Ancient Coins – The Wealth of the Persian Empire
By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
The Colosseo Collection of Ancient Coins ......
Thanks to intelligent political leadership and forward-thinking approaches to governing,...
Ancient Coins: Lydian Gold Considered First Coins in the World
Lydian coinage is considered among the very first coins ever produced and used
By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
The Colosseo Collection ......
The...
The Coinage of Aksum
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
FIVE DAYS MARCH inland from the Red Sea, on the hilly Tigray Plateau, stands the city of...
Weapons on Ancient Coins
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
ANCIENT GREEK ARMIES fought mainly with the spear. Roman legions fought mostly with the sword. Persians fought...
Ancient Greek Coins – Philip II the King of Macedonia
Ancient Greek Coins by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
The Colosseo Collection
Philip II was the father of Alexander the Great and the...
Bad Money – Ancient Counterfeiters and Their Fake Coins
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ....
Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur
"The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived."
-- attributed to...
Eroticism on Ancient Coins (Adults Only)
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
THROUGH A LONG chain of pious frauds and medieval myth-making, the February 14 feast day of St....
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series – Elephants on Ancient Coinage
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
STRONG, INTELLIGENT AND long-lived - yet surprisingly gentle - elephants have long exerted a powerful hold over...
The First Ancient Coins – Aegina’s Sea Turtle
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,...
Dating the Ancient Shekels of Tyre
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....
Much has been written by eminent numismatists and religious scholars on the biblical significance of the shekels of Tyre....
Ancient Coins and (Modern) Object Biographies
By Nathan Elkins for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......
One way to study numismatic objects is through the lens of the anthropological/archaeological concept of object...
Ancient Coin Profiles: Roman Gold Aureus of Julius Caesar
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...
Ancient Roman Coins – Victory Over Parthia and the Lost Roman Standards
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 Gold Coins : The First Circulating Gold Coinage and the Stag of...
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...
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...
Antiochus IV in Illinois
By Oliver Hoover for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......
Everyone loves to find coins in unexpected places. There's a certain thrill that comes from discovering...
Carl Subak – A Century of Roman Coin Collecting
By Susan Subak .....
While coins and the hobby itself are often passed down through the generations, few people can claim almost a century of...
The Rise and Fall of the Roman Sestertius
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
After the denarius, the sestertius is the second most commonly recognized coin of the Roman Empire (27 BCE -...
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 was a wealthy and powerful Greek state on...
Ancient Coins – Coinage of the Ancient Olympics
Ancient Olympics - Elis, Olympia, 87th-90th Olympiad, 432-420 BCE. AR Stater
Coins of the Ancient Olympics by Russell A. Augustin - AU Capital Management,...
Ancient Greek Coins – Zeus at Olympia
By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
The Colosseo Collection of Ancient Coins ......
As the Olympics became progressively more popular, the city of...
Graven Images and the Coins of Ancient Tyre
By David Hendin for CoinWeek .....
Silver shekels and half-shekels of Tyre were used by Jews in ancient Jerusalem to pay the annual Temple tribute...
Ancient Greek Coins – The Peak of Classical Artistry
Ancient Greek Coins by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
Lampsakos has a storied past, having been a frequent source of contention between...
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Travels With Hadrian
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
IN THE ANCIENT world, travel was hazardous and uncomfortable, even for the elite.
Yet remarkably, the Roman emperor Hadrian spent...
A Look at the Ancient Coin Market Through Recent Auction Results
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....
Let’s take a tour through the auction records to get a sense of the value of an ancient coin....
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: The Last Ancient Coin
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
"What was the last ancient coin?"
The question is unanswerable. There was no "last” ancient coin, just as there...
Prices and Coins in the Ancient World
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....
When I was a kid, I walked to school both ways! When I was younger, movie tickets were only...
The Dekadrachm – Athens’ Greatest Coin
By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....
The coins of Athens are among the most popular and best known of all ancient coins – virtually...
Ancient Roman Coins – The Tribute Penny – Render Unto Caesar What Is Caesar’s
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...
The Ancient Greek Coins of Paeonia
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
I consider myself well-read in ancient Greek history, but I have to admit that I wasn’t very familiar with...