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    New Beginnings & Ancient Symbols
    sulla80
    • Jan 1
    • 5 min

    New Beginnings & Ancient Symbols

    It is a new year, 2022! Appropriately, today's post opens with new beginnings and Aeneas arriving from Troy to the shores of Italy and...
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    Coins to Rebuild Apameia
    sulla80
    • Dec 31, 2021
    • 5 min

    Coins to Rebuild Apameia

    After wandering a bit into medieval Islamic coins and the Mongol khans of the 13th and 14th century, I inevitably return to 1st century...
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    Parthian Invasion, 40 BC
    sulla80
    • Dec 24, 2021
    • 6 min

    Parthian Invasion, 40 BC

    The Parthians are mostly known from the writings of their Greek and Roman enemies - not the writers you would trust to document...
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    Children of Tamerlane
    sulla80
    • Dec 18, 2021
    • 5 min

    Children of Tamerlane

    Gur-e-Amir - a mausoleum of the Asian conqueror Timur (also known as Tamerlane) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan (Copyright: under license from...
    29 views
    Coins of the Silk Road
    sulla80
    • Dec 18, 2021
    • 6 min

    Coins of the Silk Road

    Today's post shares more coins than usual. All of these coins are linked to the Mongol khans. Perhaps the best known Mongol leader is...
    108 views
    The Galvano Boys
    sulla80
    • Dec 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Galvano Boys

    Buying ancient coins can be particularly challenging for those just starting out. This can be especially true on EBay as a place where...
    25 views
    A Chemistry Experiment
    sulla80
    • Dec 5, 2021
    • 5 min

    A Chemistry Experiment

    Public Domain Image published by Chez le citoyen Mirys in Paris, 1799 This coin interested me for several reasons : the link to the time...
    61 views
    The Chariot of Victory
    sulla80
    • Dec 4, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Chariot of Victory

    Public Domain Image, etching "Aurora" by Guido Reni 1886 In 1637, Francescus Junius published "De Pictvra Vetervm Libri Tres" (Of Ancient...
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    Low Cost LRBs
    sulla80
    • Nov 24, 2021
    • 2 min

    Low Cost LRBs

    While one can spend thousands of dollars on a popular, beautiful ancient coin, you can also get an interesting coin for under $5. LRB is...
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    Top 10 for 2021
    sulla80
    • Nov 20, 2021
    • 6 min

    Top 10 for 2021

    Next week is Thanksgiving, and I am looking forward to the family gathering and a return to Thanksgiving traditions that we missed last...
    49 views
    Ancient artwork
    sulla80
    • Nov 7, 2021
    • 2 min

    Ancient artwork

    This week I am adding an extra "Note" commemorating 3 years of "Notes on Ancient Coins" and post number 160. The photos celebrate the...
    28 views
    The Right of Appeal
    sulla80
    • Nov 5, 2021
    • 5 min

    The Right of Appeal

    "Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as...
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    Rats in Rome
    sulla80
    • Oct 30, 2021
    • 7 min

    Rats in Rome

    “There are many rats depicted on ancient coins, this one has an actual rat.” - Frank Robinson, ancient coin dealer, in one of his online...
    52 views
    Dirhams, Sultans, Crusaders and the Pope
    sulla80
    • Oct 23, 2021
    • 5 min

    Dirhams, Sultans, Crusaders and the Pope

    Today's post wanders into the middle ages during a time of the crusades. The crusades were a series of wars between Christians and...
    98 views
    First, Greatest and Most Beautiful
    sulla80
    • Oct 17, 2021
    • 3 min

    First, Greatest and Most Beautiful

    "The site of the Cilician city known during the period of the Roman Empire as Caesarea, Caesarea by Anazarbus, or Anazarbus , is some 28...
    19 views
    Deliverance from Disease
    sulla80
    • Oct 9, 2021
    • 4 min

    Deliverance from Disease

    In the COVID-19 pandemic world, it is a bit too easy to imagine the plagues of ancient Rome. Plagues are often referenced in ancient...
    22 views
    Tiberius' Cucumbers
    sulla80
    • Oct 2, 2021
    • 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...
    44 views
    Caesar's Dream
    sulla80
    • Sep 25, 2021
    • 3 min

    Caesar's Dream

    J. M. W. Turner, Dido Building Carthage, oil on canvas, 1815, Public Domain image. It seems clear that Augustus was good at marketing:...
    34 views
    Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor
    sulla80
    • Sep 18, 2021
    • 5 min

    Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor

    The coins of interest today are not Roman republican. They are from a time period that that has interested me from my first coin: a worn...
    52 views
    Goats, Beans and Biscotti
    sulla80
    • Sep 12, 2021
    • 7 min

    Goats, Beans and Biscotti

    ‘With these beans I throw I redeem me and mine.’ -Ovid, Fasti Book V, Lemuria Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz by Thomé,...
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