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The American Numismatic Society (ANS) is pleased to invite applications for the 2023 Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics, to be awarded to the best...

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....   As someone working in the field of "pre-modern numismatics" at NAC USA, I have the extremely rare opportunity to...

By Atlas Numismatics ......   We have been hard at work preparing our latest selection of new coins and medals. There are 460 new pieces for your...

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   BORN IN 247 BCE at Carthage (near modern Tunis in North Africa), Hannibal Barca is remembered as one of...

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....   Pamphylia was not a country unto itself but a region. It is located on the southern coast of Asia...

By David Hendin for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......   All coin images in this post appear in Hendin's Guide to Biblical Coins (6th Ed.) and...

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....   Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 * * * This article is the fourth and final...

By Künker GmbH ......   Eleven extensive special collections will be sold by the Osnabrück auction house Künker in its Spring Auction Sales from 16 to...

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   WINE PLAYED SUCH a central role in Greek and Roman culture, economics, and religion that it is no surprise...

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....   Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 * * * This article is the third part...

MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander the Great Tetradrachms (336-323 BCE). AR   Tetradrachms by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......   The early Macedonian kingdom did not have...

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   ALONGSIDE THE GREAT Seleucid and Ptolemaic empires that emerged from the breakup of Alexander the Great’s empire following his...

Ancient Greek Coins By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ...... The Colosseo Collection ...... Opus was a small, infertile territory on the coast of...

By Jeremy Bostwick - Senior Numismatist & Cataloger, Stack's Bowers ......   The annual Stack's Bowers Galleries auction held in conjunction with the New York International...

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,...

Aureus 64-65, AV 7.27 g. NERO CAESAR – AVGVSTVS   By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......   From the Colosseo Collection ......   The name Nero holds...

Overview Tarsus Tarsus was an ancient city located on the southern Mediterranean shore of Asia Minor in what is now modern Turkey. It was already ancient...

Ancient Coins by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ...... Alexander the Great, born in the autumn of 356 BCE and taught by the...

By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....   Part I | Part II * * * Iconoclasm (“image smashing”) was very popular within the Byzantine military during the...

By Alice Sharpless for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......   A new study, published by Paul N. Pearson et al. last week in Plos One, has...

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and...

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 and The Colosseo Collection, by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......   Depending on who was in control at the time, the...

Ancient Coins - ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 550-530/25 BCE. AR Stater. Sea turtle   Ancient Coins Profiles by Russell A. Augustin - AU Capital Management,...

Overview Julius Caesar The Roman general and dictator Julius Caesar is still famous over 2,000 years after his death, though most people are probably more familiar...

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....   Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 * * * This article is the second part...

By Numismatica Genevensis SA ......   Anyone interested in truly top-class numismatics will have been following Numismatica Genevensis’ auctions for years. They are a pretty rare...

Overview In 1092 CE, the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus enacted sweeping coinage reforms. He stopped production of previous denominations and introduced five new ones:...

A medallion from one of the best and most important collections of ancient coins ever sold through Heritage Auctions could bring $200,000 USD or...

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....   Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 * * * Troas, unlike the subject of my...