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
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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
Kyme: The ancient aeolian harbour.
The story of Kyme (Cyme in Latin), Turkey, is long as few. It was founded by greek settlers from the city of Locris sometime from the 8th ce
Knowing the Roman imperial mints: VI- Constantinople.
Constantinople has been known since 1930 as Istanbul, being nowadays the most populous city in Turkey and one of the most popular tourist de
The Amphitheatre of Cyzicus.
During our visit to the site of the ancient city of Cyzicus in December 2015, we find out that, apart from the ruins of Hadrian's Temple
The Temple of Artemis in Sardes.
After visiting the brief remains of Sardes, the ancient capital of Lydia, inside Asia Minor, we arrived to the place where the ruins of the
The Acropolis of Pergamon: 2nd Part
The Acropolis of Pergamon becomes rough to the north of the sacred enclosure of Trajaneum. Urbanization level was always low in this area, r
The Acropolis of Pergamon: Ist Part
We invite you to a guided tour to the Acropolis of the ancient city of Pergamon: the mythical capital of the equally named Hellenistic kingd
INDVLGENTIA AVGG IN CARTH. Septimius Severus and Africa.
One of the most popular issues of Septimius Severus, which implies an optimum combination of numismatic attractive and relative abundance
The great temple of Hadrian at Cyzicus
Between dairy farms and small farms dedicated to the cultivation of the olive tree rises a powerful staggered structure of more than a hundr
Laodicea ad Lycum: Two Theaters.
The Phyrigian city of Laodicea ad Lycum is one of the few cities of classical antiquity that disposed of two theaters operating at the same
The bridge of Antiochia ad Maeandrum in the coinage of the city.
The ancient Carian city of Antioch on the Maeander owed large part of its prosperity to certain bridge over the River Maeander built in its
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