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11 artigos na categoria Antiquity

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Cabinet of Curiosities V

The cabinet of curiosities is back for a fifth installment. When collecting, whatever it may be, the key is originality! Original, very rare, historical, faulty, counterfeit, puzzling, surprising...unique. New selections of completely wacky coins, me(...)

Tempo de leitura: 2'17"

15/08/2024

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Inspiração

Julius Caesar

De questor a ditador O primeiro e último século a.C.: um século que viu o fim de uma república e a ascensão de um império. Eis uma figura emblemática, emblemática deste século e dos anos crepusculares da República Romana, por sua vez grande tático, po(...)

174 artigos de colecção

19/06/2024

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Chronology of the roman emperors - Chapter I: The Julio-Claudian dynasty

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Chronology of the roman emperors - Chapter I: The Julio-Claudian dynasty

We are delighted to offer you here, in a series of articles, a concise chronology of the succession of emperors, usurpers, and other tyrants who made their mark on life in the Roman Empire over the course of the centuries. As logic dictates, we shall (...)

Tempo de leitura: 6'57"

29/05/2024

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Remarkable discovery of coins dating from the 8th century BC

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Remarkable discovery of coins dating from the 8th century BC

This article has been published on the occasion of the April Fool's Day in 2023. All the photographies have been created using the AI Midjourney. Historians and numismatists all over the world are in turmoil! A brand-new discovery is set to revolution(...)

Tempo de leitura: 2'3"

01/04/2023

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Into the ancient lion’s den

On the hunt (or being hunted), mouth wide open or closed, from the front or in profile, alone or accompanied, fighting or resting, realistic or stylized, whole, head, or protome, but certainly with its mane flowing in the wind, with flashes of bronze,(...)

Tempo de leitura: 1'15"

24/03/2023

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The cheeky Thracian

To mark Valentine’s Day, here is a slightly risqué selection where you wouldn’t expect it! The island of Thasos, not far from Samothrace, celebrated not victory but indeed love on the obverse of several of its coins, which quite clearly depict the cou(...)

Tempo de leitura: 0'23"

13/02/2023

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Apenas uma certeza é suficiente para quem está à procura.

Albert Camus

Artigos de troncos para numismatas e coleccionadores. Notícias, histórias, história e séries inspiracionais.