By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
Portugal, a small, narrow country on the Atlantic coast of the Iberian peninsula ... was created during the Christian...
By David Yoon for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......
The many treasures of the American Numismatic Society’s (ANS) archives include not only the Society’s own...
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
ANCIENT MAURETANIA WAS a region of coastal North Africa stretching from modern-day Algeria to Morocco. It should...
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
The late medieval monarchies of Europe were fundamentally fragile and prone to civil disorder. Political stability and harmony depended...
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....
How does a monarch solidify legitimacy? What tools can be drawn upon to project power?
Since a centralized state monopolizes...
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
ATHENS IN THE eighth century was a provincial small town living on memories of past glories. But its aristocrats...
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
The Mughal (or “Moghul") Empire ruled much of South Asia for over three centuries. Mughal emperors accumulated vast wealth,...
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
THE CILICIAN KINGDOM OF ARMENIA (1199 – 1375) produced a vibrant culture strongly influenced by interaction with neighboring Crusader states....
Crusaders coins survive in surprising abundance and have much to tell us about this distant era, which has so many parallels to contemporary events.
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By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
The Armenians have been described through the centuries as adaptable, resilient, enterprising and steadfast. How they managed to survive...