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American Numismatic Society in Lycia By Ute Wartenberg - President and Research Curator, American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......   As part of a longer trip abroad, American...

By Shanna Schmidt - Owner, Shanna Schmidt Numismatics Inc. ......   Hello everyone, I wanted to officially invite everyone to the event where a new partnership...

Anyone who’s interested in high-quality ancient and Italian coins will be familiar with the auction house Numismatica Ars Classica (NAC) located in London, Zurich,...

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

In the upcoming season of the CoinWeek Podcast, ancient coin expert Aaron Berk (Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.) will appear as a recurring guest alongside...

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

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

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 .....   Pamphylia was not a country unto itself but a region. It is located on the southern coast of Asia...

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

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

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

In the 25th episode of the Aaron Berk Ancient Coin Podcast, expert Aaron Berk and fellow Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. numismatist Mike Nottelmann take...

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...

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

By Lucia Carbone for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......   On February 16–18, 2023, the Royal Netherlands Institute of Rome (KNIR) hosted an international workshop titled...

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 Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   No lonelier man ever occupied the Byzantine throne - or any other, for that matter. Basil was ugly, dirty,...

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