Category Archives: ancient gold coins

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient World Coins, bronze coins, Chalkon, CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series, Double Daric, Electrum Hekte, Featured News, Gold Stater, Mike Markowitz, Obol, Persian Coins, Recent Articles & Video, tetradrachms, tetrobols

Satraps: Ancient Coins of the Persian Governors

Leave a comment

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ….. THE ACHAEMENID EMPIRE of Persia founded by Cyrus the Great (ruled 559-530 BCE) was eventually conquered (330 BCE) by Alexander the Great. Achaemenid kings ruled their vast, multi-ethnic state through a system of appointed governors or satraps, recruited mainly from a narrow elite of closely related Iranian […]

The post Satraps: Ancient Coins of the Persian Governors appeared first on CoinWeek: Rare Coin, Currency, and Bullion News for Collectors.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

American Numismatic Society, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, ANS, ANS Long Table, Clubs & Organizations, coin hoards, Education, Featured News, Numismatic Education, Paul Beliën, Recent Articles & Video, Velp Hoard

The Spectacular 1715 Velp Hoard: Long Table 151 With Paul Beliën

Leave a comment

  In 1715, a vast hoard of late Roman gold coins, medallions, and jewels was discovered in Velp in the Netherlands. The gold was buried in the early fifth century CE, at a time when the Western Roman Empire was collapsing and Germanic kingdoms were emerging. Paul Beliën, Curator of the Dutch National Numismatic Collection, […]

The post The Spectacular 1715 Velp Hoard: Long Table 151 With Paul Beliën appeared first on CoinWeek: Rare Coin, Currency, and Bullion News for Collectors.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, aureus, Featured News, Mike Markowitz, Pompey the Great, quadriga, Recent Articles & Video, Sextus Pompey, silver denarius

The Ancient Coins of Pompey the Great

Leave a comment

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ….. There was something of Jekyll and Hyde in Pompey. One side, the bright side, shows him as a great man who was brilliant, patriotic and talented. The other, the dark side, shows him as a willful monster: cruel,arrogant and overbearing (Fields, 4). ROMAN ARISTOCRAT AND general Gnaeus […]

The post The Ancient Coins of Pompey the Great appeared first on CoinWeek: Rare Coin, Currency, and Bullion News for Collectors.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Byzantine coins, CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series, Constantine VII, Featured News, follis, Mike Markowitz, miliaresion, Recent Articles & Video, solidus

Born Into the Purple: The Coinage of Constantine VII

Leave a comment

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ….. His constitution was sickly and he was indeed invalid throughout his life. His father’s birth was doubtful; and he was himself born out of regular wedlock, although his legitimacy was afterwards grudgingly recognized. From his eighth to his 16th year he was the pawn, by turns of […]

The post Born Into the Purple: The Coinage of Constantine VII appeared first on CoinWeek: Rare Coin, Currency, and Bullion News for Collectors.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, antoninianus, bronze coins, Carinus, Carus, Denarius, gold aureus, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, imperial roman coins, Magnia Urbica, Mercury, Nigrinian, Numerian, Pax, quadriga, quinarius, Recent Articles & Video, semis, Steve Benner, Venus, Victory

The Ancient Roman Coins of Carus and His Brief Dynasty

Leave a comment

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 emperor, the Empire had had 10 rulers since the death of Severus Alexander in 235. Most of these men had killed the preceding emperor and then taken over; several […]

The post The Ancient Roman Coins of Carus and His Brief Dynasty appeared first on CoinWeek: Numismatic & Coin Collecting News.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, antoninianus, bronze coins, Carinus, Carus, Denarius, gold aureus, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, imperial roman coins, Magnia Urbica, Mercury, Nigrinian, Numerian, Pax, quadriga, quinarius, Recent Articles & Video, semis, Steve Benner, Venus, Victory

The Ancient Roman Coins of Carus and His Brief Dynasty

Leave a comment

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 emperor, the Empire had had 10 rulers since the death of Severus Alexander in 235. Most of these men had killed the preceding emperor and then taken over; several […]

The post The Ancient Roman Coins of Carus and His Brief Dynasty appeared first on CoinWeek: Rare Coin, Currency, and Bullion News for Collectors.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, antoninianus, bronze coins, Carinus, Carus, Denarius, gold aureus, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, imperial roman coins, Magnia Urbica, Mercury, Nigrinian, Numerian, Pax, quadriga, quinarius, Recent Articles & Video, semis, Steve Benner, Venus, Victory

The Ancient Roman Coins of Carus and His Brief Dynasty

Leave a comment

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 emperor, the Empire had had 10 rulers since the death of Severus Alexander in 235. Most of these men had killed the preceding emperor and then taken over; several […]

The post The Ancient Roman Coins of Carus and His Brief Dynasty appeared first on CoinWeek: Rare Coin, Currency, and Bullion News for Collectors.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coin Auctions, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Auction Highlights, Auctions, Certified coins, David Vagi, Egyptian Coins, English Coins, European coins, Gregory Edmund, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Auctions, Nectanebo II, NGC, NGC Certified Coins, Recent Articles & Video, Spink, Spink Auctions, St. Helier Collection, White Rose Collection, World Coin Auctions, World Coins, World Gold Coins

Spink Offers NGC Gold Rarities From Ancient Egypt, Rome, Britain

Leave a comment

Spink is offering two of the most important coins of the ancient world as well as two of the greatest rarities in British numismatics, all certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC). The coins are being offered in Spink auctions that are scheduled for March 31 and April 3, 2023. The April 3 sale features three NGC-certified rarities […]

The post Spink Offers NGC Gold Rarities From Ancient Egypt, Rome, Britain appeared first on CoinWeek: Rare Coin, Currency, and Bullion News for Collectors.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Aaron Berk, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Bacchus, Dionysus, EID MAR, gold aureus, Harlan Berk, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Strategies, Mike Nottelmann, Numismatic Education, Podcast, Recent Articles & Video, Richard Beale, Roma Numismatics, social media, Tips for Collectors, YouTube

Aaron Berk: Ancient Coin Podcast – Episode 26

Leave a comment

In this, the 26th episode of the Aaron Berk Ancient Coin Podcast, ancient coin expert and dealer Aaron Berk–joined by his fellow Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. numismatist Mike Nottelmann–discusses the recent arrest of Roma Numismatics Managing Director Richard Beale for falsifying a provenance for the gold EID MAR aureus that his company recently sold for […]

The post Aaron Berk: Ancient Coin Podcast – Episode 26 appeared first on CoinWeek: Rare Coin, Currency, and Bullion News for Collectors.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Ancient World Coins, Ardashir III, Athena, Bactrian Coins, Caracalla, Editors Choice, Elagabalus, gold dinars, Gordian III, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, Huvishka, imperial roman coins, Kushan coins, Lucius Verus, Mithras, Persia, Persian Coins, Philip the Arab, Phrygian cap, Recent Articles & Video, Religious Coins, Sassanian Empire, Septimius Severus, Severus Alexander, Steve Benner, Tarsus

The Cult of Mithras on Ancient Coins

Leave a comment

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek ….. It would not be possible to cover the cult of Mithras in this not-quite 2,000-word article. But I can give enough of an overview of the religion for the reader to at least understand what its basic beliefs were and its importance in ancient worlds: not only to the […]

The post The Cult of Mithras on Ancient Coins appeared first on CoinWeek: Rare Coin, Currency, and Bullion News for Collectors.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, Ancient copper coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Anonymous Folles, Basil II, Byzantine coins, CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series, Constantine VIII, cross, David Sear, Dumbarton Oaks, Editors Choice, histamenon, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, Jesus Christ on Coins, John I Tzimiskes, Mike Markowitz, miliaresion, Nikephoros II, Recent Articles & Video, Religious Coins, Romanus II, solidus, Tetarteron, Virgin Mary

Bulgar Slayer: The Coinage of Basil II

Leave a comment

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ….. No lonelier man ever occupied the Byzantine throne – or any other, for that matter. Basil was ugly, dirty, coarse, boorish, totally philistine and almost pathologically mean. He was, in short, profoundly un-Byzantine. And all these things, one suspects, he would have readily admitted. He was not concerned with […]

The post Bulgar Slayer: The Coinage of Basil II appeared first on CoinWeek: Rare Coin, Currency, and Bullion News for Collectors.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Aaron Berk, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Baldwin & Sons, countermarked coins, Dionysus, Gorny & Mosch, Harlan Berk, Hercules, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Strategies, Maximinus II, Mike Nottelmann, Naxos, Numismatic Education, Phanes, Podcast, Recent Articles & Video, Roman Bronze Coins, Silver Sestertius, social media, Tips for Collectors, Wildwinds, YouTube

