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Coins of the Medieval Ottoman Sultans of Turkey

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ..... AT THE BEGINNING of the 14th century (c. 1300 CE), Anatolia (modern Türkiye) was a patchwork of “beyliks”, small,...

God of Wine: Dionysus on Ancient Coins

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

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Kings of Bithynia

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...

Last of His Line: Medieval Coins of Defunct Dynasties

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

Ancient Coin Profiles: Byzantine Empire – Manuel I Aspron Trachy

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:...

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Money Before Coinage

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ..... The Incas had rivers full of gold and mountains full of silver, and they used gold and silver for...

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Coins of the Celtiberians

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ..... AT THE BEGINNING of recorded history, the Iberian Peninsula was inhabited by a variety of peoples. Iberians, who spoke a...

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....

Collecting Ancient Coins in an Era of Import Restrictions

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ..... Ask a collector of ancient coins if they have ever bought a coin from an overseas vendor, and you...

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...

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