in the Trident House in Delos, Greece ...

In the words of Tom Petty, “even the losers get lucky sometimes”. You have to love an auction where you lose and still get the coin you ...

What do Perseus, St. Paul, and Antoninus Pius have in common? My coin of interest this week is another AE from Asia Minor, the Roman...

This "Greek" coin from Pergamon is the coin of interest for this week. Mysia, Pergamon, 159-133 BC, Æ (16.6mm,5.36g, 12h) Obv: Helmeted...

I will start the story of this coin with Homer's Odyssey, and the passage where Odysseus and his crew are navigating between Charybdis, a...

It's been a while since I last purchased a Roman republican coin. Although my interest hasn't moved away - the coins that I am looking...

Greeks and Scythians were different cultures, my most recent coin comes from the intersection of these cultures at Olbia. Plutarch shares...

As I was updating this post, written earlier this year, I stumbled on a 2014 blog entry with a photo that seems to be the two votive...