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Michael Shutterly

Michael T. Shutterly is a recovering lawyer who survived six years as a trial lawyer and 30 years working in the financial services industry. He is now an amateur historian who specializes in the study of ancient Rome and the Middle Ages, with a special interest in the art and history of the coins of those periods. He has published over 50 articles on ancient and medieval coins in various publications and has received numerous awards for his articles and presentations on different aspects of the history of the ancient and Medieval world. He is a member of the ANA, the ANS, the Association of Dedicated Byzantine Collectors, and numerous other regional, state, and specialty coin clubs.
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CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Coins of the Iconoclasts, Part II

Coins of the Iconoclasts, Part II

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....   Part I | Part II * * * Iconoclasm (“image smashing”) was very popular within the Byzantine military during the...
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Coins of the Iconoclasts - Michael Shutterly

Coins of the Iconoclasts, Part I

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....   Part I/a> | Part II * * * The Iconoclastic Controversy was a period of near civil war in the...
CoinWeek Ancient Coins - The Legionary Denarii of Mark Antony

CoinWeek Ancient Coins – The Legionary Denarii of Mark Antony

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....   On September 2, 31 BCE, a great fleet under the command of Octavian, the great-nephew and posthumously adopted...
CoinWeek Ancient Coins - The Anonymous Folles of Byzantium

CoinWeek Ancient Coins – The Anonymous Folles of Byzantium

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....   Imperial Byzantine coinage served both economic and propaganda purposes. The coins routinely identified the reigning emperor or empress...
Sassanian Silver Drachms

Sassanian Silver Drachms

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek ..... Ardashir V, King of Persis, defeated Artabanus IV, the last Shahanshah (“King of Kings”) of Parthia, at the...
“Gross” Medieval European Coins

“Gross” Medieval European Coins

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....   From the end of the eighth century into the 13th, Medieval European coins consisted primarily of small silver...
The Dekadrachm – Athens’ Greatest Coin

The Dekadrachm – Athens’ Greatest Coin

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....   The coins of Athens are among the most popular and best known of all ancient coins – virtually...
Coins of the Persian Kings of Kings

Coins of the Persian Kings of Kings

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....   The Persians did not have a coinage system of their own until about 546 BCE when Cyrus the...
The Ancient Coins of Kroisos - Michael T. Shutterly

The Ancient Coins of Kroisos

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....   Kroisos, King of Lydia Kroisos, the last king of the Ionian kingdom of Lydia in Asia Minor, launched a...
Michael T. Shutterly: Ten Coins I'd Love to Own

Michael T. Shutterly: Ten Coins I’d Love to Own

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....   I enjoy coins for their artistry and for the history behind them. Because there are so many coins...
The One That Got Away: The Trials and Tribulations of Building an Ancient Coin Exhibit

The One That Got Away: The Trials and Tribulations of Building an Ancient Coin...

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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...

Medieval English Coins – The Coins of Æthelred the Unready

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....   Æthelred II became King of England on March 18, 978 after the murder of his half-brother Edward, known...

The Coins of Caesar’s Killers

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....   Gaius Julius Caesar was murdered at a meeting of the Roman Senate on the Ides of March, 44...
The Coins That Killed Julius Caesar

The Coins That Killed Caesar

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....   The year 45 BCE ended with Gaius Julius Caesar being the most powerful man in the most powerful...
The Tetradrachms of Athens (and Athena), by Michael T. Shutterly

The Tetradrachms of Athens (and Athena)

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....   A long time ago, the goddess Athena purchased the naming rights to the town now known as Athens....
The Ancient Coins of Phanes - Michael T. Shutterly

The Ancient Coins of Phanes

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....   The first coins to be struck appeared c. 650 BCE in what is now western Turkey. These coins...

The Last Coins of the Roman Empire

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek ..... The Roman Empire began on January 16, 27 BCE when the Roman Senate conferred the titles Augustus and...

Roman Coins From the War Against Hannibal

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....   The Second Punic War began when the Carthaginian general Hannibal invaded Italy in 218 BCE. Hannibal ravaged Italy with...
The Crondall Hoard of Anglo-Saxon Gold Coins

The Crondall Hoard of Anglo-Saxon Gold Coins

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....   The Anglo-Saxons began striking coins in what was to become England around 600 CE. These early coins consisted...

Coins of the Conqueror: William, Duke of Normandy

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek ..... On October 14, 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, accomplished in a single day what his Viking ancestors and...
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