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Wednesday, 29 May 2024

The denarius of Lucius Papius

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This Roman Republican denarius, issued by Lucius Papius c. 79 BC (Crawford 384/1) is known for the use of a, huge series of control marks on...
Saturday, 27 April 2024

The Lupercal on a coin of Marcus Aurelius

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  Marcus Aurelius, As, RIC 1247 At the recent Harrogate coin fair I found this “middle bronze” in a pick box. This as, dating to the last ...
Tuesday, 9 April 2024

The supposed site of the cremation of Septimius Severus

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The demise of Septimius Severus in York in February 211 was before the anticipated return to Rome with Caracalla and Geta, his two sons. Thi...
Thursday, 22 February 2024

Septimius Severus enters Rome (eventually)

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Septimius Severus, sestertius, ADVENTVI AVG FELICISSIMO AVG SC (RIC 719c) Here is a sestertius of Septimius Severus with IMP VIII at the end...
Thursday, 14 December 2023

The VSV denarii of Aurelian and Severina

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Reading (again) Cathy King’s paper on denarii and quinarii in the late third century in the 1978 Sutherland festschrift she observes that ...
Thursday, 30 November 2023

Gordian III's Adventus coins, Antioch and Rome

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Roger Bland’s recent book, The Coinage of Gordian III from Antioch and Caesarea (2023), a revision of his 1991 PhD, presents a catalogue and...
Thursday, 21 September 2023

Eastern Severan denarii: mint reattribution

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A few years ago, after reading Gitler and Ponting's monograph on chemical analyses of Severan denarii, I began to suspect that the easte...