A beautiful example of a Gold Stater from Pantikapaion depicting the head of a satyr broke all previous world records for an ancient Greek coin, selling Jan. 5, 2012 for a phenomenal $3.2 million (hammer). The coin is one of the most spectacular numismatic objects to have survived from the classical world and is one of the greatest and admired of all the ancient Greek coins. Read More +
Coins known as Widow’s Mites were not Roman coins but were in fact true Judean coins and are named because of a story in the Bible about a poor widow woman who gave her last two lepton bronze coins to the treasury of the Jewish temple. Read More +
The most famous ancient coin in existence, the "Ides of March" silver denarius struck by Julius Caesar’s assassin, Marcus Brutus is being offered for the first time in years, Sept. 7, 2011 by Heritage Auctions of Dallas. The event celebrated on the coin is the assassination of Julius Caesar on the "Ides of March," March 15, 44 BC. The dime-sized silver coin depicts the head of Marcus Junius Brutus, one of the ringleaders of the assassination plot, on its obverse. The reverse depicts a dome-shaped liberty cap, flanked by two drawn daggers, and the Latin inscription EID MAR.
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Why do people collect rocks and minerals? There are as many reasons to collect them as there are types of collectors: for their beauty or rarity, for their monetary value, for lapidary or jewelry-making uses, metaphysical purposes, for scientific study, and for fun. Read More +