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Explore the people, places and designs behind ancient and world coins. Each article pairs documented history and annotated references with original historical fiction, and links to the related coin offerings.
11 researched coin topics · showing 1–11
Explore Diocletian’s coinage, Tetrarchy, radiate type comparisons and the AD 303 persecution, with an original story about a household and a threatened book.
Until Morning
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Explore Galerius’s imperial titles, antoninianus and radiate-fraction comparisons and 311 toleration edict, with an original story about damaged trust.
The Sound Outside
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Explore Gratian’s shared rule, AD 383 overthrow and AE2 restoration imagery, with an original story about a baker facing uncertain payments.
The Morning’s Money
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Learn about Iceland’s 50 aurar KM26a coin, its dragon and shrimp designs, the catalogued 1986 issue, and two original stories inspired by the coin.
Twenty-Eight · The Lower Shelf
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Explore Maximian’s shared rule, AD 305 abdication and bronze-fraction imagery, with an original story about an older couple making a home together.
Two Beds
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Explore Maximinus II Daia’s chronology, Caesar-title bronze comparisons and catalog terminology, with original stories of a farewell and a dangerous climb.
The Shelf Below · The Last Game
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Explore Probus’s bronze radiates, varied designs, the sources behind his vineyard association, and original stories of work and family in the Roman world.
The Second Verse · A Place for the Water
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Discover Theodosius I’s reign, AD 379–395, the context of his Roman bronze coins, and an original historical story with annotated sources.
The Quiet Room
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Explore Theodosius II’s chronology, small bronze coin comparisons, the Theodosian Code and Constantinople, with an original waterside story.
The Far Landing
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Explore Valerian I’s radiate coinage, the AD 260 capture at Edessa, source limitations, and original stories of life in Roman households and workshops.
The Address · The Narrow Hem
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Explore the history of Alexander Jannaeus bronze prutahs, the Widow’s Mite association, anchor and star designs, and an original historical story.
Cord First
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