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EID MAR Denarius Offered by Heritage Auctions at ANA World’s Fair of Money

July 29, 2021 Heritage Auction Leave a comment

The EID MAR denarius, undoubtedly the most historically important of all ancient coins, is the only Roman coin to mention a specific date, the only Roman coin to openly celebrate an act of murder, and one of the very few specific coins mentioned by a classical author. In his account of the Roman civil wars […]

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Grading Ancient Coins

July 2, 2018 Mike Markowitz Leave a comment

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz …. FEW TOPICS IN CLASSICAL NUMISMATICS provoke more ferocious argument than the grading of ancient coins. Among collectors of classic American coins the 70-point “Sheldon Scale”[1] is universally accepted as a standard. Machine-made modern coins in the highest grades have literally, never been touched by human hands. Ancient […]

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Stack’s Bowers Ancient Coins: Stunning Denarius of Brutus

October 14, 2016 Stack's Bowers Leave a comment

By Chris Chatigny, Numismatist & Cataloger – Stacks Bowers …… For our second preview for the upcoming Stack’s Bowers Galleries January 2017 New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC) Auction, we are excited to showcase a gorgeous ancient coin: a silver denarius of Brutus. This coin was struck under the authority of Marcus Junius Brutus the […]

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CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Coins of Julius Caesar

September 19, 2016 Mike Markowitz Leave a comment

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek …. Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, that he is grown so great? —Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2 What makes Caesar so Great? PEOPLE WHO KNOW NOTHING ELSE about ancient history recognize the name Julius Caesar but might be hard-pressed to say what he ever did, […]

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