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Chickens on Ancient Coins: From Sacred Omens to Civic Symbols
By Mike Markowitz
Chickens on Coins, the Bird That Changed the Ancient World
Chickens may seem ordinary today. However, in antiquity, they carried deep meaning.
Modern chickens...
Ancient Greek Coins – The Enigma of the Oinoanda Didrachms
Oinoanda Didrachms by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
Introduction to Oinoanda and Its Coinage
Oinoanda stood high in the mountains of ancient Lycia,...
Medieval Coinage of Georgia: Power, Faith, and Empire in the Caucasus
By Mike Markowitz
The medieval coinage of Georgia reflects a remarkable intersection of cultures, empires, and religious traditions. Located in the Caucasus region between Europe...
Ancient Electrum Coins – Strength and Unity of an Empire
By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC
Updated and reformatted March 2026
Electrum Coins : Mytilene’s Archaic Lion and Cockerel Hekte
Mytilene: Power and Wealth in...
Coinage of Ancient Apulia, Italy: Silver, Bronze, and a Forgotten Hellenized Frontier
By Steve Benner
A Forgotten Frontier of Magna Graecia
Ancient Apulia lay along the eastern Adriatic coast of the Italian peninsula, just north of the “heel”...
Ancient Coins – The Wealth of the Persian Empire
By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
The Colosseo Collection of Ancient Coins ......
The Gold Daric: Wealth, Power, and the First International Gold...
Ancient Greek Coins – The Eagles and Coinage of Akragas
Ancient Greek Coins by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
From the Colosseo Collection ......
Akragas and the Art of Sicilian Coinage
Founded on the...
The “New Style” Owls of Athens
By Mike Markowitz
Athens controlled one of the richest silver mines in the ancient world. Wealth extracted by slave labor elevated the city into a...
Coinage of the Kings of Cappadocia, 255 BCE–17 CE
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek
Part I: From Persian Satrapy to Hellenistic Kingdom
Cappadocia occupied the heart of ancient Asia Minor, in what is now...
Patina on Ancient Bronze Coins
Original By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ..... Reformatted and updated by CoinWeek
Understanding Patina on Ancient Coins: Types, Formation, and Collector Value
Unlike modern coins, ancient...
The Coins of Kimon and Euainetos: The Pinnacle of Ancient Coin Artistry
Among all surviving works of ancient numismatic art, few objects command as much admiration as the Syracuse decadrachms. Struck in silver during the late...
Portrait Coins of the Julio-Claudians, Part 2
Power, Image, and Dynastic Messaging from Tiberius to Nero
Part 1 Ceaser and Augustus
Roman imperial coinage under the Julio-Claudian emperors did far more than facilitate...