Aaron Berk: Ancient Coin Podcast – Episode 25

Leave a comment

In the 25th episode of the Aaron Berk Ancient Coin Podcast, expert Aaron Berk and fellow Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. numismatist Mike Nottelmann take a look at a handful of ancient coins recently up for auction. Among the highlights are a drachm from Naxos, a “badge of Phanes“, and a Roman silver sestertius. With the […]

The post Aaron Berk: Ancient Coin Podcast – Episode 25 appeared first on CoinWeek: Rare Coin, Currency, and Bullion News for Collectors.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Akragas, Akragas Dekadrachm, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Charles Seltman, Coin Values, Editors Choice, EID MAR, Expensive coins, Godfrey Locker Lampson, gold aureus, Gold Stater, griffin, Hadrian, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, Maxentius, Medallions, NAC USA, Nelson Bunker Hunt, Numismatica Ars Classica, Oscar Ravel, Pantikapaion, Pax, Prices, quadriga, Recent Articles & Video, Roman Bronze Coins, satyr, Shanna Schmidt, Tips for Collectors, Tyler Rossi

What Makes the Most Expensive Ancient Coins So Valuable

Leave a comment

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 handle some of the best ancient coins in the world. Now, more than ever, I ask myself a deceptively complex question. What drives the value of a coin? Which factors […]

The post What Makes the Most Expensive Ancient Coins So Valuable appeared first on CoinWeek: Rare Coin, Currency, and Bullion News for Collectors.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Akragas, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Atlas Numismatics, British Medals, Charles II, Claudius, Coin Dealer Inventory, Coin Dealer News, Dealer News, Dilitron, English Coins, European coins, fixed price list, gold aureus, gold world coins, Home Page Ancients, Home Page World, Medals and Tokens, Pedigree coins, Queen Victoria, Recent Articles & Video, Toned coins, World Coins, World Gold Coins

Akragras Dilitron Among New World, Ancient Coins at Atlas Numismatics

Leave a comment

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 consideration and browsing enjoyment. We hope that you may find something of interest for your collection and look forward to hearing from you if have any questions. Atlas Numismatics remains […]

The post Akragras Dilitron Among New World, Ancient Coins at Atlas Numismatics appeared first on CoinWeek: Rare Coin, Currency, and Bullion News for Collectors.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Atlas Numismatics, aureus, Coin Profiles, CoinWeek Coin Profiles, CoinWeek IQ Coin Profiles, gold aureus, Home Page Ancients, Julius Caesar, Mythological Coins, Popular, Recent Articles & Video, Vesta, Women on Coins

Ancient Coin Profiles: Roman Gold Aureus of Julius Caesar

Leave a comment

Overview: Julius Caesar The Roman general and dictator Julius Caesar is still famous 2,061 years after his death, though most people are probably more familiar with the legend than the man and his actual achievements. Not that the facts disappoint. Caesar was by all accounts an energetic and forceful personality, his life lending itself quite […]

The post Ancient Coin Profiles: Roman Gold Aureus of Julius Caesar appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Alexander III, Alexander the Great, Alexandria Troas, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Apollo, Artemis, Assos, astragalos, Athena, bronze coins, Cybele, diobol, drachms, Editors Choice, Expert Columns, Gentinos, Gergis, Gold Stater, gorgoneion, griffin, Hamaxitos, hemidrachm, Herakles, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, horses on coins, hydria, Ilion, Ilium, Kolone, lion, lyre, Lysimachus, Mythological Coins, Obol, omphalos, Recent Articles & Video, silver tetradrachm, Steve Benner, tetrobols, Troas, Zeus

Coins of Ancient Greek Troas (Troad): Part 2

Leave a comment

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek ….. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 * * * This article is the second part on the coinage of Troas, a region of northwest Asia Minor adjacent to the Hellespont. Its history goes back to the Bronze Age and the Hittites, and Troy (Ilium), […]

The post Coins of Ancient Greek Troas (Troad): Part 2 appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coin Auctions, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Auction Highlights, Auction Results, Auctions, Brazilian Coins, Brazillian Gold, Claudius II, Cristiano Bierrenbach, Dealers and Companies, G.F. Nurnberger, gold aureus, gold world coins, Heritage, Heritage auctions, Heritage Signature Auctions, Home Page Auctions, Home Page Medals, Kilo Coins, latin American Coins, Maxentius, Medal Auction, Medallions, Medals, Medals and Tokens, Mexico & Latin America, Paramount collection, Petropolis Collection, Platinum Night, Press Releases, Prices, Prices Realized, Quaternio, Recent Articles & Video, Signature Auctions, William Wyon, World Coin Auctions, World Coins, World Gold Coins

Ancient Roman Medallion Brings $312,000 in Heritage Auction

Leave a comment

One of just two known examples of a medallion from one of the best and most important collections of ancient coins ever sold through Heritage Auctions sold for $312,000 USD to lead Heritage’s World & Ancient Coins Platinum Session and Signature Auction to $5,687,936 November 2-4. The Maxentius (AD 307-312). AV quaternio or medallion of […]

The post Ancient Roman Medallion Brings $312,000 in Heritage Auction appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coin Auctions, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Auction Highlights, Auctions, brazil, Brazilian Coins, Brazillian Gold, British Indian Coin, Cristiano Bierrenbach, Dealers and Companies, gold world coins, Heritage, Heritage auctions, Heritage Signature Auctions, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Auctions, imperial roman coins, Julius Caesar, Kilo Coins, latin American Coins, Maxentius, Mexico & Latin America, Paramount collection, Petropolis Collection, Queen Elizabeth II Coins, Rare Ancient Coin Auction, Rare Ancient Gold Coin Auction, Recent Articles & Video, Signature Auctions, William Wyon, World Coin Auctions, World Coins, World Gold Coins

Ancient Roman Rarity, 1 of 2 Known, Headed to Heritage Auction

Leave a comment

A medallion from one of the best and most important collections of ancient coins ever sold through Heritage Auctions could bring $200,000 USD or more when it crosses the block November 2 at Heritage Auctions’ World & Ancient Coins Platinum Session and Signature Auction. The Maxentius (AD 307-312). AV quaternio or medallion of 4-aurei (33mm, […]

The post Ancient Roman Rarity, 1 of 2 Known, Headed to Heritage Auction appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Abydos, Achilleion, Achilles, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Antandros, Apollo, Artemis, Athena, biga, birds on coins, Birytis, bronze coins, diobol, dolphin, Editors Choice, Electrum, Expert Columns, gorgoneion, hemiobol, Heracles, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, Kabeiros, lion, lyre, Nike, Obol, pileus, Recent Articles & Video, satyr, siglos, Silver Drachm, silver tetradrachm, Stater, Steve Benner, tetrobols, triskelés, Troas

Coins of Ancient Greek Troas (Troad): Part 1

Leave a comment

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek ….. Troas, unlike the subject of my previous article, was not a country unto itself. It was only the name of a district in northwest Asia Minor (Anatolia) adjacent to the Hellespont (Dardanelles). The area is bordered by the Aegean Sea to the west, the mountain massif that forms Mount […]

The post Coins of Ancient Greek Troas (Troad): Part 1 appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coin Auctions, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Ancient World Coins, Auction Highlights, Auctions, Byzantine coins, Celtic Coins, Celtic/Barbarian Coins, Dealers and Companies, Heritage, Heritage auctions, Historical Scholar Collection, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Auctions, imperial roman coins, Roman Bronze Coins

Heritage to Offer Ancient Coin Historical Scholar Collection, Part 2

Leave a comment

The first installment of the Historical Scholar Collection was featured in its own catalog in our recent Chicago World & Ancient Coins Platinum Session, and the first of our four Showcase auctions was offered last month. Now, Heritage is offering selections from Part II of the Historical Scholar Collection showcase auctions. This auction is open […]

The post Heritage to Offer Ancient Coin Historical Scholar Collection, Part 2 appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Alexander the Great, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Ancient World Coins, Arsinoe II, Croesus, Egypt, Egyptian Coins, Electrum, gold aureus, gold distater, Gold Stater, heavy stater, Home Page Ancients, imperial roman coins, Julius Caesar, Lydia Coins, Macedonian coins, mnaieion, Recent Articles & Video, Stephane, Tyler Rossi, Women on Coins

Five Ancient Gold Coins And The Stories They Tell

Leave a comment

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ….. As a divine metal, gold not only served as a store of wealth for the rulers of ancient societies but it was also an earthly representation of unending and incorruptible divinity. Coins struck in gold, while definitely earthlier and more materialistic than religious or decorative items, also retained a […]

