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- The Paper Shortage
Ancient coins from auctions always have a dealer's attribution, sometimes tucked into the flip in tidy The site of ancient Pergamon (modern Bergama, Turkey) was a steep, terraced ridge of volcanic rock. Drawing reconstructing ancient Pergamon from the booklet of Pergamon Museum, Berlin. References Ancient sources Pausanias. Description of Greece. Translated by W. H. S. Jones. Libraries in the Ancient World. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. Chameroy, Jérémie.
- Coins of Massalia
There are is one example in the SixBid Collector's Archive (25-Jun-2021 Zöttl E-Auktion 4 Lot 10). Numiswiki at FORVM Ancient Coins lists a few references for the coins of "Gallia" which are mostly not N. , xxvi. p. 238 )." - Numiswiki at FORVM Ancient Coins Here's a Victoriatus from some time after 218 Western Europe" - RJ King et al.(2011) The coming of the Greeks to Provence and Corsica Cambridge Ancient Wikipedia Massalia Wikimonde Marseille antique Bibliography for Gallic coins at Forums Ancient Coins
- Pro Plancius
The Atlantic: The Brain of a Man Who Is Always Thinking About Ancient Rome An Egyptian Papyrus Fascination with Ancient Rome is not new, the founders of the United States looked to the Roman Republic and ancient Egyptians in the 5th century studied ancient Roman speeches, as seen from the papyrus fragment in Latin these ancient coins are still relatively accessible. The “Knossos Hunt” and wild goats in ancient Crete. British School at Athens Studies, 12, 443–450.
- The Battle of Milvian Bridge
Constantine I the Great (307/10-337), Follis (3.65g, 22mm), Heraclea, struck 313 Obv: IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS on the banner "ἘΝ ΤΟΎΤῼ ΝΊΚΑ" translates to "IN THIS SIGN VICTORY" Constantine's Vision According to ancient Ancient narratives preserve multiple different explanations of Maxentius’ fall: a broken bridge in retreat Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University.
- Venus the Purifier
One ancient sewer from the Sumarian city Eshnunna in central Mesopotamia, consisted of brick sewers connected In 2020 there was evidence unearthed of more than 4000 year old sewers in ancient China in the Ancient The sewer was an important contribution to public health in ancient Rome and an impressive feat of ancient are still visible and even somewhat functional in Rome today: Outlet of the Cloaca Maxima, Life in Ancient Samuel Ball Platner (as completed and revised by Thomas Ashby): A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient
- Tiberius' Cucumbers
The ancient coins for today feature the emperor Tiberius. Manfredus de Monte Imperiali, Liber de herbis et plantis Paris & Janick offer compelling evidence from ancient Botany on genetics and morphology: Addendum - 4/27/2024 Given the inspirations for these notes are ancient commonly associated with this quote (although there are other candidates - see more on this at Forvm Ancient Forum Ancient Coins. "Tribute Penny." NumisWiki. Roman Provincial Coinage Online.
- Greeks and Cattle
Saxx of a Lascaux cave painting, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons My latest ancient coin has a beautiful The book covers many aspects of the relationship between cattle and the ancient Greeks: “The accumulation The book is rich with facts and stories about cattle in ancient Greece and also draws an arc from Greek I will make up for the lack of images in the book with my own ancient coins depicting cattle, starting This Neapolitan bull is meant to represent Achelöos, the water god of ancient Greece.
- Wabi-sabi: Embracing Imperfection
Ancient coin collectors must see perfection differently or they would not have much to collect at any Doug Smith , author of the educational site on ancient coins that I have linked to his name, in a post Elymais is diminutive of "Elam" as the kingdom included parts of the ancient province of Elam. This tetradrachm of Elymais is for me a perfect example of an ancient coin that is more beautiful because
- Nero, "Periodonikes"
tethrippon (a four horse chariot race) , Foals tethrippon (a four horse chariot race with foals) , 10 Blackwell companions to the ancient world, WILEY-BLACKWELL, Chichester. Chapter 3 Gallivan, Paul A. Penn Museum Excavations at Nemea (note: games were not held at Argos during Nero's time) KU Leuven, Ancient Olympics Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources, Stephen Miller, pp. 162-164 Smithsonian Magazine,
- Arca Ferrata
An arca ferrata with three money bags sitting on top, can be seen on this beautiful coin with excellent from Sessions 2–3 , Single Contributions, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2022 (Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient
- The Spartan Occupation of Thebes
Figure 28 from Jeffery, 1990, Local Scripts of Archaic Greece The top row gives the standard classical Classical Numismatic Group, Triton IX, January 10, 2006 (with thanks to anothe NumisForums contributor Available at https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Pelopidas*.html Note: Ancient
- Inflation, Debasement, and Politics
Admittedly this note wanders from anything directly relevant to ancient coins and into a sidetrack with How were plated coins made in ancient times? While there are several candidates for silver plating in ancient Rome, there is uncertainty about the Giving in to tendency to make parallels between ancient Rome and the current environment, this graph Studies in ancient coinage in honor of Andrew Burnett. London: SPINK, pp. 181-205.












