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Ancient Greek Coins – Agathokles’ Victory
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Ancient Coins – Alexander the Great Tetradrachms and Herakles’ Slaying of the Nemean Lion
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander the Great Tetradrachms (336-323 BCE). AR Tetradrachms by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ...... The early Macedonian kingdom did not have...
Ancient Greek Coins – The Mythology of Ajax the Lesser
Ancient Greek Coins By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ...... The Colosseo Collection ...... Opus was a small, infertile territory on the coast of...
Ancient Coin Profiles – Portrait of Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great Macedonia, Philip II, struck under Philip III; Kolophon, c. 322 BCE, Stater Alexander the Great by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management,...
Ancient Roman Coins – A Conspiracy to Assassinate Nero
Aureus 64-65, AV 7.27 g. NERO CAESAR – AVGVSTVS By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ...... From the Colosseo Collection ...... The name Nero holds...
Ancient Coins – A Soldier’s Share of Alexander the Great’s Plunder
Ancient Coins by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ...... Alexander the Great, born in the autumn of 356 BCE and taught by the...
Ancient Greek Coins – The Enigma of the Oinoanda Didrachms
Oinoanda Didrachms were an unusual denomination Oinoanda Didrachms by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ...... Oinoanda, an ancient Greek city located in the upper...
Ancient Coins – Zeus, the King of the Gods
Ancient Coins and The Colosseo Collection, by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ...... Depending on who was in control at the time, the...
The First Ancient Coins – Aegina’s Sea Turtle
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Ancient Coins: War and Peace – The Sikyon Stater
By Russell A. Augustin - AU Capital Management, LLC ...... Sikyon was located in the northern Peloponnesus and was known in antiquity for its industries,...
Ancient Greek Coins – The Eagles and Coinage of Akragas
Ancient Greek Coins by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ...... From the Colosseo Collection ...... Akragas was a wealthy and powerful Greek state on...
Ancient Greek Coins – Zeus at Olympia
By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ...... The Colosseo Collection of Ancient Coins ...... As the Olympics became progressively more popular, the city of...
Ancient Greek Coins – Philip II the King of Macedonia
Ancient Greek Coins by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ...... The Colosseo Collection Philip II was the father of Alexander the Great and the...
Ancient Greek Coins – The Peak of Classical Artistry
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Ancient Coins – The Wealth of the Persian Empire
By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ...... The Colosseo Collection of Ancient Coins ...... Thanks to intelligent political leadership and forward-thinking approaches to governing,...
Ancient Electrum Coins – Strength and Unity of an Empire
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Ancient Coin Profile – The First Facing Portrait of a King
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Ancient Coins: Lydian Gold Considered First Coins in the World
Lydian coinage is considered among the very first coins ever produced and used By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ...... The Colosseo Collection ...... The...
Ancient Coins – The Sacred Stone of Kaunos Coinage
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Ancient Gold Coins : The First Circulating Gold Coinage and the Stag of...
Ancient Gold Coins by Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC ...... From the The Colosseo Collection The First Circulating Coinage Little is known about this mysterious...