The post Five Ancient Gold Coins And The Stories They Tell appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Silver Coins, bronze coins, Byzantine coinage, Byzantine coins, Constantine V, Constantine VI, cross, Dumbarton Oaks, Editors Choice, Empress Irene, Expert Columns, follis, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, Leo III, Leo IV, Michael Shutterly, Michael T. Shutterly, miliaresion, Recent Articles & Video, Sicily, solidus

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Coins of the Iconoclasts

Leave a comment

By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek ….. The Iconoclastic Controversy was a period of near civil war in the Byzantine Empire that began in about 726 CE and lasted until about 787. It was revived in 814 and finally concluded in 843. The Controversy involved a religious dispute between Iconodules (“image servants”), who venerated icons […]

The post CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Coins of the Iconoclasts appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

American Numismatic Society, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, ANS, aureus, cistophorus, Clubs & Organizations, Coin Blog, coins of Ephesus, Dealers and Companies, Dionysus, ephesus, Fulvia, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Clubs, Lucia Carbone, Mark Antony, Octavia, Octavia the Younger Coin, Recent Articles & Video, Roman Bronze Coins, Victory, Women on Coins

Octavia Minor, a Wonder of a Woman

Leave a comment

By Lucia Carbone for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ……   Caesar was exceedingly fond of his sister, who was, as the saying is, a wonder of a woman. -Plutarch, Life of Antony 31.1 Roman women, especially if they were members of the upper class, acquired increased visibility in the last decades of the Roman Republic, […]

The post Octavia Minor, a Wonder of a Woman appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Aes Grave, Amyntas, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Arsinoe II, Bactrian Coins, Barbarian Coinage, Berenike II, birds on coins, bronze coins, Castor and Pollux, coin hoards, Coinage of Baktria, CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series, CoinWeek Ancient Coins, Constantine I, Decadrachms, dodekadrachms, dolphin, Editors Choice, Eucratides I, Eucratidion, Expert Columns, gorgoneion, Home Page Ancients, Janus, Largest Coins, Mike Markowitz, Mythological Coins, oktadrachms, Olbia, Popular, Ptolemy II, Ptolemy III, Recent Articles & Video, Roma, Royal Canadian Mint, siliqua, Thracian coins, triskelés, Tyche, Unique & Unusual, Unusual coins, Valens, Valentinian I, Zeus

Metal Monsters: The Biggest Ancient Coins

Leave a comment

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 pounds, or a bit over 3215 troy ounces). It was 53 centimeters in diameter (21 inches) and three centimeters thick, denominated at one million Canadian dollars. “Why did the Royal […]

The post Metal Monsters: The Biggest Ancient Coins appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Antioch, CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series, CoinWeek Ancient Coins, Constantinople, Double Maiorina, Editors Choice, Expert Columns, follis, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, imperial roman coins, Julian Coin, Mike Markowitz, miliarense, nummus, Ravenna, Recent Articles & Video, Roman Bronze Coins, siliqua, solidus

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Julian the Apostate

Leave a comment

  By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ….. Apostate: (noun) a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc.[1] REMEMBERED AS THE “Apostate” by his enemies, and “the Philosopher” by his friends, Flavius Claudius Julianus–or Julian–ruled as Roman emperor from November 3, 361 CE until his death on June 26, 363. On the list of emperors, […]

The post CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Julian the Apostate appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Alexander I, Alexander the Great Coins, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Ancient World Coins, Athena, Athens Tetradrachm, Bactrian Coins, bronze coins, Chalkidian stater, Chersonesus, Corinth, decadrachm, diobol, Editors Choice, Eucratides, Hermes, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, ionia, Kegel, Lycia, Macedonian coins, Mytilene, Nomos, Phocaea, pileus, Porus Medallion, Recent Articles & Video, Stater, Steve Benner, tetrobols, Thracian coins

Helmets on Ancient Greek Coins

Leave a comment

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek ….. In this article, I want to cover some of the ancient Greek helmets that can be found on ancient coins. This may be a rehash of previous articles, but the subject interested me and also pointed out my ignorance of what were the various types of helmets worn by […]

The post Helmets on Ancient Greek Coins appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, centenionalis, CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series, CoinWeek Ancient Coins, Constans, Constantine, Constantine I, Constantine II, Constantius II, Crispus, Delmatius, Editors Choice, Expert Columns, Fausta, follis, Gallus, half siliqua, Hanniballianus, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, imperial roman coins, Juno, Medallions, Mike Markowitz, Recent Articles & Video, Roman Bronze Coins, siliqua, solidus, st. helena, Victory

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: The Family of Constantine the Great

Leave a comment

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ….. Constantine’s family was large and complex. Both he and his father had sired children with two different women, thus creating three branches [of] the Constantinian family. Most remote to Constantine was the step-family created by his father and most immediate were the two branches of direct descendants he had […]

The post CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: The Family of Constantine the Great appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Agrippina the Younger, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Antonia the Younger Coin, aureus, britain, Britannicus, Ceres, Claudius, Coins from Crete, CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series, CoinWeek Ancient Coins, Denarius, Dupondius, Editors Choice, Egypt, Egyptian Coins, Expert Columns, Germanicus, gold aureus, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, imperial roman coins, Mars, Mike Markowitz, Nemesis, orichalcum, pileus, quadrans, Recent Articles & Video, Roman Bronze Coins, sestertius, silver denarius

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: The Coinage of Claudius

Leave a comment

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ….. I, Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus This-that-and-the-other (for I shall not trouble you yet with all my titles,) who was once, and not so long ago either, known to my friends and relatives and associates as “Claudius the Idiot,” or “That Claudius,” or “Claudius the Stammerer,” or “Clau-Clau-Claudius,” or […]

The post CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: The Coinage of Claudius appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, ANS collection, Apollo, Augustus, Charles Hersh, cistophorus, CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series, CoinWeek Ancient Coins, Editors Choice, Edward T. Newell, Expert Columns, Gold Quinarius, Hadrian, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, Julius Caesar, Jupiter, Liber, Lucius Munatius Plancus, Marcus Porcius Cato, Mike Markowitz, quinarius, Recent Articles & Video, Roma, Septimius Severus, Tiberius, Victory

The Quinarius: An Ancient Roman Coin You’ve Never Heard of

Leave a comment

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ….. ANCIENT ROME ISSUED coins for almost eight centuries. Among the bewildering variety of denominations that circulated during this long span of time, the quinarius stands out as one of the most obscure. Struck in both gold and silver, the type is so scarce that many experienced collectors […]

The post The Quinarius: An Ancient Roman Coin You’ve Never Heard of appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Aemilianus, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, antoninianus, aureus, Balbinus, Becker the Forger, Carl Wilhelm Becker, CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series, CoinWeek Ancient Coins, David Vagi, Denarius, Diadumenianus, Didius Julianus, Editors Choice, Expert Columns, Florian, gold aureus, Gordian I, Gordian II, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, imperial roman coins, Marcus Aurelius Marius, Mike Markowitz, Otho, Pax, Pertinax, Pupienus, Recent Articles & Video, Roman Bronze Coins, silver denarius

Short Timers on Ancient Coins: The Briefest Reigns of Roman Emperors

Leave a comment

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ….. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. —Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part II (1597) ROMAN EMPERORS RARELY wore an actual crown. They are more commonly shown wearing a laurel wreath or a diadem, the jeweled headband that was an ancient emblem of royalty. But the mortality statistics […]

The post Short Timers on Ancient Coins: The Briefest Reigns of Roman Emperors appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Aspron Trachy, bronze coins, Byzantine coins, Christianity on Coins, CoinWeek Podcast, cross, Editors Choice, Expert Columns, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ on Coins, Mike Markowitz, nummus, PCGS, Podcast, Recent Articles & Video, social media, solidus, stavraton, tremissis

CoinWeek Podcast #165: Mike Markowitz on Byzantine Coins

Leave a comment

The CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Check out PCGS’ new grading specials and take advantage of an exclusive offer to get a PCGS limited-edition 35th Anniversary Silver PCGS Box. You can also save money on Canadian banknote submissions and coin variety attributions. Visit pcgs.com/ccspecial to learn more. CoinWeek Podcast #165: Mike Markowitz […]

The post CoinWeek Podcast #165: Mike Markowitz on Byzantine Coins appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

