Special Offering of Ancient Roman Coins in Heritage Auctions Month-Long Sale
The Heritage Month-Long auction closing on February 28 features Part I of A Special Collection of Ancient Coins. This offering concentrates on Roman Imperial...
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...
ANS Announces 3-Day Conference on Ancient Roman Coins of the Provinces Before Provincial Coinage
The American Numismatic Society (ANS) announces a three-day conference, co-sponsored by the ANS and the Department of History of CUNY, on the Coinage of...
Changes in Portraiture on Ancient Roman Coinage
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....
Over the roughly one thousand years that followed the overthrew of the last king in 509 BCE, Rome underwent...
Steve Benner: Ten Coins I’d Love to Own
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
Like most coin collectors, I have a list of coins I want to own.
The list I plan to cover...
The First Athenian Owls: Symbols of What, Exactly?
By Peter van Alfen for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......
On the bills and coins that we use today, we recognize the link between the...
David Jacobson Wins American Israel Numismatic Association 2021 Shekel Prize
David Jacobson, Associate of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, has won the Shekel Prize Medal, awarded by the American Israel Numismatic...
CoinWeek Podcast #154: Beware the Ides of March
CoinWeek Podcast #154: Beware the Ides of March
Mobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic app or subscribe to the CoinWeek...
Uncirculated Ancient Silver Coins for Under $1,000
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....
As a collector, you have many different options when deciding on your collecting strategy. And while everyone starts in...
Early Roman Numismatic Commentary on Judea
By David Hendin for CoinWeek .....
Books and articles have been written about the Roman numismatic commentary on the Flavian victory over the Jews at...
The Coinage of Ancient Mauretania
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
ANCIENT MAURETANIA WAS a region of coastal North Africa stretching from modern-day Algeria to Morocco. It should...
The One That Got Away: The Trials and Tribulations of Building an Ancient Coin...
By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....
Virtually every collector has experienced “the one that got away”.
This usually involves a coin from your Wish List...
Christianity and Christian Symbols Appear on Ancient Coins
By David Hendin for CoinWeek .....
The cross has been the most recognizable symbol of Christianity for more than 1,600 years. But this was not...
Michael T. Shutterly: Ten Coins I’d Love to Own
By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....
I enjoy coins for their artistry and for the history behind them. Because there are so many coins...
Ancient Roman Coins: The Coins of Crassus
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....
What does it take for an ancient historian to claim that you died by having molten gold poured down...
Catawiki’s Ancient Coins Exclusive Selection Auction Kicks Off April 23
By Catawiki ......
Catawiki is proud to present the Ancient Coins Exclusive Selection auction, which will start on April 23 from 2:00 pm EST onwards...
Ancient Roman Coinage From Republic to Empire
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
The coinage of the ancient Romans underwent considerable changes as the government transitioned from a republic to an empire....
Ancient Coins Depict First Fruits for Shavout
By David Hendin for CoinWeek .....
This year the Jewish Holiday of Shavout, also called Weeks or Pentecost, begins the evening of Sunday, May 16.
In...
CoinWeek Podcast #157: The History of Numismatics
CoinWeek Podcast #157: The History of Numismatics
Mobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic app or subscribe to the CoinWeek Podcast on...
The Mystery of the Double-Headed Coins of Ancient Istros
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....
Istros, also known as Histria, was an ancient Greek colony located on the western Dobrudja coast of the Black...
The Changing Iconography of Byzantine Gold Coins
By Elena Stolyarik for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......
The Byzantine Empire, which lasted more than a thousand years, had one of the most monetized...
Special Heritage Auctions This Week Feature Classic Commemoratives, Ancient Roman Coins
May 15 Classic Commemoratives Auction Open for Bidding
Among the current auction offerings from Heritage Auctions is a special month-long auction dedicated to classic US...
Crown of Iron: Coins of the Lombard Kings
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
THE LOMBARDS, A tribe that traced their origin to Scandinavia, migrated into Eastern Europe in the fifth...
Coinage in the Roman Provinces: ANS Conference Highlights, Part 1
By Lucia Carbone for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......
The American Numismatic Society (ANS) and the PhD Program in History at the Graduate Center, CUNY,...
Ancient Coins of Lucania, Part 1: Metapontum, Heraclea, and Sybaris
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
Lucania was one of the most important regions of Magna Graecia, an area that encompassed the Greek colonies of...
The Humble Coinage of the First Seleucid King
Seleucus I Nicator, the founder of the Seleucid Empire, never put his own portrait on the empire’s coinage. Why?
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....
Since...
Tauler and Fau Auction 87 of Ancient, Spanish and World Coins Now Open Through...
Auction 87 from Tauler & Fau features 374 lots and closes on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, beginning at 04:00 p.m. (CEST), exclusively online. The...
Temples on Ancient Coins
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
Temples were designed to house a statue of the deity and store votive offerings, and were not...
Coinage in the Roman Provinces: ANS Conference Highlights, Part 2
By Lucia Carbone for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......
Link to Part 1
The second day of the ANS conference, March 24, 2021, chaired by Pere...
Stack’s Bowers Featuring Exceptional Fine Style Lysimachos Tetradrachm in June CCO Auction
By Jeremy Bostwick - Senior Numismatist & Cataloger, Stack's Bowers ......
With over 200 lots of ancient coins in the Stack's Bowers Galleries June 2021...