Ancient Coins: Lydian Gold Considered First Coins in the World
Lydian coinage is considered to be among the very first coins ever produced and used.
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The Colosseo...
Ancient Gold Coins : The First Circulating Gold Coinage and...
Ancient Gold Coins By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
From the The Colosseo Collection
The First Circulating Coinage
Little is known about this mysterious...
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 Greek Coins – Philip II the King of Macedonia
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The Colosseo Collection
Philip II was the father of Alexander the Great and the...
The First Ancient Coins – Aegina’s Sea Turtle
Ancient Coins - ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 550-530/25 BCE. AR Stater. Sea turtle
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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 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 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 Roman Coins – Victory Over Parthia and the Lost Roman...
Parthia and the Lost Roman Standards by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
While fighting the Battle of Philippi, Octavian vowed to avenge...
Ancient Greek Coins – Zeus at Olympia
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As the Olympics became progressively more popular, the city of Elis sought to build a new,...
Ancient Greek Coins – The Enigma of the Oinoanda Didrachms
Oinoanda Didrachms were an unusual denomination
Oinoanda Didrachms By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
Oinoanda, an ancient Greek city located in the upper...
Ancient Coins – A Soldier’s Share of Alexander the Great’s Plunder
Ancient Coins by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
Alexander the Great, born in the autumn of 356 BCE and taught by the...
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 Greek Coins – The Peak of Classical Artistry
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Lampsakos has a storied past, having been a frequent source of contention between...
Ancient Roman Coins – The Tribute Penny – Render Unto Caesar...
Tribute Penny - Tiberius (14-37 CE). AV aureus ). Lugdunum, ca. 18-35 CE.
The same type was also issued in silver, which became known as...
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 Greek Coins – The Eagles and Coinage of Akragas
Greek Coins By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
As illustrated from The Colosseo Collection ......
Akragas was a wealthy and powerful Greek state...
Ancient Roman Coins – Rome at Its Finest Under Emperor...
138-161 AD. Aureus, 7.30g (6h). Rome, 140-4 CE
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Antoninus Pius is remembered by history as a kind,...
Ancient Electrum Coins – Strength and Unity of an Empire
The Colosseo Collection Electrum Coins ......
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The ancient Greek island of Lesbos was located in the northeastern...
Wow! $1,000 Gold Coin Box – with Russ Augustin – ANA...
Coin dealer Russ Augustin shows us a scarce Lonson $1,000 gold coin box. Boxes like this were used by banks at the end of...
Ancient Coins – The Invention and Importance of Striated Coins
Striated Coins By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
Shown with expressive and diverse imagery today, coinage started from very humble beginnings. The...
Ancient Greek Coins – New Style Athens Tetradrachm
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. New Style Coinage, circa 154-153 BC
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Athens was once immensely powerful and independent,...
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 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 – The Sacred Stone of Kaunos Coinage
Kaunos Coinage By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
The Colosseo Collection ......
Kaunos was a prominent trading center in Asia Minor alongside Lycia and...
Ancient Greek Coin Design Features – Front Facing Portraiture
Greek Coin - An apparently unique variety (the only specimen known with this magistrate name) of an extremely rare type.
Greek Coin with Front Facing...
Ancient Coins – Zeus, the King of the Gods
Ancient Coins and The Colosseo Collection ...By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
Depending on who was in control at the time, the...
Ancient Greek Coins – The Mythology of Ajax the Lesser
Ancient Greek Coins By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
The Colosseo Collection ......
Opus was a small, infertile territory on the coast of...
Ancient Roman Coins – Military Strength in Rome’s Golden Age
Ancient Roman Coins - HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Aureus Struck 124-128 AD.
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Hadrian was the third of the...
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...