Ancient Coin Profiles – Portrait of Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great Macedonia, Philip II, struck under Philip III; Kolophon, c. 322 BCE, Stater
Alexander the Great by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management,...
Ancient Coins – Alexander the Great Tetradrachms and Herakles’ Slaying of...
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander the Great Tetradrachms (336-323 BC). AR
Tetradrachms by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
The early Macedonian kingdom did not have...
Ancient Greek Coins – Agathokles’ Victory
Sicily, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BCE. Silver Tetradrachm
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Agathokles was the last of the larger-than-life rulers of...
Ancient Coins – A Soldier’s Share of Alexander the Great’s Plunder
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Alexander the Great, born in the autumn of 356 BCE and taught by the...
Ancient Roman Coins – Vespasian Aureus Buried at Pompeii
Vespasian. 69-79 CE. AV Aureus - Rome Mint - Struck 70 CE
Aureus Buried at Pompeii by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
Mt....
Ancient Roman Coins – A Conspiracy to Assassinate the Emperor Nero
Aureus 64-65, AV 7.27 g. NERO CAESAR – AVGVSTVS
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The name Nero holds a particularly sinister connotation...
Ancient Coins: War and Peace – The Sikyon Stater
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Sikyon was located in the northern Peloponnesus and was known in antiquity for its industries, including...
Athens Before the Owls: The Wappenmünzen Coins – CoinWeek Ancient Coin...
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Thanks to rich silver deposits discovered at Laurion in Attica in 483 BCE, the abundant “owl” tetradrachms of Athens...
Ancient Coin Profiles: The Indenpedent Bronze Coinage of Roman Termessos
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High in the mountains of Pisidia in Anatolia, near the Mediterranean coast of what is now southwestern Turkey), lay...
Coins of Herod the Great – CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series
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IN BIBLICAL HISTORY and popular legend, Herod "the Great", Rome’s client king of Judaea from 40 to 4 BCE,...
Byzantine Coinage of the Empress Irene – CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series
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ATHENS IN THE eighth century was a provincial small town living on memories of past glories. But its aristocrats...
The Byzantine Anonymous Follis – CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series
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IN THE ANCIENT world, gold and silver were the coinage of the elite, but humble copper was the coinage...
The Gaius & Lucius Denarius of Augustus – CoinWeek Ancient Coin...
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A BRILLIANT ORGANIZER and commander, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa engineered Octavian’s rise to supreme power in the waning days of...
The Daric: Persian Gold – CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series
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The Achaemenid Empire of Persia ruled much of the Middle East from 550 to 330 BCE. With a diversity...
Ancient Coin Profile – The First Facing Portrait of a King
Ancient Coins - LYCIA. Dynasts of Lycia, Perikles (c.375-360 BCE), Silver Stater
Ancient Coin Profiles By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
Lycia was...
Ancient Coin Profile: 9 Solidi Medallion of Constantine the Great
Gold medallions were gifts produced for the Roman emperor to bestow upon high-ranking civilian and military individuals, as well as "foreign ambassadors and chieftains...
The Grandeur That Was Rome – The Secular Games of the...
By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
The Secular Games at the Circus Maximus were some of the largest and most memorable celebrations...
Ancient Coins: The Beginning of Coinage
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The Colosseo Ancient Coins Collection .........
The Beginning of Coinage
Shown with expressive and diverse imagery...
Coin Profile – The Owl of Athena (circa 449–413 BCE) Silver...
Silver tetradrachm coin depicting the owl of Athena (circa 449–413 BCE). The inscription "ΑΘΕ" is an abbreviation of ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ, which may be translated as...
Ancient Greek Coins – The Tumultuous History of Kamarina
Ancient Greek Coins of Kamarina By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
The history of Kamarina, a port city on the southern coast...
Ancient Coins – Coinage of the Ancient Olympics
Ancient Olympics - Elis, Olympia, 87th-90th Olympiad, 432-420 BC. AR Stater
Coins of the Ancient Olympics By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC...
Ancient Roman Gold Coin – Faustina, Wife of Marcus Aurelius
Ancinet Roman Gold Coin - Aureus of Faustina Junior, wife of Marcus Aurelius
Roman Gold Coin By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
Annia...
Ancient Coins – A Celebration of Music with a Greek Kithara...
Olynthus, 355-352. Chalcidian league, 432-348. Tetradrachm, silver
Ancient Greek Kithara or "guitar" - the reverse depicts a kithara from which the word “guitar” is derived.
The...
Ancient Roman Coins – Octavian and the Battle of Actium
Octavian. Gold Aureus (7.8g) minted at Rome, 32-31 BC
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Octavian was the son of Julius Caesar's niece...
Ancient Gold Coin Profiles – Civic Badge of Cyzicus
Ancient Gold Coin - Mysia, Cyzicus. Hekte circa 500-450
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Cyzicus was one of the great trade cities...
Ancient Coin Profile – Faustina the Elder Roman Imperial Gold Aureus
The Five Good Emperors and Antoninus Pius
From about the end of the first century (96 CE) to near the end of the second (180),...
Ancient Greek Coins – Tetradrachm Celebrates Naval Victory by Doson
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Tetradrachm Celebrates Naval Victory by Doson
Antigonus III Doson was the king of Macedon from 229 to...
Ancient Coin Profiles: Greece – Athenian New Style Tetradrachm
New Tetradrachm Overview:
The new style of Athenian "owl"--so-called due to the iconic image of Athena's owl on the reverse--originated in a Greece newly conquered...
Ancient Coin Profiles – Goddess Tanit on Carthaginian Gold & Silver...
Overview:
Carthage
At its peak, the ancient North African city of Carthage rivaled the Eternal City of Rome for military and economic control of the western...
The Salvation of Rome: Gordian III Ancient Gold Aureus at MA-Shops
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Rome in the third century is a fascinating period for historians. It was a time of turmoil and encroaching chaos, but also...