Numismatic diary of a journey throughout Greece – Part 8
Illustrious names spring to mind when thinking of Chalkidiki. Akanthos and Terone, Uranopolis and Olynthos. But not everywhere reality answers expectations…
Two detectorists’ treasure trove rewrites the Roman History of Britain
Due to a treasure trove of ca. 100 Roman coins further investigations have been made. They unveiled a Roman settlement in a region, of which archaeology has thought until now, that it was never colonized by the Romans...
“A daring enterprise”: the ‘Standard Catalog of German Coins’ in a New Edition
Nearly 1500 pages and 20,000 pictures: The 3rd edition of the ‘Standard Catalog of German Coins’ has been reviewed exclusively for CoinsWeekly by Dr Karsten Dahmen, numismatist at Münzkabinett, Berlin...
Benjamin the last Tasmanian Tiger on Lenticular Coins
The last known Tasmanian Tiger, ‘Benjamin’, died in a Zoo September 7 1936, since then Australian ‘National Threatened Species Day’. Now Benjamin has been immortalized on a commemorative coin combining 3-dimensional techniques into an eight part lenticular coin...
Sherlock Holmes and Platypus: New Motifs from the Perth Mint
A comprehensive list of new commemorative coins struck by the Perth Mint in August reached us recently...
Digital Library Numis Growing Enormously
Thijs Verspagen’s project Digital Library Numis (DLN) features much more material than half a year ago. The portal provides access to literature related to numismatic subjects and has increased dramatically in the first half-year of 2011...
A new Dictionary of Coins in Gaul
This dictionary offers a comprehensive typology of the coins that circulated in mediterranean Gaul, from the earliest coins minted in Marseille to Augustus’ accession to power, in 27 BC...
Riga Cathedral – “a place to discover the unknown”
The Republic of Latvia issues a collector silver coin commemorating the 800th anniversary of the Riga Cathedral on 25th July 2011. The 1-lats-coin shows the cathedral and an angel. The building is the home of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church and is seen as a centre for Latvian Christs...
Numismatic diary of a journey throughout Greece – Part 7
Today’s stage takes us to several highlights of the journey: a peak of kindness in Pydna, a touristic highlight in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki and a climax of the fight about the Greek austerity package...
Curious Coins and Tokens From Parking Meter
Red plastic discs, World War II-era 10 pfennig pieces, tokens of a transportation agency vanished long time ago: thousands of these objects have been found in a City Hall attic in Rhode Island by an archiver. And to some of them he is even able to give explanations...