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  • Mazaeus, Satrap of Cilicia

    The victory opens the path for Alexander III "The Great" to rule over much of the ancient world. The Battle of Arbela, Atlas of Ancient & Classical Geography . London and Toronto, J. M. The Alexander Sarcophagus Waldemar Heckel, Professor of Ancient History at the University of Calgary, The-Conquering-Lion-The-Life-Cycle-of-a-Symbol Other resources on Cilician coins can be found here (Forum Ancient

  • Tigranes II Overstrike

    Looking at the top of Tigranes head you can make our the outline of a face and perhaps a turreted crown Resources Jack Nurpetlian , " Ancient Armenian Coins: the Artaxiad Dynasty (189 BC - AD 6 ) " in Berytus

  • Sibling Rivalry

    Today's post highlights several coins from Geta and Caracalla two princes of ancient Rome, one of whom There is no shortage of ancient commentary on the poor relationship between these brother. fiction" or good "movie script" ( first proposed by Doug Smith , author of an informative website on ancient coins that is available today on Forum Ancient Coins ).

  • Revolt of Aristonikos (133–129 BCE)

    According to ancient summaries, he was initially successful on both land and sea. According to ancient accounts, Aristonikos fled and took refuge in Stratonikeia – a city in Caria – where Ancient historians interpret this in various ways. Mobolla), in south-western Turkey (ancient Caria) in 1965. Notably, next to the eagle is a pileus (pilos cap) topped by a star .

  • Lions & Tigers

    between sun and moon Rev: Kanarese legend "Mayeli kasu ippattu" (token cash twenty)  in two lines at the top 21.8mm Obv: lion left, date below (1839), Kanarese legend "Sri Chamundi" between sun & moon at the top Mysore, Krishna Raja Wodeyar III, 1799-1868, AE 10 cash (4.42g), Mysore, 1842, KM-192.2 Painting of Chamunda

  • Barbarous Imitations

    Why were these ancient imitations minted in such quantities?

  • The Boy Emperor

    Ancient and modern sources agree on the events of this war: preparations, campaigning, and a death remembered The Beniak Collection There is a little known about the recent history of this ancient coin, from oldest For ancient Egyptians, the heliacal rising of Sirius (Sopdet or Sothis) was not an abstract calendar References Sheppard, A.R.R. " 'Homonoia' in the Greek Cisties of the Roman Empire " Ancient Society   " Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization  14 (2010): 73–92.

  • City of the Sun

    L'Orange, Hans Peter, Apotheosis in ancient portraiture, 1982, New Rochelle, N.Y. : Caratzas Bros. University of Lebanon, Beirut, 2009 Image that opens this post is licensed from Shutterstock and shows ancient For an interesting site on ships, ancient navigation and a catalog of ancient ports see: Ancient Ports

  • Heraclius & a Sicilian Countermark

    placed so that the reverse SCLs obscures the legs and feet of Heraclius, while the obverse lies near the top There would be incentive to demonetizing older, heavier coins, and reauthorizing the lighter ones with I enjoy his writing & insights on ancient coins and more broadly.

  • Alexander in Babylon

    Babylon after Alexander: Historical Setting Babylon was one of the most important cities of the ancient No consensus exists, and no ancient source securely links Γ to a named authority. As such, it is a numismatic witness to Babylon’s final role as the pivot of the ancient world.

  • 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

  • Lydian Moon God - Meis Axiottenos

    Ancient literary descriptions of the landscape  center on the wider district called Katakekaumene  (“ The map below shows roughly the location of ancient Axiotta where there was a sanctuary of Meis Artemidorou

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