80 Ducats, Ancient Coin Auctions, Ancient Gold Coin Auction, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Antioch, Auction Highlights, Auction Results, Auctions, aureus, British Medals, Dealers and Companies, Dionysius I, Elagabalus, European coins, Fresh Coins, Gem Collection, gold aureus, gold mexican coins, gold world coins, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Auctions, imperial roman coins, latin American Coins, Medal Auction, Medals, Medals and Tokens, mexican coins, Mexico & Latin America, New York International, New York International Numismatic Convention, NYINC, NYINC Auction, Pat Johnson Collection, Polish Coins, Press Release, Prices, Prices Realized, Recent Articles & Video, Record Prices, Rodgers Collection, Salton Collection, Septimius Severus, Shows & Conventions, Sigismund III, Stack's Bowers Auction, Stacks Bowers, Syracuse Coin Auction, Syracuse Euainetos Dekadrachm, Syracuse Kimon Dekadrachm, World Coin Auctions, World Coins, World Gold Coins

Stack’s Bowers Sells Over $20 Million in World and Ancient Coins at New York International Auction

Leave a comment

NYINC’s Highest Grossing Auction and Highest Priced Individual Lot   Following a record-breaking year in 2021, the World and Ancient Coin Department at Stack’s Bowers Galleries saw continued strong prices as over $20 million in numismatic items crossed the block in their annual official auction of the New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC). All prices […]

The post Stack’s Bowers Sells Over $20 Million in World and Ancient Coins at New York International Auction appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Ancient World Coins, Classical Numismatic Group, CNG, Cyrus the Great, daric gold, Darius I, Double Daric, Editors Choice, Expert Columns, hemistater, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, Ian Carradice, Kroiseid, lion, Lydia, Lydia Coins, Michael Shutterly, Michael T. Shutterly, Persian Coins, Persian Gold Daric, Recent Articles & Video, Shekel, siglos, Stater, Sunrise collection, Xerxes II

Coins of the Persian Kings of Kings

Leave a comment

By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek ….. The Persians did not have a coinage system of their own until about 546 BCE when Cyrus the Great conquered Lydia and adopted elements of the previous Kroiseid coinage system (developed by Kroisos, the last king of Lydia). When the Persians began minting coins, they not only used […]

The post Coins of the Persian Kings of Kings appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Agathocles, Ainos, Alexander the Great, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Ancient World Coins, Auction Results, Bactrian Coins, Berenike II, birds on coins, British Museum, Byzantine coins, Christianity on Coins, CNG, coin hoards, CoinArchives Pro, CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series, CoinWeek Ancient Coins, Constantine VII, cross, David Sellwood Collection, drachms, eagles, Editors Choice, EID MAR, Expert Columns, gold aureus, Heraclius, Hermes, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ on Coins, Lawrence Adams Collection, M. Junius Brutus, Macedon, Mike Markowitz, miliaresion, Olympias, Parthian Coins, Phraates II, pileus, Prices, Prices Realized, Ptolemy III, Recent Articles & Video, Record Prices, Religious Coins, Septimius Severus, siliqua, Silver Drachm, silver tetradrachm, tetradrachms

The Hole Truth: Ancient Coins That Were Pierced

Leave a comment

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ….. Don’t buy damaged coins. They will be impossible to sell. This was some of the best advice I ever got from an experienced collector of ancients. But like most things in classical numismatics, there are exceptions. Ancient coins were sometimes pierced with a hole, to be worn […]

The post The Hole Truth: Ancient Coins That Were Pierced appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Ancient World Coins, Apollo, Atrebates coins, Badbury Starfish, Belgae, Boduoc, britain, British coins, Caratacus, Carynx, Catuvellauni, Celtic Coins, Celtic/Barbarian Coins, Cheriton Smiler, coin hoards, CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series, CoinWeek Ancient Coins, Corieltauvi, Cunobelin, eagles, Editors Choice, English Coin Hoard, Expert Columns, Finney’s Thunderbolt, Gold Stater, Hallaton Treasure, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, horses on coins, Ian Finney, Iceni, Mike Markowitz, Norfolk Wolf Staters, Pegasus, Potin, quarter stater, Recent Articles & Video, Tasciovanos, Thurrock Potins, Verica, Whaddon Chase Staters, wolf

The Ancient Celtic Coinage of Britain

Leave a comment

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ….. FOR ANCIENT GREEKS and Romans, Britain was a mysterious land at the northern edge of the world. As early as 2000 BCE, the Phoenicians traded with the Celtic tribes of Cornwall (the southwestern tip of England) for the valuable tin essential to making bronze. By the third […]

The post The Ancient Celtic Coinage of Britain appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coin Auctions, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Antioch, Auction Highlights, Auctions, aureus, birds on coins, Dealers and Companies, Elagabalus, gold aureus, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Auctions, imperial roman coins, New York International, New York International Numismatic Convention, Nicholas Fritz, NYINC, NYINC Auction, quadriga, Recent Articles & Video, roman gold coins, Shows & Conventions, Stack's Bowers Auction, Stacks Bowers

Impressive Roman Gold Aureus Headlines New York International Numismatic Convention Auction

Leave a comment

  By Nicholas Fritz – Numismatist, World and Ancient Coins, Stack’s Bowers Galleries …… The January 2022 New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC) will once again showcase Stack’s Bowers Galleries as official auctioneer of this prestigious event. This sale will feature countless highlights across many areas, including a vast array of valuable and important issues […]

The post Impressive Roman Gold Aureus Headlines New York International Numismatic Convention Auction appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

African coins, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient World Coins, Carthage, Editors Choice, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, horses on coins, Kenneth Jenkins, palm, quarter stater, Recent Articles & Video, Tanit, Tyler Rossi

The Gold Coins of Ancient Carthage

Leave a comment

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ….. Phoenician traders first landed in northern Tunis and founded Qart-Ḥadašt or the “New City” in the second half of the ninth century BCE. As part of a trans-Mediterranean trade network, Qart-Ḥadašt–also known as Carthage–quickly grew in importance and after several centuries grew to be one of the most powerful […]

The post The Gold Coins of Ancient Carthage appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Byzantine coins, Coins of Constantine XI, CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series, CoinWeek Ancient Coins, Constantine VI, Editors Choice, Empress Irene, Evans Collection, Expert Columns, Gemini Auctions, half siliqua, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, imperial roman coins, Iohannes IV, Jesus Christ on Coins, John VIII Palaeologus, Julius Nepos, Last Ancient Coin Struck, Last Coins of the Ancient World, Leo IV, Medieval coins, Mike Markowitz, miliaresion, Odoacer, Popular, Recent Articles & Video, Roman Bronze Coins, Romulus Augustulus, siege coins, solidus, stavraton, Trebizond, tremissis, Zeno

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: The Last Ancient Coin

Leave a comment

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek …..   “What was the last ancient coin?” The question is unanswerable. There was no “last” ancient coin, just as there was no “last” ancient person. Classical antiquity didn’t just stop — it morphed gradually into the medieval world, which morphed, in turn, into what we understand as the modern […]

The post CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: The Last Ancient Coin appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coin Auctions, Ancient Coins, Ancient Gold Coin Auction, ancient gold coins, Ancient Jewish Coins, Ancient World Coins, Auctions, Classical Numismatic Group, CNG, Crusader coins, Dealers and Companies, ducat, emergency coinage, English Coins, European coins, Featured Auctions, gold world coins, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Auctions, Huvishka, Jewish Coins, Kushan coins, Medieval coins, Oxford Triple Unite, Recent Articles & Video, Religious Coins, siege coins, Tyler Rossi, World Coin Auctions, World Coins, World Gold Coins

Strong Lineup of Ancient and World Coins Feature at September CNG Sale – Happening Now

Leave a comment

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ….. As of Friday, August 6, 2021, Classical Numismatic Group’s (CNG) Feature Auction 118 has been open for online bidding. It will continue to be open until each lot hammers on September 13 and 14 during the live auction, which starts at 9 am EDT on Monday, the 13th. In-person […]

The post Strong Lineup of Ancient and World Coins Feature at September CNG Sale – Happening Now appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

2021 World's Fair of Money, ANA Worlds Fair of Money, Ancient Coin Auctions, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Auction Highlights, Auctions, Dealers and Companies, Featured Auctions, Gela, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Auctions, Jeremy Bostwick, Recent Articles & Video, Shows & Conventions, Sicily, Stack's Bowers Auction, Stacks Bowers

Fantastic Ancient Sicilian Gold Coin With 18th Century Pedigree in Stack’s Bowers ANA Auction

Leave a comment

By Jeremy Bostwick – Senior Numismatist & Cataloger, Stack’s Bowers …… In addition to an exemplary live session of ancient coins, the upcoming Stack’s Bowers Galleries Official Auction of the ANA World’s Fair of Money will feature the magnificent “Collection of a Gentleman“, an advanced cabinet of Greco-Roman denominational rarities. Assembled over the course of […]

