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Breakaway Empire: Coins of the Gallic Emperors
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ..... FOR FOURTEEN YEARS during the late third century (260 - 274 CE), the western provinces of the Roman Empire...
The Unorthodox Tetradrachm of Perseus
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ..... Supposedly the bastard child of King Philip V of Macedon, Perseus was born in 212 BCE. But much of...
Coins of Justinian II: The Emperor Who Lost His Nose
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ..... Constantine IV was barely seventeen when his wife Anastasia had given birth to their son. It was a mistake...
Dates on Ancient Coins
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ..... “Why put a date on a coin?” Most suggest that the mint used a date to monitor...
Changes in the Use of Roman Money: Long Table 155 With Maria Cristina Molinari
Hoards dating to the third century BCE and associated with the establishment of sacred spaces have been found throughout the Romanized areas of the...
Marcus Agrippa and His Coins of the Roman Empire
By Dr. Steve Benner for CoinWeek ..... Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was born to a plebeian family near Rome or possibly Pisa in about 63 BCE....
Juno on Ancient Coins – Roman Queen of the Gods
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ..... FOR ANCIENT ROMANS, Juno (Iuno in Latin) was the queen of the gods, sister and wife of...
Roman Republican Die Project Announces New Phase, Conference
The Roman Republican Die Project (RRDP), a digital repository of Roman republican coin dies based on the archive of Dr. Richard Schaefer, has announced...
Coinage of the Dorian Cities of Halikarnassos and Knidos
By Dr. Steve Benner for CoinWeek ..... This is the second article (Part I here) in a two-part series on the six cities of the...
Hera on Ancient Coins – Queen of the Gods
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ..... HERA WAS REVERED as a protector by many Greek cities, and subsequently they tried to represent her...