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Founded by colonists from Rhodes and Crete in 698 BCE, Gela, a city on Sicily's southern coast, took its name from a nearby...
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The ancient Greeks and Romans lived in a rugged, mountainous world. Mountains were not only the homes of their gods and nature spirits...
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The Roman system of coinage outlived the Roman Empire itself. Prices were still being quoted in silver denarii in the time of Charlemagne,...
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Akragas (Agrigentum in Latin, now Agrigento, Italy) was founded around 582 BCE by Greek colonists from the nearby city of Gela on the...
CoinWeek Podcast #141: Precious Metals in Antiquity (with Mike Markowitz)
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Shakespeare’s works are rich in allusions to coins. Such references were meant to bring his audiences into closer identification...
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Earlier this year, Charles teamed up with CoinWeek's resident Ancient Coin expert Mike Markowitz to check out the New York International Numismatic...