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Most Roman coins celebrated emperors and armies. One series told a story instead. Struck at Alexandria under Antoninus Pius beginning around AD 148, the Labo...
Most Roman coins celebrated war, virtue, and the gods. One series looked to the stars instead. Struck at Alexandria around AD 144, the zodiac drachms of Anto...
Most Roman Republican coins celebrate war, ancestry, and ambition. One series did the opposite. Struck around 66 BC by Quintus Pomponius Musa, this remarkabl...
The world of Athens, Sparta, and Alexander the Great is closer than you think. You can own authentic coins that circulated among the philosophers, generals, ...
Most people assume ancient coins belong behind museum glass or at high-end auctions. The truth is the opposite. Authentic Roman bronzes, Widow's Mites, and e...
The Peloponnesian War, Alexander's conquests, Hannibal, Caesar, the fall of Jerusalem, and the collapse of Rome. Ten of the most important wars in ancient hi...
A soldier from the provinces who rose to end Rome's civil wars, found the Flavian dynasty, and begin the Colosseum. The story of Vespasian and the rich coina...
Raised to power by the Rhine legions and destroyed by Vespasian's, Vitellius held Rome for eight months before the Flavians took everything. The story of the...
Ninety-five days on the throne, and the emperor who chose the welfare of Rome over his own survival. The story of Otho, a former companion of Nero, and the s...
Seven months on the throne, and the moment Rome learned that armies, not bloodlines, would decide who ruled. The story of Galba, the first emperor of the Yea...
Ancient coin collecting is called "The Hobby of Kings," but some of those kings were literally collecting other kings: coins bearing the portraits of Julius ...
Coin collecting has carried the nickname "The Hobby of Kings" for generations. But where did that reputation come from? This article traces the origins of an...
Father's Day is approaching, and you may be wondering what to get the man who insists he doesn't need anything. Before you send another gift card, consider s...
Athens struck coins that circulated throughout the Mediterranean. Corinth, Corinth minted for centuries. Even small Greek cities produced civic coinage as po...
Herod Agrippa II was the last king of the Herodian dynasty and one of the few political figures in the New Testament who personally heard the Apostle Paul sp...
Herod Agrippa I was the grandson of Herod the Great and the last king to govern a largely united Judaea. He ruled from AD 37 to 44, during the same years the...
Herod the Great ruled Judaea from 37 to 4 BC and appears in the Gospel of Matthew as the king on the throne at the birth of Jesus. He was also one of antiqui...
Pontius Pilate's name appears in the Apostles' Creed and in all four Gospels. He governed Judaea from AD 26 to 36, and his decision during one Passover seaso...
The Bible never names the Wise Men, never states how many there were, and never identifies their homeland. Matthew tells us only that Magi from the East came...
Biblical coins are not reserved for wealthy collectors or specialist scholars. Some of the most important coins connected to the New Testament are surprising...
The Shekel of Tyre is the largest and most historically significant coin connected to the New Testament. It appears to have been the standard currency for th...
The Tribute Penny is the coin shown to Christ when He was asked whether Jews should pay taxes to Rome. His answer, "Render unto Caesar the things which are C...
The Widow's Mite is one of the most emotionally powerful objects in ancient numismatics: a tiny bronze coin directly connected to a story in the New Testamen...
The Antigonid dynasty was the final royal house of independent Macedon, ruling from the chaos after Alexander the Great's death until Rome ended their kingdo...
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