The post Fantastic Ancient Sicilian Gold Coin With 18th Century Pedigree in Stack’s Bowers ANA Auction appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, aureus, Caracalla, Cologne-Gertrudenstrasse Hoard, Denarius, Editors Choice, Geta, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, Julia Domna, Legionary Denarius, orichalcum, Pertinax, quadriga, Recent Articles & Video, Roman Bronze Coins, Septimius Severus, sestertius, Tyler Rossi

Continuity and Legitimacy: The Ancient Coins of Septimius Severus

Leave a comment

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ….. Septimius Severus ascended to the throne in absentia as he marched from the “sleepy” Danubian province of Pannonia Superior towards the heart of imperial power in Rome. This provincial governor who ended the bloody civil war of 193 would go on to reign until his death in 211 CE […]

The post Continuity and Legitimacy: The Ancient Coins of Septimius Severus appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Ancient World Coins, Bimetallic Coins, Croesus, Editors Choice, Electrum, Electrum Hekte, Expert Columns, Gold Stater, heavy stater, Hekte, hemihekte, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, Kroiseid, light stater, lion, Lydia, Lydia Coins, Michael Shutterly, Michael T. Shutterly, myshemihekte, Prototype Stater, Recent Articles & Video, siglos, silver staters, Stater, tetartemorions, Tips for Collectors, Trite

The Ancient Coins of Kroisos

Leave a comment

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 revolution in coinage when he minted the world’s first gold coins and first silver coins. With his “kroiseids” he also created the world’s first bi-metallic coinage system. The ancient […]

The post The Ancient Coins of Kroisos appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

2021 World's Fair of Money, ANA Worlds Fair of Money, Ancient Coin Auctions, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Auctions, aureus, Dealers and Companies, Featured Auctions, gold aureus, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Auctions, imperial roman coins, Jeremy Bostwick, Macrinus, Recent Articles & Video, Shows & Conventions, Stack's Bowers Auction, Stacks Bowers

Stunning Gold Aureus of Macrinus – A Connoisseur’s Dream

Leave a comment

  By Jeremy Bostwick – Senior Numismatist & Cataloger, Stack’s Bowers …… The upcoming Official Auction of the ANA World’s Fair of Money from Stack’s Bowers Galleries will present a tremendous array of stunning ancient coins emanating from various well-cultivated collections. A standout among them is a dazzling and lustrous gold aureus of Roman emperor […]

The post Stunning Gold Aureus of Macrinus – A Connoisseur’s Dream appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

100 Greatest Ancient Coins, Akragas, Akragas Dekadrachm, Alexander the Great, Alexander the Great Coins, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Ancient World Coins, birds on coins, bronze coins, Celtic/Barbarian Coins, Cleopatra, Cleopatra VII, CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series, CoinWeek Ancient Coins, Croton, Decadrachms, decanummium, eagles, Editors Choice, Elagabalus, Electrum, Electrum Hekte, electrum stater, Exainetos, Expert Columns, gold aureus, Harlan J. Berk, Helios, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, ionia, Legionary Denarius, Magna Graecia, Mark Antony, Melqart, Mike Markowitz, Myron, Nelson Bunker Hunt Coin Collection, Nomos, Olympic Coins, Ostrogoths, Perseus, Polyainos, Recent Articles & Video, Septimius Severus, Shekel, Silver Shekels, silver tetradrachm, Tyre in Phoenicia, Ya'akov Meshorer

Eagles on Ancient Coins

Leave a comment

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ….. Majestic, powerful, swift, and intelligent, the eagle has held a strong grip on human imagination since the earliest times. The bald eagle, native to North America, features prominently on the Great Seal of the United States, and on many classic and modern American coins. The U.S. $10 […]

The post Eagles on Ancient Coins appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Byzantine coins, coin hoards, David Hendin, Editors Choice, Expert Columns, Gabriella Bijovsky, Givati Hoard, Heraclius, Home Page Ancients, IAA, Israel, Israel Antiquities Authority, Recent Articles & Video, solidus

Ancient Gold Coin Hoard Pinpoints Persian Destruction of Jerusalem

Leave a comment

By David Hendin for CoinWeek ….. If a hoard of 264 Byzantine gold solidi suddenly appeared and careful examination showed that every coin in the hoard was struck from the SAME dies–a die set never before identified–experts would be quick to suggest the possibility of forgery. (Photo 1) Real life, however, can be stranger than […]

The post Ancient Gold Coin Hoard Pinpoints Persian Destruction of Jerusalem appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Aistulf, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient World Coins, Aripert I, Aripert II, Barbarian Coinage, British Museum, bronze coins, Celtic/Barbarian Coins, Charlemagne, CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series, CoinWeek Ancient Coins, cross, Cunincpert, Desiderius, Editors Choice, Ermanno Arslan, Ernesto Bernareggi, European coins, Expert Columns, follis, half siliqua, Heraclius, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, Italian Coins, Justin II, Justinian I, Liutprand, Lombard Coins, Maurice, Medieval coins, Mike Markowitz, Perctarit, Ratchis, Recent Articles & Video, siliqua, St. Michael, tremissis, Victory, Warwick Wroth, World Coins

Crown of Iron: Coins of the Lombard Kings

Leave a comment

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ….. THE LOMBARDS, A tribe that traced their origin to Scandinavia, migrated into Eastern Europe in the fifth century CE, earning a reputation for ferocity in that war-torn land. Under their king Alboin (reigned c. 560-572), they invaded northern Italy around 568, where their name endures today in […]

The post Crown of Iron: Coins of the Lombard Kings appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Alexius I, American Numismatic Society, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Andronicus II Palaiologos, Angels, ANS, Aspron Trachy, Basil I, Byzantine coinage, Byzantine coins, Christ, Christianity, Christianity on Coins, Clubs & Organizations, Coin Blog, Constantine IX, Constantine VII, Constantinople, cross, Dealers and Companies, Electrum, Elena Stolyarik, Eudoxia, Expert Columns, Heraclius, Heraclius Constantine, Heraclonas, hyperpyron, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ on Coins, Justin I, Justin II, Justinian I, Justinian II, Leo VI, Leontius, Medieval coins, Michael III, Michael IV, Michael VIII Palaiologos, nummus, Phocas, Recent Articles & Video, Romanus II, Romanus IV, Scyphate, semissis, solidus, St. Michael, Theodora, Tiberius II Constantine, tremissis, Victory, Zoe

The Changing Iconography of Byzantine Gold Coins

Leave a comment

  By Elena Stolyarik for American Numismatic Society (ANS) …… The Byzantine Empire, which lasted more than a thousand years, had one of the most monetized economies in medieval Europe. The coinage of Byzantium was an essential element of this unique civilization, which preserved Roman law and state structures and inherited not only the Hellenistic […]

The post The Changing Iconography of Byzantine Gold Coins appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, aureus, Castor and Pollux, Denarius, didrachm, Dupondius, Editors Choice, Expert Columns, Hercules, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, Janus, Jupiter, Mars, Minerva, Mythological Coins, orichalcum, quadrans, quadriga, quadrigatus, quinarius, Recent Articles & Video, Roma, Roman Bronze Coins, Saturn, sestertius, Steve Benner, Victoriatus, Victory

Ancient Roman Coinage From Republic to Empire

Leave a comment

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek ….. The coinage of the ancient Romans underwent considerable changes as the government transitioned from a republic to an empire. Some coins like the denarius would continue through the imperatorial period into the Empire only slightly reduced in weight. Some would disappear, like the victoriatus. And some, like the sestertius, […]

The post Ancient Roman Coinage From Republic to Empire appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Aelia Ariadne, Anastasius I, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Angels, Artavasdus, Byzantine coinage, Byzantine coins, Christ, Christianity on Coins, Editors Choice, Expert Columns, Glycerius, histamenon, Home Page Ancients, Home Page Editors Choice, Jesus Christ on Coins, Licinia Eudoxia, Michael III, Michael IV, Michael Rhangabe, Mike Markowitz, Olybrius, Recent Articles & Video, solidus, Sovana Hoard, St. Michael, Theodora, tremissis, Virgin Mary, Zoe

Mike Markowitz: Ten Coins I’d Love to Own

Leave a comment

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ….. I collect Late Roman (c. 300-491 CE) and Byzantine (c. 491-1350 CE) gold coins. The tangled histories of these long-dead empires, and the often tragic stories of their rulers, are deeply meaningful to me because I was fortunate to have an inspirational Latin teacher in high school, and some […]

The post Mike Markowitz: Ten Coins I’d Love to Own appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coin Auctions, Ancient Gold Coin Auction, ancient gold coins, Auctions, Ben Wengel, Certified coins, Cristiano Bierrenbach, Dealers and Companies, Featured Auctions, gold world coins, Grading, Heritage, Heritage auctions, Heritage Signature Auctions, Long Beach Expo, NGC, NGC Ancients, NGC Certified Coins, NGC Press Release, Numismatic Guaranty Corporation, Numismatic Guaranty Corporation News, Paramount collection, Recent Articles & Video, Signature Auctions, U.S. Gold Coins, us coin auctions, US Coins, US Gold Coins, World Coin Auctions, World Coins, World Gold Coins

