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Roman coinage from the earliest times to the fall of the Roman Republic (450–31 BC)

18/04/2026 / ARTICLE, Coins, Numismatics

In the area of the Latin cities, in the central part of the Apennine Peninsula, the city of Rome was founded (according to tradition in 753 BC). From the initial settlement on the Palatine, the city gradually developed and, after the abolition of the monarchy (around 510 BC), became a republican aristocratic state in which two high-ranking

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Mark Antony and Cleopatra: A Love and Political Story Recorded on Coins

21/11/2025 / ARTICLE, Coins

One of the most famous romantic-political entanglements of antiquity is the one between the Roman general Mark Antony and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. Their relationship was at once a passionate romance and a cold political alliance. What was once love to them, to Rome often looked like a threat, and

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„Even you, Brutus, my son?“ – How the assassination of Gaius Julius Caesar was commemorated on Roman commemorative coins

04/10/2023 / ARTICLE, Coins

In numismatics, it is completely normal for money to depict events that the issuer—most often the state—considers important. This is especially pronounced on commemorative coins which, as the name itself suggests, are issued on the occasion of certain special events. On such occasions, the money, besides

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