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Aug 18, 2019
The largest Roman gold coin, a medallion of the emperor Libius Severus
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Gold medallion of Libius Severus Technically this is not a coin, but a medallion. Nevertheless, it has the record of being the large...
Feb 17, 2019
How to properly handle ancient and collectible coins
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As I explained in an older post , it is not recommendable to clean ancient coins, because it is very easy to unintentionally damage th...
Feb 14, 2019
The Komin Hoard, the largest Roman hoard ever found
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The finding Komin is a small village of 1300 inhabitants in Croatia, at the mouth of the river Neretva in the Adriatic. Its locati...
Nov 8, 2018
Sulla’s dream – a denarius of the Roman republic
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The year 44 B.C. and the denarius of L. Aemilius Buca 44 BC was no ordinary year in the history of the Roman republic. Since his t...
Oct 23, 2018
The coins of Venice
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Ducat of Andrea Dandolo c. 1354 - obverse The history of Venice During the fifth century AD, the north of Italy was in chaos as a ...
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