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Ancient Coinage of Gela : Mike Markowitz

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ….. Founded by colonists from Rhodes and Crete in 698 BCE, Gela, a city on Sicily's southern coast, took its name from a nearby...

Mountains on Ancient Coins : Markowitz

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ….. The ancient Greeks and Romans lived in a rugged, mountainous world. Mountains were not only the homes of their gods and nature spirits...

Exploring the Coins of Charlemagne – Mike Markowitz

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ….. The Roman system of coinage outlived the Roman Empire itself. Prices were still being quoted in silver denarii in the time of Charlemagne,...

The Coinage of Akragas : Mike Markowitz

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ….. Akragas (Agrigentum in Latin, now Agrigento, Italy) was founded around 582 BCE by Greek colonists from the nearby city of Gela on the...

How to Read an Ancient Coin Auction Catalog: Mike Markowitz

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   Photos can be a wonderful aid or an absolute danger. Depending on the type of lighting used by the...

The Coins of Domitian: Mike Markowitz

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   For a while he governed in an uneven fashion: that is to say, his vices were at first balanced...

CoinWeek Podcast #165: Mike Markowitz on Byzantine Coins

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CoinWeek Podcast #161: Let’s Get Medieval: Mike Markowitz on Coins of the Middle Ages

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Temples on Ancient Coins: Mike Markowitz

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....   Temples were designed to house a statue of the deity and store votive offerings, and were not...

Mike Markowitz: Ten Roman and Byzantine Coins I’d Love to Own

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   I collect Late Roman (c. 300-491 CE) and Byzantine (c. 491-1350 CE) gold coins. The tangled histories of these...

Talking Ancient Coins With Mike Beall and Mike Markowitz, Part II: Coins of the Bible

In Part II of Talking Ancient Coins, collector Mike Beall sits down with CoinWeek Ancients writer Mike Markowitz to take a numismatic tour of...

CoinWeek Podcast #141: Precious Metals in Antiquity (with Mike Markowitz)

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Mike Markowitz: The Coins of Shakespeare

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   Shakespeare’s works are rich in allusions to coins. Such references were meant to bring his audiences into closer identification...

Watch: Talking Ancient Coins with Mike Beall and Mike Markowitz, Part I

In Part I of Talking Ancient Coins, collector Mike Beall sits down with CoinWeek Ancients writer Mike Markowitz to take a numismatic tour of...

Building Museums One Coin at a Time: Mike Markowitz Interviews David Vagi of NGC Ancients

By CoinWeek .... Earlier this year, Charles teamed up with CoinWeek's resident Ancient Coin expert Mike Markowitz to check out the New York International Numismatic...

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