STARS AND COINS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD by Fiorenzo Catalli
What relationship might exist between stars and coins in the ancient world?
Numismatics
Numismatics auction 67: more successes for Roman republican coins
The positive trend of the republican Roman coins continues and consolidates: second part of the report on the results of the auction 67 Bertolami Fine Art by Numismatica.
Auction 67 of numismatics: always alive the passion for Greek coins
Focus on the performance of the Greek bronze and silver coin market in the first part of Numismatica's auction 67 results report.
A closet of incised coins of Magna Graecia minted between the 6th and 5th centuries BC.
It does not often happen to see a closet of the same level as the one in Bertolami Fine Arts number 28 - 15 December 2016 coming up for auction...
In Augustus' coins the secret of his zodiac sign
From Augustus' coins comes the cue for a reflection on the typically Roman custom of interrogating astrologers with often obsessive frequency. In the Rome of the Caesars...
The Pills of Catalli: Commodus, the emperor who changed his name to Rome
That the superb bust of Hercules in the Capitoline Museums - a marble from 190 A.D. - is in fact a representation of the Emperor Commodus, is a mere obvious fact for any numismatics enthusiast...