Ancient Coins: Animals on Coins
Animals have always fascinated people for their unique characteristics and have always been very prominent on every culture Since the icons we see on our coins are nothing but a …
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Ancient Coins: The Legionary Denarius
The Legionary denarius series of Mark Anthony were a series of coins struck for his troops at 32BC, during the Second Triumvirate War. During this year, Anthony struck nearly 35 …
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Ancient Coins: Alexander´s Coin Denominations
Alexander´s sprawling empire had a simple, but very efficient monetary system. Today we will explore all of his main denominations in gold, silver and bronze, see its equivalences between one …
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Ancient Coins: Roman Imperial Denominations
The Roman Empire saw centuries of very active economic activity and enormous prosperity. As a very monetized society, it needed many different denominations to facilitate trade between its millions of …
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Ancient Coins: Gold Coins
Gold! The yellow metal has been the source of fascination and synonymous with royalty, wealth and power throughout human history. Malleable, attractive and valuable, golden coins represented the pinnacle of …
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