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Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps War elephants depicted in Hannibal Barca crossing the Rhône, by Henri Motte, 1878 In a recent PBS episode of Secrets of the Dead: Hannibal in the Alps, our copy of Hannibal's coin with an elephant on the reverse was used while...
Buy affordable exact replica coins and hold a piece of history in your hand.
Click on the picture to buy one of these affordable replica coins. Compare auction sold prices of the authentic coins. Besides affordability, you can hold replica coins in your hand which you cannot do with expensive encapsulated coins. The Kingdom of...
Coins Bring History, Art Alive
By Steward Lytle, reporter for The Town Common. Article about Coin Replicas and our new location in Amesbury Massachusetts.
Antinous 111 AD – 130 AD
Antinous was a Bithynia Greek born in Claudiopolis the Roman province of Bithynia (present-day Bolu, Turkey). In 123 AD Hadrian met Antinous and had him taken to Rome for a higher education. Hadrian formed a relationship with Antinous, and by 128 AD he was the...
Biblical Coins In Circulation During Jesus’s Life
Coins in circulation in the Holy Land during Jesus' life. HEROD I (THE GREAT), 37 – 4 BC Æ “Eight Prutot” In 37 B.C. King Herod the Great was placed on the throne of Judaea by the Romans. Herod and his successors issued only bronze coins. On this coin: obverse...
Five Military Mint Coins of Brutus and Cassius, Co-assassins of Julius Caesar
Calling themselves “Liberators” trying to save the Roman Republic way of government, Brutus and Cassius took a leading role in the assassination of Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 B.C Caesar was very popular, and soon after the assassination, there was a uprising which...
Five Examples of Julius Caesar Coins Struck During His Lifetime
Julius Caesar was born on July 13th, 100 BC, his family claimed descent from the Roman goddess Venus and the founder of Rome, Aeneas. In 59 BC Caesar was appointed governor of Gaul and spent eight years of military campaigns against the Gallic tribes there. The war...
Persephone The Queen of the Underworld
Persephone, the Goddess Queen of the Underworld, was the daughter of Zeus and Harvest Goddess Demeter. She was also known as the Goddess of Spring Growth. According to Greek Mythology Persephone was abducted by Hades the god of the Underworld as she leaned down to...
Tetradrachms of Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon (356–323 B.C.), better known as Alexander the Great. Alexander III tetradrachms were first struck around 330's BC. The Obverse is Alexander in the guise of the god Heracles wearing a lion scalp. The reverse has the seated Greek god...
St. Patrick Halfpenny Coinage 1674-1675
St. Patrick Halfpenny Coinage 1674-1675 (Mark Newby Coinage-1681) Originally minted for use in Ireland, Mark Newby who immigrated to West New Jersey in 1681 brought with him a large supply of these coins In 1682 the General Assembly of West New Jersey made the...