NGC Certifies Paramount Collection of Large-Format Gold Coins

Leave a comment

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) recently had the privilege of certifying the Paramount Collection, an incredibly vast collection of US, world and ancient coins of the highest caliber. The collection was submitted to NGC for authentication, grading and encapsulation in anticipation of its sale by Heritage Auctions — an amazing opportunity for the hobby’s most advanced […]

The post NGC Certifies Paramount Collection of Large-Format Gold Coins appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Ancient World Coins, Apollo, Artemis, Athena, bronze coins, cornucopia, didrachm, diobol, Dionysus, dolphin, drachms, Editors Choice, Gold Stater, griffin, hemiobol, hemistater, hexadrachms, kithara, lion, Men, Mythological Coins, Panticapaeum, Poseidon, Recent Articles & Video, satyr, Steve Benner, swastika, tetartemorions, tetradrachms, Trident, tridrachms, triobol

Panticapaeum: Ancient Greek Coins of the Black Sea’s Northern Coast

Leave a comment

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek ….. This is the last article in a series on the Greek colonies on the northern coast of the Black Sea (Euxine Sea). The first article was on Olbia; the second was on Tyras and Chersonesus; the third covers the cities of Theodosia, Gorgippia, and Phanagoria in the Cimmerian Bosporos. […]

The post Panticapaeum: Ancient Greek Coins of the Black Sea’s Northern Coast appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

20th Century Asian Coins, 20th Century Chinese Coins, Ancient Coin Auctions, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Asian Coins, Auction Highlights, Auctions, aureus, Catawiki, Chinese Coins, cornucopia, Dealers and Companies, Hadrian, Julian II, mexican coins, Mexico & Latin America, Modern Chinese Coins, Modern World Coin, Modern world coins, Recent Articles & Video, Russian Coins, Shenyang Mint, solidus, World Coin Auctions, World Coins

Ancient and Modern Gold Coins Highlight Catawiki Auctions

Leave a comment

By CoinWeek …. Internet auction site Catawiki offers a wide range of collectibles, including fine art, jewelry, comics, toys, militaria, wine, and antiques. Numismatists will also find a large selection of precious metal bullion, currency, stamps, and rare coins. This week, we focus on auction highlights that have recently closed and are still open for […]

The post Ancient and Modern Gold Coins Highlight Catawiki Auctions appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

African coins, Ancient Coins, Ancient copper coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Ancient World Coins, Barbarian Coinage, British Museum, Carthage, Celtic/Barbarian Coins, Editors Choice, Expert Columns, Gelimer, Gunthamund, Leovigild, Luigi Cigoi, Medieval coins, Michael T. Shutterly, Odoacer, pseudo-imperial coinage, Recent Articles & Video, solidus, tremissis, Vandal Coinage, Visigoths

Coins of the Conquerors of Rome

Leave a comment

By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek ….. Just as Rome wasn’t built in a day, so, too, did it not fall in one. It actually took three days, spread out over 66 years. Theodosius the Great (reigned 379-395 CE) was the last man to rule the entire Roman Empire, both East and West. On his […]

The post Coins of the Conquerors of Rome appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, archaeological coins, Artemis, AU Capital Management, AUCM, Colosseo Collection, Dealers and Companies, Electrum, Electrum Hekte, Expert Columns, first coins, Ionian, Mythological Coins, Numismatic History, Phanes, Recent Articles & Video, Russ Augustin, Russell A. Augustin, Temple of Artemis

Ancient Gold Coins : The First Circulating Gold Coinage and the Stag of Artemis

Leave a comment

Ancient Gold Coins By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC …… From the The Colosseo Collection The First Circulating Coinage Little is known about this mysterious archaic electrum coinage – the first ancient gold coins. It was minted in Ionia, somewhere in central Western Anatolia on the shores of the Aegean sea, but scholars […]

The post Ancient Gold Coins : The First Circulating Gold Coinage and the Stag of Artemis appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, archaeological coins, Byzantine coins, Hubert Walker, Israel, Israel Antiquities Authority, Recent Articles & Video, solidus, Theodosius II, Victory

High School Students Find First Gold Solidus of Theodosius II Ever Discovered in Israel

Leave a comment

By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. As reported by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) earlier this month, in February a group of boys on a school field trip discovered an almost 1,600-year-old gold coin from the Byzantine Empire in a park just north of Nazareth in the region of Galilee. Minted in the Byzantine capital […]

The post High School Students Find First Gold Solidus of Theodosius II Ever Discovered in Israel appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Alexander the Great, Ancient Coin Profiles, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, AU Capital Management, AUCM, biga, Coin Blog, Coin Profiles, Colosseo Collection, Dealers and Companies, Expert Columns, Gold coins, Herakles, Macedonia, Macedonian coins, Mythological Coins, Philip II, Philip III Arrhidaeus, Recent Articles & Video, Russ Augustin, Russell A. Augustin, Russell Augustin, Stater

Ancient Coin Profiles – Portrait of Alexander the Great

Leave a comment

Macedonia, Philip II, struck under Philip III; Kolophon, c. 322 BC, Stater By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ……   With no mass media, ancient coins functioned as powerful tools for propaganda due to their portability and potential to circulate widely. Rulers would carefully choose their types and each element of the designs […]

The post Ancient Coin Profiles – Portrait of Alexander the Great appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Alexander the Great, Ancient Coin Profiles, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, AU Capital Management, AUCM, biga, Coin Blog, Coin Profiles, Colosseo Collection, Dealers and Companies, Expert Columns, Gold coins, Herakles, Macedonia, Macedonian coins, Mythological Coins, Philip II, Philip III Arrhidaeus, Recent Articles & Video, Russ Augustin, Russell A. Augustin, Russell Augustin, Stater

Ancient Coin Profiles – Portrait of Alexander the Great

Leave a comment

Macedonia, Philip II, struck under Philip III; Kolophon, c. 322 BC, Stater By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ……   With no mass media, ancient coins functioned as powerful tools for propaganda due to their portability and potential to circulate widely. Rulers would carefully choose their types and each element of the designs […]

The post Ancient Coin Profiles – Portrait of Alexander the Great appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Agnes Baldwin Brett, Alexandre Chattowskoy, American Numismatic Society, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, AU Capital Management, AUCM, Brüder Egger, Clubs & Organizations, Colosseo Collection, Dealers and Companies, Expert Columns, Gold Stater, Greek Coins, Mythological Coins, Pegasus, Persian Gold Daric, Recent Articles & Video, Russ Augustin, Russell A. Augustin, Zeus

Ancient Greek Coins – The Peak of Classical Artistry

Leave a comment

Ancient Greek Coins By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC Lampsakos has a storied past, having been a frequent source of contention between battling powers, changing hands between Lydia, Persia, Athens, and Sparta between the sixth and fifth centuries BCE. It was the first ancient Greek coins from city-state to see its gold coinage […]

The post Ancient Greek Coins – The Peak of Classical Artistry appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Silver Coins, Dealers and Companies, Goldberg Auctioneers, Goldberg Coins, Middle Eastern Numismatics, Persian Coins, Recent Articles & Video, Tyrant Collection

Best in Show: Ancients of the Tyrant Collection

Leave a comment

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz …. Ancient coins are like puppies in one respect: a good pedigree enhances their market value. For an ancient coin, “pedigree” is not a matter of bloodlines, but rather what famous collections it might have belonged to in the past. A numismatist’s heart beats a little faster at the sight of notations […]

The post Best in Show: Ancients of the Tyrant Collection appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, AU Capital Management, AUCM, bible coins, Coin Blog, Coins in the Bible, Colosseo Collection, Croesus, daric gold, Darius I, Persian Coins, Recent Articles & Video, Russ Augustin, Russell A. Augustin, The Bible

Ancient Coins – The Wealth of the Persian Empire

Leave a comment

The Colosseo Collection of Ancient Coins ……By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC Thanks to intelligent political leadership and forward-thinking approaches to governing, the Persian Empire quickly became a substantial power of the ancient world. By not interfering with local customs or religions and granting equal rights for all citizens as long as taxes […]

The post Ancient Coins – The Wealth of the Persian Empire appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, AU Capital Management, AUCM, Coin Blog, Colosseo Collection, Dealers and Companies, Electrum, Expert Columns, first coins, lion, Newsletter, Numismatic History, Popular, Recent Articles & Video, Russ Augustin, Russell A. Augustin, Sadyattes, Trite

Ancient Coins : Lydian Gold Considered the First Coins in the World

Leave a comment

By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC The Colosseo Collection …… Lydian Coins are considers to be the First Coins ever produced and used. The First Official Coin Natural resources are often a source of great wealth for a country, especially its king. The Pactolus River in Lydia, now modern day Turkey, was one […]

The post Ancient Coins : Lydian Gold Considered the First Coins in the World appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Agora Ancient Coins, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Caracalla, Comptoir des Monnaies, Dealers and Companies, English Coins, Enumismat, French Coins, Gold Mohurs, gold world coins, Hesselgesser Collection, Internet, Joël van Dam, Joëlnumismatics, Lead Coins, Louis XIV, MA Shops, MA-Shops.com, Münzen am Zoo, Numismatic Emporium, Online Coin Dealers, Peter I, Queen Victoria coins, Recent Articles & Video, Russian Coins, World Coins, World Gold Coins

MA-Shops: What is a High-Quality Coin?

