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Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-222 BC) ruled Egypt at the time of the Third Syrian War. He over-ran Antioch and Babylon and his actions a...

The other weekend we were in Scarborough, up by the castle. I happened to wander down a little side street, heading towards the cliff...

I just want to add a little note about the aureus of Carausius pictured below. I have had it confirmed that it is not a die duplicate of t...

In May this year the Swiss auction house of Numismatica Ars Classica (NAC) will offer a gold aureus of the third century British usurper...

Hadrian, diobol from Alexandria in Egypt (Milne 1289) The Agathodaemon is frequently portrayed in ancient art as a serpent, how...

This blog seeks to record modern aspects of "history" as well as the more ancient ones. In that light I offer this one. [Plea...

Interestingly the Daily Mail published a British Museum opinion on the Proculus coin by Roger Bland today (16th November 2012): " But...