This AR (silver) tetradrachm is from Abydos in Troas, northwestern Turkiye, on the coast at the narrowest point of the Hellespont....

2023 has been a year with many ups and downs - and a surprisingly good year for coins. Although I did add several Roman Republican...

Amasia (variants: Amasea, Amasya, Amaseia) sits on a narrow pass or gorge between two large hills. Cut into the rock faces above the river..

Veterans Day honors active and former US service members and is celebrated, in the US, today, November 11th. My coin today comes from a...

This coin stands out for the biga of lions (chariot drawn by 2 lions) and the unusually deep and jagged indent on the obverse, "al marco"...

The later Republican period of Rome was marked by civil wars and the eventual transition to empire under Octavian/Augustus. There is a...

The Gates of Janus were an important symbol of war and peace in Rome: they were opened when Rome was at war (most of the time) and closed...

Each week, these notes share an ancient coin, context for the coin, relevant art, modern references and ancient sources. Sometimes we...

Today's coins of interest are from Probus, a soldier emperor, who rose up from the ranks and served four emperors before being proclaimed...

My primary collection centers on the lifetime of Sulla and his reign as consul and dictator in Rome. Today's coin of interest falls in...

These notes started with the questions of "what differentiates a Palenzuela type Iberian denarius minted in Osca from one that is not...

It seems that the uptick in interest in Rome is having an effect on the popularity of my musings on what has, up until now, felt like an...

The U.S. Naval War College in Newport Rhode Island teaches a Fleet Seminar Program for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard officers of...

An usual location for a Roman Provincial coin of Hadrian is as good a reason as any to add it to a collection. I didn't recognize...

Although today's note will start with a trending TikTok theme, it will eventually lead to a Roman Republican denarius and the question of...

Germanicus had a complicated royal family tree: he was the son of general Nero Claudius Drusus who was the son of Livia Drusilla and...

The Greeks & Romans had multiple of myths about fierce boars running wild. Wild boars were common in ancient Greece and they made worthy...

The Consualia was a harvest festival, held on August 21 (or 18). Consus, the name of the god, is from condere, “to store up.” The...

The coin that we share today is from Roman emperor Gordian III and was issued in Odessus, Moesia Inferior which is today the city of...

With the end of the Third Mithridatic War, Rome became the supreme power in control of all the Mediterranean. Pompey celebrated a victory...