Leave a comment

By Joël van Dam – Owner of Joëlnumismatics, for MA-Shops.com …… Ever since I started my career as a professional in the numismatic world, I get questions about quality almost every day. The questions I hear the most are Should I buy a more expensive high-quality coin or a less expensive, lower quality one? and […]

The post MA-Shops: What is a High-Quality Coin? appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Breaking News, Coin Exhibits, Dealers and Companies, Editors Choice, Edward VIII, English Coins, Exhibits, gold world coins, Goldberg Coin, Goldberg Coins, Goldbergs, Ira Goldberg, Long Beach Expo, Museums & Exhibits, Press Releases, Recent Articles & Video, Royal Mint UK, Shows & Conventions, The Royal Mint, Tyrant Collection, US Coins, World Coins, World Gold Coins

Exclusive: World’s Most Valuable Private Coin Collection Revealed: The Tyrant Collection

Leave a comment

The Tyrant Collection is to be displayed in a multi-year series of exhibits at the Long Beach Expo The existence of a previously unreported collection of the world’s most famous and valuable ancient, world and United States rare coins is being revealed for the first time. The Tyrant Collection, which includes a treasured 1937 Edward […]

The post Exclusive: World’s Most Valuable Private Coin Collection Revealed: The Tyrant Collection appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

African coins, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Arsinoe II, Berenice, Dealers and Companies, Egyptian Coins, jugate, MA Shops, MA-Shops.com, mnaieion, octodrachm, Online Coin Dealers, Ptolemy I, Ptolemy II, Recent Articles & Video

Sibling Lovers: Four Royal Portraits on Popular Ancient Gold Coin from MA-Shops

Leave a comment

By CoinWeek ….   The Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt was ruled by a dynasty of Hellenistic Greeks from around to 305 BCE until the defeat of Queen Cleopatra by Rome in 31 BCE. It was founded by Ptolemy I Soter, one of the generals of legendary Macedonian king (and founder of Hellenistic Civilization) Alexander the […]

The post Sibling Lovers: Four Royal Portraits on Popular Ancient Gold Coin from MA-Shops appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coin Auctions, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Apollo, Artemis, Auction Highlights, Auctions, biga, Coin Blog, Euphemos, Gold Stater, Heritage, Heritage auctions, Long Beach Auction, Long Beach Expo, Nike, Pausanius, Recent Articles & Video

Heritage Ancient Coins: The Second Known Gold Magnesia Stater

Leave a comment

Our upcoming Long Beach Auction of World and Ancient Coins features one of two known gold staters from Magnesia. This is a completely unrecorded denomination and type for this city, and of immense numismatic importance! Struck from a somewhat rusty obverse die and displaying corresponding granularity, otherwise a highly attractive type from dies of fine […]

The post Heritage Ancient Coins: The Second Known Gold Magnesia Stater appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coin Profiles, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Auction Highlights, Coin Blog, Coin Profiles, gold distater, Heritage, Heritage auctions, Kanishka, Kushan coins, Lorie Ann Hambly, Mythological Coins, Pompeia's Pick, Recent Articles & Video, Shiva, Vima Kadphises

Ancient Coin Profile – Pompeia’s Pick: Gold Coin of the Great Kushans

Leave a comment

By Lorie Ann Hambly for Heritage Auctions …… Pompeia’s pick this time is a departure from our usual run of Greco-Roman coins: A gold double-dinar of Vima Kadphises, Kushan ruler of northern and central India from 113 to 137 CE Considering the importance of Ancient India as home of one of the Ancient World’s great […]

The post Ancient Coin Profile – Pompeia’s Pick: Gold Coin of the Great Kushans appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

2017 World's Fair of Money, ANA Worlds Fair of Money, Ancient Coin Auctions, Ancient Coins, Ancient Gold Coin Auction, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Auctions, Chris Chatigny, Coin Blog, Flavius Victor, Magnus Maximus, Magnus Maximus solidus, Recent Articles & Video, roman gold coins, solidus, Stack's Bowers Auction, Stacks Bowers, Stacks Bowers Galleries

Stack’s Bowers: Gold Solidus of Magnus Maximus at August ANA Auction

Leave a comment

By Chris Chatigny, Numismatist & Cataloger – Stacks Bowers …… For this week’s previews for the ancient coin section of the August ANA World’s Fair of Money Auction, we present a piece with great historical significance, the Gold Solidus of Magnus Maximus This coin from the late Roman Empire marks the beginning of the end […]

The post Stack’s Bowers: Gold Solidus of Magnus Maximus at August ANA Auction appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Atlas Numismatics, Austrian Coins, Austrian Gold Coins, Basilisk, British tokens, Byzantine coins, Certified coins, Constans II, Dealers and Companies, Franz Joseph I, German Coins, Lady Godiva, Medals and Tokens, Napoleon Coin, Notgeld, Press Release, Recent Articles & Video, Shooting Thaler, Swiss Coins, World Coins, World Gold Coins

Ancient & World Coins – New from Atlas Numismatics May 2017

Leave a comment

By Atlas Numismatics ……   We will be attending the 51st World Coin, Stamp, Phone Card Fair June 2-4. Please note that we will only be able to carry a portion of the inventory available on our website; if you would like us to include any specific items for your examination at the shows please […]

The post Ancient & World Coins – New from Atlas Numismatics May 2017 appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

African Banknotes, ancient gold coins, Ancient Indian Coins, Australian Banknotes, australian gold, Bank of England, Bank of Ghana, Bank of Greece, Bank of Mexico, Classical Numismatic Group, CNG, commemorative banknotes, Consumer Alert, Counterfeit Currency, Crime and Fraud, Doug Davis, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, gold production, Indian Coins, Indian Numismatics, Künker, Lead Coins, Lord Stewartby, Merovingian Coins, Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting UK, Modern world coins, Mowbray Collectibles, Native American $1 Coin, NCIC, New World Coins 2017, New £1 Coin, News Wire, Nomisma SpA, Numismatic Crime Information Center, Rand Refinery, Recent Articles & Video, Rhodium, Ron Paul, Ross Norman, Royal Mint UK, Sales Tax, Scottish coins, Sharps Pixley, sincona, South African Mint, Stacks Bowers, Studio Numismatico Raffaele Negrini, The Royal Mint, tremissis, UBS, United States Mint, World Banknote News, world banknotes, World Coins, World Currency, World Currency News

CoinWeek News Wire for March 10, 2017

Leave a comment

By Coinweek …. CoinWeek News Wire for March 10, 2017 Brain Food 1.) Switzerland ranked world’s worst currency manipulator The Economist magazine placed Switzerland first in a recent ranking of currency manipulators. According to the analysis, China, commonly thought of as the world’s champion at keeping its currency’s value artificially low, appears to be doing […]

The post CoinWeek News Wire for March 10, 2017 appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Atlas Numismatics, aureus, Coin Profiles, CoinWeek Coin Profiles, CoinWeek IQ Coin Profiles, gold aureus, Julius Caesar, Mythological Coins, Politics, Recent Articles & Video, Vesta

Ancient Coin Profiles: Roman Gold Aureus of Julius Caesar

Leave a comment

Overview: Julius Caesar The Roman general and dictator Julius Caesar is still famous 2,061 years after his death, though most people are probably more familiar with the legend than the man and his actual achievements. Not that the facts disappoint. Caesar was by all accounts an energetic and forceful personality, his life lending itself quite […]

The post Ancient Coin Profiles: Roman Gold Aureus of Julius Caesar appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Atlas Numismatics, aureus, Coin Profiles, CoinWeek Coin Profiles, CoinWeek IQ Coin Profiles, gold aureus, Julius Caesar, Mythological Coins, Politics, Recent Articles & Video, Vesta

