ANS Honors Dr. Sophia D. Kremydi With Prestigious Huntington Award
The American Numismatic Society (ANS) is pleased to announce that the 2021 Archer Milton Huntington Medal Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement in numismatic scholarship,...
The Aes Grave Bronze Coin During the Roman Republic
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....
It is said that when Greece was building grand temples of white marble, the Romans were living in mud...
Die Marks and the Organization of the Roman Mint: An RRDP Case Study
By Alice Sharpless and Lucia Carbone for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......
The purpose of control marks in Roman Republican coinage is not well understood.
Beginning...
CoinWeek Podcast #166: Beyond Greece and Rome

The CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Check out PCGS’ new grading specials and take advantage of an exclusive offer to get...
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 Coins That Aren’t There
By David Yoon for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......
It has long been said that the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. This...
The Coins of Ancient Rhodes
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....
Situated on an important trade route between the Greek mainland and Ionian colonies in Turkey, the island of Rhodes...
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 an owl on the reverse--originated in a Greece newly conquered...
Künker eLive Auction 71 of Ancient and World Coins is Online
Dear bidders and coin enthusiasts,
The Künker eLive Auction 71 is online.
More than 3,200 lots with coins and medals from the ancient world to modern...
Regent Collection of Australian Gold at Heritage Auctions World & Ancient Coin Event
Central States auction also features magnificent trove of British coins
The Regent Collection, one of the finest selections of early Australian gold ever assembled, will...
Identifying Ancient Roman Coins: An OCRE Tool
By Nathan Elkins for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......
Although fundamental to our discipline, one of the most difficult skills to teach aspiring Roman numismatists...
Mythology and Ancient Coins
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
The mythology of ancient Greece and Rome is vast, and many volumes have been written on it over the...
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 Coin Profiles: Greece – Theban Silver Stater
Overview
Thebes
Thebes was one of the major cities of ancient Greece, and for a brief time it was the preeminent power in the Greek world....
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: The Family of Constantine the Great
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
Constantine’s family was large and complex. Both he and his father had sired children with two different women, thus...
Ancient Coins of the Kingdom of Sophene
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
The Kingdom of Sophene is another one of those ancient countries that has not received very much attention from...
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...
The Ancient Coins of Mithridates
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....
Mithridates VI Eupator (b.120 - d.63 BCE) was born into Pontic royalty under an auspicious sign. Justinus relays, in...
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: The Coinage of Claudius
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
I, Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus This-that-and-the-other (for I shall not trouble you yet with all my titles,) who...
Künker Offers Ancient Greek, Roman and Celtic Coins in Spring Auctions
Künker Auctions 365-367 by Künker GmbH ......
The second part of Künker’s Spring Auction Sales is completely dedicated to antiquity. In addition to many collections...
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...
Ancient Coins – The Most Famous Coin of Antiquity – the Athenian Owl
The Athenian Owl by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ......
The Colosseo Collection ......
Athens was a great military power in ancient Greece and...
NGC Ancient Coins: Roman Silver Type Set
Over its long life, the Mediterranean superpower struck a wide array of silver ancient coins
Roman silver coins were produced in astonishing variety over a...
CNG Brings Bressett Collection to Auction at ANA Money Show
Classical Numismatic Group LLC (CNG) is offering the British and Ancient collections of legendary numismatist Kenneth Bressett in a series of Keystone Auctions set...
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 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...
Dolphin Imagery and Olbian Cast Dolphin Coins
Fresco of dolphins, c. 1600 BCE, from Knossos, Crete
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....
The dolphin straddled the Greek worlds of mythology, religion, and the mundane. In...
The Quinarius: An Ancient Roman Coin You’ve Never Heard of
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
ANCIENT ROME ISSUED coins for almost eight centuries. Among the bewildering variety of denominations that circulated during...
Künker eLive Auction 70 of Ancient and World Coins Starts Tuesday
This Tuesday, as part of the digital World Money Fair, Künker eLive Auction 70 begins. You can expect over 1,900 lot numbers from...