Music on Ancient Coins
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
MUSIC IS MUCH older than civilization — it may be as old as language itself. The earliest...
Ancient and Medieval Coins With Two-Sided Legends
By David Yoon for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......
Many--probably most--coins do not have any inherent directionality in the images or legends on their two...
Eagles on Ancient Coins
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
MAJESTIC, POWERFUL, SWIFT, and intelligent, the eagle has held a strong grip on human imagination since the...
Crown of Iron: Coins of the Lombard Kings
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
THE LOMBARDS, A tribe that traced their origin to Scandinavia, migrated into Eastern Europe in the fifth...
Uncirculated Ancient Silver Coins for Under $1,000
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....
As a collector, you have many different options when deciding on your collecting strategy. And while everyone starts in...
Tips for Buyers of Ancient Coins
By Wayne Sayles .....
Some Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) members have asked what they can do to assure that the purchases they make are...
The Crondall Hoard of Anglo-Saxon Gold Coins
By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....
The Anglo-Saxons began striking coins in what was to become England around 600 CE. These early coins consisted...
Olbia: Ancient Greek Coins of the Black Sea’s Northern Coast
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
The northern coast of the Black Sea (Euxine Sea), which is southern Ukraine and Russia today, was considered to...
Coins of the Conquerors of Rome
By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....
Just as Rome wasn't built in a day, so, too, did it not fall in one. It actually...
Künker eLive Auction 60 With Ancient Coin, Phaleristic Rarities Now Online
Auction Sessions May 26-28
Künker Online eLive Auctions by Künker GmbH ......
Dear bidders and collector friends,
Please find our next eLive Auction 60 with numismatic and...
$12.8 Million Celtic Coin Hoard Sets Guinness World Record
By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ....
A hoard of almost 70,000 coins dating back to pre-Roman Britain has entered the Guinness Book of World Records...
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Coins of the Vikings
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
ON JUNE 8, 793, A BAND of Norse raiders sacked Lindisfarne, a monastery on the...
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series – Ravenna: From Imperial Capital to Byzantine Outpost
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
...he sick promenade while the doctors lie abed, the baths freeze while the houses burn, the living are thirsty...
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: The Celtic Coinage of Gaul
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
All Gaul is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgae inhabit, the Aquitani another, those who in...
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Coins of the Visigoths in Spain
Visigoths in Spain by Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
...he history of the Visigothic kingdom is one long struggle between the nobility and the monarchy....
Celtic Coins – Even Ancient Coins Had Errors
By Everett Millman - Gainesville Coins ......
Celtic Coins minted roughly 2,000 years ago by tribes in Britain's ancient past are unearthed every so often in...
NGC Ancients: Classic Greek Coins, Part 5
NGC's David Vagi finishes his discussion of some of the most familiar designs of ancient Greek coins in the last of a multi-part series
By David...
Ancient Coins on Modern Coins
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ....
COINAGE IS CONSERVATIVE. IF a denizen of ancient Rome picked up a modern American dime, he would...
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: The Terrible Ninth Century
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
MOST PEOPLE WHO are not medievalists would be hard pressed to name one thing that happened between the years...
Ancient and World Coin Auction 165 at Numismatik Lanz
By Numismatik Lanz ......
On December 8, 2017, Numismatik Lanz will conduct its 165th Auction. For Dr. Hubert Lanz this constitutes a personal jubilee, for...
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Ancient Coins Under $100
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
Aren’t they very expensive?
Along with How do you know they’re authentic?, this is probably the most common question that...
Continental Dollar, Ancient and World Coin Auctions by Gorny & Mosch
October 11-13, 2017, Gorny & Mosch will conduct their Fall Auctions, offering ancient & world coins and medals. The B-Auction featuring the less expensive...
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Coinage of the Normans in Sicily
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS, the Norman conquest of England in 1066 is one of the most memorized events in Western...
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: The Merovingians – Coinage of the Do-Nothing Kings
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
The Franks had little idea of the state as a public institution, and the regnum Francorum (kingdom of the...
Hordes of Hoards: Some Recent and Classic Finds of Ancient Coins
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
It has been said that archaeology stands on a foundation of potsherds, and it would be just...
NGC Ancient Coins: Celtic Copycats
Celtic coins are cultural artifacts to be considered in the scheme of ancient European history
The artistry of ancient Celtic coins is easy to dismiss...
Heavier Metal: Ancient Coins Made of Lead
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
SOFT, DENSE AND dull, lead is an unattractive coining metal. Lead melts at only 327.5° C (621.5°...
The Earliest Coins of Ireland
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
WHEN ONE HEARS the word "Celtic", one naturally thinks of Ireland (unless one is from Boston, in...
Coins of The Anglo-Saxons
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
Britain After the Romans
IN THE YEAR 410 CE, the Western Roman Emperor Honorius replied to the city...
Metal Monsters: The Biggest Ancient Coins
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ......
IN 2007, CANADA captured a world record by producing five examples of a 100-kilogram gold piece (220.5...