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Feb 246 min read
A Violent Election
P. Plautius Hypsaeus made the most of his moment as aedile, issuing coins highlighting his alleged ancestors: Neptune (a god) and Leucone...
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Jan 64 min read
CABЄINA CЄBASTH
Today's coin of interest comes from the reign of Hadrian (CE 117 to 138). This coin is issued in the name of his wife Sabina, from...
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sulla80
Jan 16 min read
46 BC, The Longest Year
I took this photograph of the clock in the old town square in Prague a few years ago. The clock dates from 1410 and was made by Mikuláš...
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sulla80
Dec 26, 20238 min read
Selene, Moon Goddess
The ancient Romans, celebrated a feast on March 31st, in the Temple of Luna on the Aventine Hill to honor the Moon Goddess, a cult...
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sulla80
Dec 16, 20236 min read
Julius Caesar in Antioch
The coins of Syrian Antioch show dates from a "Caesarean Era" which honors Julius Caesar and his liberation of the city and generous...
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sulla80
Nov 17, 20238 min read
Top 10 Ancients for 2023
2023 has been a year with many ups and downs - and a surprisingly good year for coins. Although I did add several Roman Republican...
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sulla80
Nov 4, 20236 min read
Attis & Cybele
This coin stands out for the biga of lions (chariot drawn by 2 lions) and the unusually deep and jagged indent on the obverse, "al marco"...
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sulla80
Oct 28, 202313 min read
Prelude to Munda
The later Republican period of Rome was marked by civil wars and the eventual transition to empire under Octavian/Augustus. There is a...
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sulla80
Oct 28, 20235 min read
Roman Grasshoppers
The Gates of Janus were an important symbol of war and peace in Rome: they were opened when Rome was at war (most of the time) and closed...
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sulla80
Oct 1, 202312 min read
Iberian Denarii
These notes started with the questions of "what differentiates a Palenzuela type Iberian denarius minted in Osca from one that is not...
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sulla80
Sep 23, 20237 min read
The Fabian Strategy
The U.S. Naval War College in Newport Rhode Island teaches a Fleet Seminar Program for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard officers of...
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sulla80
Sep 16, 20234 min read
Pro Plancius
Although today's note will start with a trending TikTok theme, it will eventually lead to a Roman Republican denarius and the question of...
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sulla80
Aug 27, 20234 min read
Heroes, Gods & Wild Boars
The Greeks & Romans had multiple of myths about fierce boars running wild. Wild boars were common in ancient Greece and they made worthy...
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sulla80
Aug 19, 20236 min read
Consualia
The Consualia was a harvest festival, held on August 21 (or 18). Consus, the name of the god, is from condere, “to store up.” The...
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sulla80
Aug 1, 20234 min read
Perikles, Lycian Dynast
It doesn't take long browsing the notes on this site to see that degree to which my interests have strayed from the coins of the 1st cent...
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sulla80
Jul 22, 20234 min read
The Last Days of Sulla
Samnite soldiers depicted on a 4th Century BC frieze from Nola in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples via Wikimedia Commons...
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sulla80
Jun 23, 20233 min read
Son of Mithridates VI
Having failed to capture or kill Mithridates of Pontus, Lucullus lost credibility with the Senate and his troops. He was replaced by...
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sulla80
Jun 18, 20235 min read
A Coin for Juneteenth
On June 16th 2021, Public Law 17 from the 117th Congress established June 19th as "Juneteenth National Independence Day", a legal public...
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sulla80
Apr 30, 20235 min read
Venus the Purifier
Sewage systems have a long history. One ancient sewer from the Sumarian city Eshnunna in central Mesopotamia, consisted of brick sewers...
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sulla80
Mar 26, 20235 min read
Salacia/Amphitrite
This week, we return to Rome with a (Crawford 399) denarius depicting Neptune and Amphitrite/Salacia. The time period a few years after...
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