{"title":"Ancients Archive","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"roman-empire-marcus-aurelius-ms-5x4-ngc","title":"Roman Empire Marcus Aurelius NGC MS 5x4","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSOLD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRoman Empire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMarcus Aurelius, AD 161-180\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNGC MS 5x4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAR Denarius\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003erv Concordia std.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe guarantee all of our coins, so your purchase and satisfaction are always secure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"capstonecoins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35782893699225,"sku":"3763164-005","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0464\/6948\/0601\/products\/Roman-Empire-Mar-Aurelius-MS-5x4-AR-Denarius-copy.jpg?v=1598367801"},{"product_id":"kingdom-of-macedon-alexander-iii-au-5x4-ngc","title":"Alexander the Great NGC AU 5x4","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSOLD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e$6850.00\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKingdom of Macedon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlexander III, 336-323 BC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNGC AU 5x4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAV Stater\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eearly posthumous issue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eobv Athena rv Nike\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #993300;\"\u003eFREE SHIPPING\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKingdom of Macedon early posthumous issue obv Athena rev Nike. Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) - Macedonian ruler (336-323 BC) Alexander was the son of Philip II of Macedon, a small state in northern Greece. Philip was an aggressive ruler who warred with his neighbors and eventually conquered all Greece. Although much of his time was taken up with fighting, he did not neglect his family, and young Alexander was especially favored having been taught by the great Aristotle as his tutor. After his father Philip II was assassinated, at the age of 19, Alexander became king. By that time he had accompanied his father several times in battle and had commanded detachments of the army with great skill and bravery. It was particularly noticeable how Alexander would rough it with his men, sharing their toils and discomforts, and this won their love and reverence. Alexander only made it back to Babylon where he became suddenly sick and died. No one is sure what he died from, but many suspect poison. Upon his death the great empire he had built was divided up amongst his generals, called the Diadochi. The Diadochi ended up fighting each other for many years as the empire fell apart. The career of Alexander the Great was one of the most amazing in all history. 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Page 85.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eRoman Empire, Tiberius: Since Tiberius was Caesar during Christ's time on earth, the silver denarius of Tiberius is most often identified as \"The Tribute Penny.\" The tribute penny was the coin that was shown to Jesus when he made his famous speech \"Render unto Caesar...\" The phrase comes from the King James Version of the gospel account: Jesus is asked, \"Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?\" (Mark 12:14) and he replies, \"bring me a penny, that I may see it\" (Mark 12:15). 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Page 85.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eRoman Empire, Tiberius: Since Tiberius was Caesar during Christ's time on earth, the silver denarius of Tiberius is most often identified as \"The Tribute Penny.\" The tribute penny was the coin that was shown to Jesus when he made his famous speech \"Render unto Caesar...\" The phrase comes from the King James Version of the gospel account: Jesus is asked, \"Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?\" (Mark 12:14) and he replies, \"bring me a penny, that I may see it\" (Mark 12:15). 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Trajan rv Concordia std. Marcus Ulpius Traianus (September 18, 53 - August 8, 117) was born into a non-patrician family in modern-day Spain, but over the course of his life, he achieved greater and greater power. He would become the only Spanish Emperor of Rome. Trajan is one of the most highly-regarded Roman Emperors in history, being second in 18th-century historian Edward Gibbon's list of \"Five Good Emperors.\" His impact on Rome was seen everywhere in daily life, and still can be seen to this day. As a civilian administrator, Trajan is best known for his extensive public building program, which reshaped the city with such magnificent constructions as Trajan's Forum, Trajan's Market, and the famous Trajan's Column. However, Trajan's forte was his military prowess. His rise began under the reign of the Roman emperor Domitian, for whom he served as a general in the Roman army. He was a great success as a general, dealing mainly with revolts along the German frontier. After annexing various other smaller kingdoms, Trajan launched his final campaign against Parthia (in modern-day Iran) in 113. In 116, he expanded the Roman Empire to its farthest extent in its history. However, while returning back to Rome in 117, Trajan suffered a stroke and died en route. He was deified by the Senate, and his ashes were laid to rest under Trajan's Column. The Emperor Trajan had a great impact on not only Rome, but also the entire world. He was a powerful ally to his friends, but a deadly enemy to those that opposed him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe guarantee all of our cons, so your purchase and satisfaction are always secure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"capstonecoins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35782894289049,"sku":"3763164-002","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0464\/6948\/0601\/products\/Roman-Empire-Trajan-AU-NGC-4x3-AR-Denarius.jpg?v=1598367805"},{"product_id":"pontic-kingdom-mithradates-vi-gold-stater-chms-star-ngc","title":"Mithradates VI Gold Stater NGC ChMS Star","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993300;\"\u003eSOLD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e$7499.00\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePontic Kingdom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMithradates VI, 120-63 BC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAV Stater. Gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNGC ChMS star\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCallatis. Lysimachus type\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlexander III\/Athena\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #993300;\"\u003eFREE SHIPPING\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is a great article that we found about Mithridates.  