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Trajan was the successor of the emperor Nerva and pre-decessor of Hadrian. The coin above shows the emperor Trajan on one side and his nat...

Valerian I, AE 27mm Anemurion (Anemurium) in Cilicia  A bronze coin of Valerian I (253-60 AD), made in the third year of his reign. Th...

The officials named on Roman republican coins sometimes took the opportunity to publicise their relative’s acts from times past. An examp...

Having just got back from a rather damp expedition to the Lake District to walk in the footsteps of the legionaries I was remin...

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...

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...