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- Vespasian in Alexandria
What an ancient coin costs is always a factor of who sees it. The range of ancient coins is so broad that inevitably there are opportunities to find overlooked items
- Fire Altars
The coin a physical representation of the trade and interconnections between ancient peoples. Fire altar flanked by two attendants wearing diadems and mural crowns This map shows the locations of ancient
- Son of Mithridates VI
Two hoards of Bosporan coins of the 1st century BC from the ancient settlement of Poljanka (Kerch).
- Roman Political Career Paths
This coin prompted a bit of exploration of the cursus honorem, the ladder of a political career in ancient It also added the word "subsillium" to my ancient Roman vocabulary. Roman Republic, M.
- Norbanus, Casualty of Sulla’s Return
leads to populist “counter-elites” seems unsurprising after years of fascination with the oligarchs of ancient References (in addition top those linked above inline) Graeme Wood, Atlantic Monthly, Dec 2020, The Next
- Proscribed by the Triumvirate
The subject matter of ancient coins was used for promoting the moneyer and the moneyer's family to support arrival from Troy see this related post (and another coin featuring the Dei Penates): New Beginnings & Ancient
- Sulla's Warning
by Crawford in Roman Republican Coinage: 1a, 1b, and 1c...the third one falls somewhere close to the top
- Goats, Beans and Biscotti
, and follow the trail of references, researching an ancient coin leads you to interesting connections above; below, filleted thyrsus right; all within wreath Ref: Crawford 353/1c; Sydenham 724a; Fonteia 10 Veiovis a fiercer aspect of Apollo connected to a more ancient tradition, in opposition to Sullan Venus midnight comes, lending silence to sleep, And all the dogs and hedgerow birds are quiet, He who remembers ancient
- A Rare Roman Provincial
Provincials, and affordable condition and rarity are benefits of wandering off the most well worn paths of ancient are available online Jordanka Jurukova, “Die Münzprägung von Deultum”, Berlin, 1973 Nikola Moushmov, “Ancient
- Standards Restored
Feronia, on the obverse, is an ancient Roman goddess associated with wildlife, fertility, health, and
- A Nose for Leadership?
Among the ancients, according to Lampridius, men with pronounced noses were considered more virile and By now you are certainly wondering - why so nosy - isn't this a blog about art, ancient coins and history
- The Founding of Lanuvium
CoinWeek. “ Juno on Ancient Coins - Roman Queen of the Gods .” CoinWeek, January 14, 2021.
