First issues of the Rome mint introducing Caracalla as heir to the imperial throne. 195 and 196 AD.
The young Basiano, firstborn son of Septimius Severus, was named Caesar (that is, heir to the imperial throne) in mid-April 195, in the cont
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Coinage of the Rome mint commemorating the appointment as consuls of Caracalla and Geta in AD 205.
On the first of January of AD 205, the two imperial princes, sons of Emperor Septimius Severus, Antoninus (Caracalla) and Geta, were named c
The 7th Ludi Saeculares in the roman coinage.
The Secular Games (Ludi Saeculares in latin) were a set of ludic-religious celebrations by which the end of a new century of existence of th
Alabanda, a capital of Roman Conventus. History and coinage.
Doğanyurt (also called Araphisar) is a small village in the interior of Turkey, heir to the once rich and famous city of Alabanda, capital o
Knowing the Roman imperial mints: XIII- Antioch.
Antioch, the once great metropolis of Syria and capital of the diocese of the East, was founded at the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus
The Celtiberian city of Tamusia and its coinage.
The ruins of the Celtiberian town of Villasviejas del Tamuja are located about 3 kilometers from the town of Botija (province of Cáceres, Sp
Alinda: the powerful carian stronghold.
The current Turkish town of Karpuzlu is the heiress of an ancient Carian city called Alinda. Its ruins are located on the top of the hill th
Knowing the Roman imperial mints: XII- Alexandria.
Alexandria, the great Egyptian metropolis, continues being, today as yesterday, one of the most populous and commercially trafficked ports i
Aigai: A city in the mountains of Aeolis. History and coinage.
The ruins of the ancient Aeolian city of Aigai (Aegae in Latin) are located half a dozen kilometers from the small Turkish village of Yuntda
Knowing the Roman imperial mints: XI-Nicomedia.
Nicomedia corresponds to the current city of Izmit in the Turkish province of Kocaeli. It was founded in the year 264 BC by the bithynian mo
A brief description of the main Roman masonry techniques. 4th. Part
We are going to conclude this series of four articles about the main Roman masonry techniques.
Oppus Scutulatum, Oppus Alexandrinum, Oppus
Knowing the Roman imperial mints: X- Aquileia.
Aquileia was founded by the Romans in 181 a.C. receiving the Ius Latii, which marked it as a friend and allied of Rome, although with a lowe
A brief description of the main Roman masonry techniques. 3rd. Part
We continue with the third part of this serie of four articles about the main Roman masonry techniques.
Oppus Testaceum. This constructive
Nysa on the Maeander: An introduction to its History and Coinage.
Nysa was founded on the hillside of a mountain met by the ancients as Mesogis. The area is populated with trees nowadays, mainly pines. Geog
Knowing the Roman imperial mints: IX- Heraclea.
Founded with the name of Perinthos at the end of the 7th century BC, Heraclea was an ancient city of Thrace, now defunct, whose remains rest
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