by Charles Doyle | Apr 19, 2018 | Newsroom
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 during the telling of the story....
by Charles Doyle | Feb 26, 2018 | Newsroom
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...
by Charles Doyle | Oct 21, 2017 | Newsroom
By Steward Lytle, reporter for The Town Common. Article about Coin Replicas and our new location in Amesbury Massachusetts.
by Charles Doyle | May 10, 2017 | Newsroom
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...
by Charles Doyle | Mar 15, 2017 | Newsroom
Coins mention in the bible that was 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...
by Charles Doyle | Mar 9, 2017 | Newsroom
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...