Ancient Coin Profiles: Roman Gold Aureus of Julius Caesar

Leave a comment

Overview: Julius Caesar The Roman general and dictator Julius Caesar is still famous 2,061 years after his death, though most people are probably more familiar with the legend than the man and his actual achievements. Not that the facts disappoint. Caesar was by all accounts an energetic and forceful personality, his life lending itself quite […]

The post Ancient Coin Profiles: Roman Gold Aureus of Julius Caesar appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Atlas Numismatics, Austrian Coins, Austrian Gold Coins, bronze coins, Datames, Dealers and Companies, European coins, Franz Joseph I, Gold Stater, gold world coins, Marcus Aurelius, NGC, PCGS, Philip II, Press Releases, Recent Articles & Video, Roman Bronze Coins, roman gold coins, silver staters, Stefan Schwartz, Thomas Paine, Tokens, World Coins, World Gold Coins, world tokens

Ancient & World Coins – New from Atlas Numismatics

Leave a comment

By Atlas Numismatics ……   We will be attending the FUN Convention and the New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC) in January. Please note that we will only be able to carry a portion of the inventory available on our website; if you would like us to include any specific items for your examination at […]

The post Ancient & World Coins – New from Atlas Numismatics appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, AUCM, Colosseo Collection, first coins, KINGS of LYDIA, Numismatic History, Recent Articles & Video, Russell A. Augustin, Sadyattes

Ancient Coins : Lydian Gold Considered the First Coins in the World

Leave a comment

By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC The Colosseo Collection …… Lydian Coins are considers to be the First Coins ever produced and used. The First Official Coin Natural resources are often a source of great wealth for a country, especially its king. The Pactolus River in Lydia, now modern day Turkey, was one […]

The post Ancient Coins : Lydian Gold Considered the First Coins in the World appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coin Auctions, Ancient Coins, Ancient Gold Coin Auction, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, Auctions, Chris Chatigny, Coin Blog, Dealers and Companies, Domitian, gold aureus, Hong Kong Auctions, NYINC, NYINC Auction, Recent Articles & Video, Stack's Bowers Auction, Stacks Bowers, Stacks Bowers Galleries, Titus, Twelve Caesars, Vespasian

Stack’s Bowers Ancient Coins: Domitian, Last of the Twelve Caesars

Leave a comment

  By Chris Chatigny, Numismatist & Cataloger – Stacks Bowers ……   The January New York International (NYINC) Auction features some fantastic world and ancient numismatic treasures from a multitude of realms. Among Roman coinage we have some fantastic pieces, including this lovely aureus from Domitian, the final entrant in Suetonius’ famed “Twelve Caesars”. Son […]

The post Stack’s Bowers Ancient Coins: Domitian, Last of the Twelve Caesars appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Alton Hoard, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, British coins, British Museum, Coin Blog, controversial, Dealers and Companies, Everett Millman, Gainesville, Gainesville Coins, GainesvilleCoins.com, Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting UK, metal detectorists, Recent Articles & Video, Roger Bland, Romano-British coins, Treasure Finds

Ancient Coin News – Metal Detectorist Challenges Alton Hoard Value

Leave a comment

By Everett Millman – Gainesville Coins ……. In 1996, a Briton who was interested in archaeology and metal detecting as a pastime discovered one of the most significant treasure hoards in the history of the U.K., the Alton Hoard. A full two decades later, the finder–a bricklayer named Peter Beasley–believes that expert appraisers downplayed the […]

The post Ancient Coin News – Metal Detectorist Challenges Alton Hoard Value appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

8 Escudos, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Greek Coins, Atlas Numismatics, Basil I, british gold coins, British Medals, Byzantine coins, Charles IV, Colombian Coins, cornucopia, Dealers and Companies, English Coins, English gold coins, Gold Medals, latin American Coins, Medals, Mexico & Latin America, octodrachm, Press Releases, Ptolemy III Euergetes, Queen Anne Coin, Queen Anne Gold Coin, Rare British Gold Coin, Rare World coins, Recent Articles & Video, World Coins, World Gold Coins

New Coins from Atlas Numismatics – November 2016

Leave a comment

By Atlas Numismatics ……   New Inventory These six coins are just a sample of the 304 recent additions to our inventory. We have added new material in Ancient (14), World (287) and US (3). Choice Ptolemy III Octodrachm http://atlasnumismatics.com/1039714 This and the following images courtesy of Atlas Numismatics 1039714 | GREEK. PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF […]

The post New Coins from Atlas Numismatics – November 2016 appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Ancient Roman Coins, archaeological coins, archaeology, aureus, David Jacobson, gold aureus, Israel, Nero, Press Release, Press Releases, Recent Articles & Video

Rare Roman Gold Coin Found at Mount Zion Archaeological Dig

Leave a comment

By University of North Carolina – Charlotte ….. UNC Charlotte’s team that has conducted archaeological excavations on Mount Zion in Jerusalem announced the discovery of a rare gold coin bearing the image of the Roman emperor Nero. “The coin is exceptional, because this is the first time that a coin of this kind has turned […]

The post Rare Roman Gold Coin Found at Mount Zion Archaeological Dig appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Advanced Coin Collecting, ancient gold coins, classic us coins, Clifford T . Weihman, Coin Blog, Coin Collecting, Collector profiles, Dealers and Companies, Denarius, Double Eagles, doubloons, Education, Famous collections, Famous collectors, gold double eagles, Gold Stater, harvey Stack, Harvey Stacks, Jonas Salk, Josiah K. Lilly, latin American Coins, Numismatic History, Numismatic Personalities, People, polio vaccine, Rare Date US Gold, Rare US Coins, Rare US Gold Coins, Recent Articles & Video, Schermerhorn Collection, Spanish doubloons, Stacks, Stacks Bowers, US Coins, US Gold Coins, Wayte Raymond

Building a World Class Numismatic Gold Coin Collection: The Josiah K. Lilly Collection, Pt. 5

Leave a comment

By Harvey Stack – Founder, Stack’s Bowers …… Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 In my last article (see Part 4, above), I told of being with Josiah Lilly when he learned that the polio vaccine his company had been working on was approved for use. Here I continue with […]

The post Building a World Class Numismatic Gold Coin Collection: The Josiah K. Lilly Collection, Pt. 5 appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

American Numismatic Society, Anastasius I, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Attila the Hun, Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, Chlothar I, Chlothar II, Clovis I, CoinArchives Pro, CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series, Dagobert I, Dealers and Companies, European coins, Expert Columns, Featured News, Goldberg Coins, Goldbergs, Gorny & Mosch, Heraclius, Justin II, Justinian the Great, Maurice, Merovingian Coins, Mike Markowitz, Mythological Coins, Phocas, pseudo-imperial coinage, Recent Articles & Video, siliqua, solidus, St. Eligius, Stacks, Theudebert, Tiberius II Constantine, tremissis, Victory

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Coinage of the Merovingians

Leave a comment

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek …. The Franks had little idea of the state as a public institution, and the regnum Francorum (kingdom of the Franks), while remaining a family inheritance, was inherited according to the rules of private law, divided on each occasion between the sons or nearest male relatives of the deceased (Grierson […]

The post CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Coinage of the Merovingians appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

American Numismatic Society, Anastasius I, Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, Attila the Hun, Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, Chlothar I, Chlothar II, Clovis I, CoinArchives Pro, CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series, Dagobert I, Dealers and Companies, European coins, Expert Columns, Featured News, Goldberg Coins, Goldbergs, Gorny & Mosch, Heraclius, Justin II, Justinian the Great, Maurice, Merovingian Coins, Mike Markowitz, Mythological Coins, Phocas, pseudo-imperial coinage, Recent Articles & Video, siliqua, solidus, St. Eligius, Stacks, Theudebert, Tiberius II Constantine, tremissis, Victory

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Coinage of the Merovingians

Leave a comment

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ….   The Franks had little idea of the state as a public institution, and the regnum Francorum (kingdom of the Franks), while remaining a family inheritance, was inherited according to the rules of private law, divided on each occasion between the sons or nearest male relatives of the deceased […]

The post CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Coinage of the Merovingians appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek

Ancient Coins, ancient gold coins, AUCM, Colosseo Collection, first coins, KINGS of LYDIA, Numismatic History, Recent Articles & Video, Russell A. Augustin, Sadyattes

Ancient Coins : The First Official Coin

Leave a comment

By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC The Colosseo Collection …… The First Official Coin Natural resources are often a source of great wealth for a country, especially its king. The Pactolus River in Lydia, now modern day Turkey, was one of the most significant sources of electrum in the ancient world, and it […]

The post Ancient Coins : The First Official Coin appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek