Ancient Coins

By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC Updated and reformatted March 2026 Electrum Coins : Mytilene’s Archaic Lion and Cockerel Hekte Mytilene: Power and Wealth in...

By Steve Benner A Forgotten Frontier of Magna Graecia Ancient Apulia lay along the eastern Adriatic coast of the Italian peninsula, just north of the “heel”...

By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ...... The Colosseo Collection of Ancient Coins ...... The Gold Daric: Wealth, Power, and the First International Gold...

Ancient Greek Coins by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ...... From the Colosseo Collection ...... Akragas and the Art of Sicilian Coinage Founded on the...

By Mike Markowitz Athens controlled one of the richest silver mines in the ancient world. Wealth extracted by slave labor elevated the city into a...

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek   Part I: From Persian Satrapy to Hellenistic Kingdom Cappadocia occupied the heart of ancient Asia Minor, in what is now...

Original By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ..... Reformatted and updated by CoinWeek Understanding Patina on Ancient Coins: Types, Formation, and Collector Value Unlike modern coins, ancient...

Among all surviving works of ancient numismatic art, few objects command as much admiration as the Syracuse decadrachms. Struck in silver during the late...

Power, Image, and Dynastic Messaging from Tiberius to Nero Part 1  Ceaser and Augustus Roman imperial coinage under the Julio-Claudian emperors did far more than facilitate...

With Permission By Russell A. Augustin In the long history of ancient coinage, innovation usually followed power. Greek city-states expressed civic identity through coin designs,...

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ..... ON APRIL 12, 1204, the army of the Fourth Crusade sacked and looted the great city of Constantinople. The...

By Mike Markowitz A Remote Outpost at the Edge of Empire At the far margins of the Byzantine world, the town of Cherson (near modern...