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Marcus Agrippa and His Coins of the Roman Empire
By Dr. Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was born to a plebeian family near Rome or possibly Pisa in about 63 BCE....
Coinage of the Dorian Cities of Halikarnassos and Knidos
By Dr. Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
This is the second article (Part I here) in a two-part series on the six cities of the...
Coins of the Dorian Cities of Rhodes
By Dr. Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
Doris was a small region on the southwest coast of Asia Minor (see Figure 1), which later became...
Ancient Greek Coins of Aiolis: The Minor Cities
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
The previous article that I wrote on Aiolis covered the larger commercial cities of Aigai, Cyme, and Myrina. I...
Ancient Greek Coins of Aiolis: Aigai, Cyme and Myrina
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
Aiolis was a small region on the west coast of Asia Minor (see Figure 1). It was surrounded by...
The Ancient Roman Coins of Carus and His Brief Dynasty
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
By the middle of the third century CE, the Roman Empire was in bad shape.
In 253, when Valerian became...
Coins of Ancient Greek Pamphylia
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
Pamphylia was not a country unto itself but a region. It is located on the southern coast of Asia...
Coins of Ancient Greek Troas (Troad): Part 4
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
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This article is the fourth and final...
Coins of Ancient Greek Troas (Troad): Part 3
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
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This article is the third part...
Coins of Ancient Greek Troas (Troad): Part 2
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
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This article is the second part...
Coins of Ancient Greek Troas (Troad): Part 1
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
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Troas, unlike the subject of my...
Helmets on Ancient Greek Coins
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
In this article, I want to cover some of the ancient Greek helmets that can be found on ancient...
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 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...
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...
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 -...
The Ancient Coins of Kephallenia
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
Kephallenia is the sixth-largest island of Greece and the largest in the Ionian Sea. It is located opposite the...
Hey! There’s a Bug on My Ancient Coin
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
Introduction
I have seen several articles on ancient coins discussing animals such as mammals and birds, but it’s time the...
Ancient Coins of Lucania, Part 2: Thourioi, Laos, Elea, and Poseidonia
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
As mentioned in Part 1, Lucania was one of the most important regions of Magna Graecia. Lucania was located...
Almost Emperors: Three Caesars Who Didn’t Quite Make It and Their Coins
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....
This article deals with three men that, while seemingly destined to become the emperor of ancient Rome--indeed, they held...
