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11 articles in the category Antiquity

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Cabinet of Curiosities V

The cabinet of curiosities is back for a fifth installment. When collecting, whatever it may be, the key is originality! Original, very rare, historical, faulty, counterfeit, puzzling, surprising...unique. New selections of completely wacky coins, me(...)

Reading time: 2'17"

08/15/2024

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Julius Caesar

From quaestor to dictator The first and last century BC: a century which saw the end of a republic and the rise of an empire. Here is an emblematic figure, emblematic of this century and the twilight years of the Roman Republic, in turn a great tactic(...)

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06/19/2024

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Chronology of the roman emperors - Chapter I: The Julio-Claudian dynasty

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Chronology of the roman emperors - Chapter I: The Julio-Claudian dynasty

We are delighted to offer you here, in a series of articles, a concise chronology of the succession of emperors, usurpers, and other tyrants who made their mark on life in the Roman Empire over the course of the centuries. As logic dictates, we shall (...)

Reading time: 6'57"

05/29/2024

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Remarkable discovery of coins dating from the 8th century BC

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Remarkable discovery of coins dating from the 8th century BC

This article has been published on the occasion of the April Fool's Day in 2023. All the photographies have been created using the AI Midjourney. Historians and numismatists all over the world are in turmoil! A brand-new discovery is set to revolution(...)

Reading time: 2'3"

04/01/2023

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Into the ancient lion’s den

On the hunt (or being hunted), mouth wide open or closed, from the front or in profile, alone or accompanied, fighting or resting, realistic or stylized, whole, head, or protome, but certainly with its mane flowing in the wind, with flashes of bronze,(...)

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03/24/2023

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The cheeky Thracian

To mark Valentine’s Day, here is a slightly risqué selection where you wouldn’t expect it! The island of Thasos, not far from Samothrace, celebrated not victory but indeed love on the obverse of several of its coins, which quite clearly depict the cou(...)

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02/13/2023

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