By Mike Markowitz
The medieval coinage of Georgia reflects a remarkable intersection of cultures, empires, and religious traditions. Located in the Caucasus region between Europe...
CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....
BETWEEN THE YEARS 1200 and 1600, a handful of feisty Italians created one of the greatest commercial...
Why Medieval Coins Finally Get the Attention They Deserve
The field of medieval numismatics has reached a turning point. Collectors now look at medieval coins...
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek
“Despite an endless series of forays and several invasions intended to be permanent, the Muslims never succeeded in establishing a...
By David Yoon for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......
The International Congress on Medieval Studies has met every May at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo...
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
AT THE BEGINNING of the 14th century (c. 1300 CE), Anatolia (modern Türkiye) was a patchwork of “beyliks”, small,...
By David Yoon for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......
The coinage of western Eurasia and its colonial explants featured, from the Archaic Aegean to the...
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and...
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....
In 1204, Constantinople was sacked during the Fourth Crusade. Less than six months later, Enrico Dandolo, the Doge of...
By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....
From the end of the eighth century into the 13th, Medieval European coins consisted primarily of small silver...
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
The Balkans produce more history than they can consume.
— Attributed to Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965)
THE SLAVS BEGAN migrating into...
By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....
The coinage of Trebizond supplies an instance, not very rare in numismatics, of a currency of great abundance remaining...