Hi folks, I am delighted to share with you my recent acquisition: a splendid siliqua/argentiolus of Magnus Maximus, minted in Mediolanum during...
The man who would become known to us as Emperor Jovian was born in A.D. 331 in Roman Ilyria. His father, Varronianus, served in the army and...
Flavius Victor, son of Magnus Maximus and his wife (Helena?), was born before his father's claim to the purple in A.D. 383. Magnus Maximus, who...
Early Life The man who would be known to us as Emperor Theodosius I was born in A.D. 347 in Cauca, Gallecia Hispania. Theodosius's father, also...
Background: In 387, Magnus Maximus used a barbarian invasion of Raetia to move troops past the armies of Valentinian II into northern Italy....
Greetings everyone, As my username suggests, I am a fan of the late Roman period, specifically from the reigns of Valentinian I to Theodosius I....
Hi everyone, I recently aquired a rare coin of Seleucus II Callinicus struck at Nisibis in the 230's. Now coins of Seleucus II are not rare by any...
I’ve been turtling through the Alexiad by Anna Komnena and wanted to get a coin from the times. Surprisingly I managed to get this coin for under...
Antiochus II was arguably one of the more sucessful Seleucid monarchs; he won a major war against Ptolemaic Egypt and gained territory in Anatolia...
Being a Roman emperor after the reign of Justinian I was going to be hard; Justinian had over extended the Empire and an outbreak of Yersinia....
Hello everyone, I was digging through my little hoard of Roman bronze coins to determine what to keep and what to sell, when I stumbled upon this...
Antiochus I Soter was born in late 324 or early 323 BCE, to Seleucus I Nikator and the Iranian princess Apama. Antiochus's parents were wed at...
I've always had an interest in medieval Italy and specifically the Republic of Venice. Venice was originally formed in the late 400's when Roman...
One of my first coins I bought in the summer of 2014 was a denarius of Severus Alexander. Ever since then I’ve always been interested in his...
It is no surprise that Caracalla liked Alexander the Great. "Liked" is probably an understatement for Caracalla's obsession for Alexander, as the...
I've been in the market for another lifetime Alexander III issue for some time now. Fortunately I came across this lifetime Alexander III drachm...
As someone who has been purchasing Seleucid tetradrachms like they are going out of style, I am very used to seeing diademed kings on coins....
If Philip V of Macedon was called the "darling of Hellas", then it is only fair that Alexander I Balas be called the "darling of Egypt". In...
Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon was born in 184 BCE as the youngest son of Ptolemy V and Cleopatra I of Syria. Fun fact through his mother,...
With the death of Antiochus IV Ephiphanes in 164 BCE, the kingship of the Seleucid Empire fell to a nine year old boy and his guardian. Not...
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