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Where are all the Spartan coins?
In antiquity, the city-state of Lacedaemon (Λακεδαίμων) with Sparta as its main settlement on the banks of the Eurotas River was located ...
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Feb 246 min
A Violent Election
P. Plautius Hypsaeus made the most of his moment as aedile, issuing coins highlighting his alleged ancestors: Neptune (a god) and Leucone...
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Feb 178 min
A Fierce Parthian Portrait
This week's coin of interest is a 13.24g tetradrachm of Artabanus II (also know as Artabanus III and IV by various historians). This...
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Feb 174 min
Capitolia Heliopolitana
The Capitolia were games (held every 4 years) established by Domitian in 86 AD in Rome. "In 86 AD, emperor Domitian organized the first...
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Feb 104 min
Tigranes II Overstrike
At first the "headdress" on this coin caught my attention - what is going on here? This coin is an interesting strike by Tigranes II over...
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Feb 103 min
From Slave to Sultan
Islamic, Mamluks. al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars I. AH 658-676 / AD 1260-1277. AR Dirham (21.7mm, 2.28g, 3h). al-Quahira (Cairo) mint....
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Feb 34 min
Tears of Chios
On my way to India this past week, I had a short layover in Athens. Sadly, on this trip, I only saw the Athens airport, where I picked up...
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Jan 275 min
Seleucid usurper in Asia Minor
One of my sub-collections is a set of coins of the Seleucid kings. This collection is a mix of bronze and silver coins that is now up to...
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Jan 192 min
Latin Rulers of Constantinople
Saladin, Sultan of Egypt, had conquered Jerusalem in AD 1187. Pope Innocent III launched the Fourth Crusade in AD 1202 with the goal of ...
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Jan 113 min
A Rare Tyche
When you are looking at a coin from "Heraklea" or "Heraclea" or "Heraclia", you have to start by considering "which location". ...
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Jan 64 min
CABЄINA CЄBASTH
Today's coin of interest comes from the reign of Hadrian (CE 117 to 138). This coin is issued in the name of his wife Sabina, from...
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Jan 16 min
46 BC, The Longest Year
I took this photograph of the clock in the old town square in Prague a few years ago. The clock dates from 1410 and was made by Mikuláš...
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Dec 26, 20238 min
Selene, Moon Goddess
The ancient Romans, celebrated a feast on March 31st, in the Temple of Luna on the Aventine Hill to honor the Moon Goddess, a cult...
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Dec 19, 20235 min
Soul of an Ancient Collector
Perfectly centered and well preserved coins, are certainly worthy of admiration. However, as a collector of ancients, I find beauty...
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Dec 16, 20235 min
Julius Caesar in Antioch
The coins of Syrian Antioch show dates from a "Caesarean Era" which honors Julius Caesar and his liberation of the city and generous...
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Dec 10, 20237 min
An Emerging Story
I have been accumulating some interesting, and good looking coins from Asia, roughly areas today that are Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan....
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Dec 2, 20237 min
Joyful Arrival of the Emperor
The Emperor Commodus was murdered on December 31, 192, and the Empire faced another period of a civil war. His murderers put foward...
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Nov 25, 20236 min
Artemis & Abydos
This AR (silver) tetradrachm is from Abydos in Troas, northwestern Turkiye, on the coast at the narrowest point of the Hellespont....
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Nov 17, 20238 min
2023 Top 10 Ancients
2023 has been a year with many ups and downs - and a surprisingly good year for coins. Although I did add several Roman Republican...
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Nov 16, 20238 min
Sanctuary of Zeus Stratios
Amasia (variants: Amasea, Amasya, Amaseia) sits on a narrow pass or gorge between two large hills. Cut into the rock faces above the river..
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