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Saturday, 28 September 2013
The capture of Perseus
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The officials named on Roman republican coins sometimes took the opportunity to publicise their relative’s acts from times past. An examp...
Sunday, 15 September 2013
In the footsteps of the legionaries
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Having just got back from a rather damp expedition to the Lake District to walk in the footsteps of the legionaries I was remin...
Sunday, 1 September 2013
The Sacellum Genii Senatus
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The shrine of the Genius of the Roman Senate is a coin type from the reign of Antoninus Pius known from coins dated 158-9 AD. The depictio...
Sunday, 23 June 2013
Ptolemy III Euergetes
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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...
Thursday, 13 June 2013
John Atkinson Grimshaw
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The other weekend we were in Scarborough, up by the castle. I happened to wander down a little side street, heading towards the cliff...
Thursday, 2 May 2013
A "new" Carausius aureus with a little provenance (still sadly)
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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...
Monday, 22 April 2013
A "new" Carausius aureus with absolutely no provenance (sadly)
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In May this year the Swiss auction house of Numismatica Ars Classica (NAC) will offer a gold aureus of the third century British usurper...
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