A Golden Age
Graham Barker has published a book at Spink that chronicles the images used by emperors of the 3rd century AD to convince their people that they were living in the best of all times. Ursula Kampmann took a look at it.
Bullion Trade in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
In October, a conference on the bullion trade in medieval and early modern Europe took place in Prague. Don’t worry if you’ve missed this opportunity: the organisers provide you with recordings of all sessions!
Videos of Denver Coin Expo During COVID
The Denver Coin Expo took place even during the COVID pandemic. To get an impression of how this was possible you can watch a video made by David Lisot from CoinTelevision with interviews featuring many dealers and collectors.
Royal Mint Museum Hosts Medal Design Competition
The Royal Mint Museum is hosting a medal design competition open to all undergraduate university students. This is part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Decimal Day in February 2021. Closing date for entries is 8 January 2021.
South African Mint’s New Big 5 Coin: Leopard
The South African Mint announced the launch of the penultimate coin in the Big 5 series. The coin will be featuring the leopard and will be available in a range of different versions and metals.
A Numismatist’s Guide to Money Part 2: Theories of Money
What is money? After discussing what money does Simon Bytheway now presents the three central theories of money and gives numismatists a proper understanding of economic theory. So, how can we describe what makes something “money”? Let’s have a look!
Large Hoard of Roman Denarii Found in Poland
A farmer found 1,753 denarii in Poland. This is one of the greatest treasures of Roman coins in Polish history. The silver coins bear testimony to the last resistance of the Vandals against the invading Goths – and the catastrophic consequences of their flight.
Stack’s Bowers Galleries, USA-Newport Beach (California)
Stack’s Bowers Galleries offered in their past November Auctions some highly important collections of American Coins: the Larry Ness Collection of Indian Peace Medals, the second part of the E Pluribus Unum Collection, and the first part of the Larry H. Miller Collection.
Gorny & Mosch, D-Munich
Gorny & Mosch present in their 275th Auction over 830 lots of Ancient and African art as well as Asian and Pre-Columbian art. Some pieces come from the collection of the German director and actor Bernhard Wicki.
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, while birdwatching…