All credit goes to 'Bad Ass of the Week,' a great historical tongue-in-cheek website:\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.badassoftheweek.com\/index.cgi?id=36045588092\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.badassoftheweek.com\/index.cgi?id=36045588092\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mithridates VI, the Great King of Pontus (the Poison King), was the most hardcore threat to Roman superiority since the good old days of Hannibal Barca bodysurfing armored pachyderms across the Tiber River with rafts made out of corpses of dead Roman citizens and then teabagging everything he encountered on the other side.  Known as The Poison King, Mithridates opposed three of the greatest generals from the most powerful civilization in the world, successfully fucked with Rome for over 40 years, conquered lands spanning across Central Asia and Eastern Europe with an armada of badass, scary-as-hell scythed war chariots, helped the Spartans and Athenians successfully revolt against the Romans, commanded an armada of loyal pirates that marauded the entire Mediterranean, and was so fucking hardcore that he made himself completely immune to all forms of poison through a daily training regimen consisting essentially of \u003cem\u003eeating lethal doses of poison and then not dying from it\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Poison King was from a weird, nebulous place called Pontus, which is located in Turkey but was founded by Alexander the Great's Macedonians (who thought they were Greek) but who also claimed descent from Darius the Great of Persia, but Mithridates's mom was a Syrian princess too so honestly who the fuck knows what the hell was going on with that place anyways.  Ambiguous ethnography aside, we know that Mithridates assumed the throne of Pontus in 120 BC at the age of 12, when his mom assassinated his dad, seized power as regent, and sent Mithridates running off into the forest to hide before some asshole with a sword showed up and sent him on a one-way trip to visit his pops.  Mithridates hid out in the freezing, ultra-dangerous mountains of northern Turkey, training hard in horsemanship, swordfighting, and javelin throwing, learning dozens of languages, and toughening himself up with one-armed pull-ups, biceps curls, and baconized wheat grass protein shakes.  As soon as he was done with his badass training montage, Mithridates marched into his rightful throne room, imprisoned and executed his own mother, had his only brother whacked out by a hitman, seized sole power of the Kingdom of Pontus, and prepared to animorph a relatively small Kingdom in backwoods Asia Minor into an Empire that would rival Rome herself.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eStarting with his days chilling in the forest punching rocks and wrestling bears, Mithridates got the excellent, \u003cem\u003ePrincess Bride-\u003c\/em\u003estyle idea of developing an immunity to poisons by ingesting small amounts of lethal toxins every morning with his orange juice, then slowly ratcheting it up to the point where he was bombing arsenic keg stands and freshening his breath with cyanide mouthwash.  His obsession with poisons was so intense that the longest-lasting impact of his life is concoction he invented known as the Antidotum Mithridaticum, a bizarre antidote cocktail of 54 ingredients ranging from acacia and cinnamon to duck blood and something called \"Gallic Nard\" that I really hope isn't what I think it is.  Throughout his reign, Mithridates perfected the recipe by testing it out by giving it to convicted criminals and prisoners of war and then seeing if they died from lethal doses of poison.  This sounds fucked up, but this shit is so crazy that the Antidotum Mithridaticum was still being used as a poison antidote in England until 1745 and in Germany and France until about 1900.  As in 1900 AD, roughly two thousand years after this duck blood smoothie was invented.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eOh yeah, and if you think this was all just some paranoid delusional bullshit that seemed to be pretty common with ancient kings, think again – Mithridates survived at least two assassination attempts during his 57-year reign.  In both cases he had the perpetrators tortured to death, then executed their entire extended families.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Ok so Mithridates Six inherited a decent-sized kingdom, but he had pretty hardcore ambitions to be all that he could be in terms of kicking ass and conquering Asia.  A guy who loved his old-school Greek and Persian heritage and thought all this newfangled Roman Republic hipster bullshit was pretty much the lamest thing since ancient Sumeria, Mithridates's master plan was to basically be Alexander the Great (the guy was so hardcore about it that he even wore Alexander the Great's cloak around like a throwback jersey so that should tell you something) stomping balls from Persia to Athens.  Already fairly wealthy thanks to his control of trade on the Black Sea, Mithridates hired a shit-ton of mercenaries from across Asia and Europe, kitted his forces out with everything from Scythian horse archers and scythed war chariots to Macedonian-style infantry phalanxes, and went to work making sure the rest of the world never forgot where the hell Pontus was and what it was all about.  He intervened in a war in Crimea, ended up conquering the region for himself, then took both warring countries into his empire as protectorates.  He kicked the Scythians in the balls, destroyed the armies of Colchis, captured territory all around the Black Sea, and married his daughter off in a political alliance with the king of Armenia.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eHe marched his army into Cappadocia, and, just as the Cappadocian army was lining up against him, one of Mithridates's assassins shanked their king in the ass in front of his entire army and the Cappadocians quit the field, surrendered without a fight, and kinda just sat there with their mouths open like dumbasses while Mithridates put his 8 year-old son on the throne and blew the hell outta there in time for \u003cem\u003eJeopardy\u003c\/em\u003e.  When the Cappadocians rebelled against this King Joffrey bullshit a few years later and nominated a replacement king, Mithridates had that guy poisoned to death without even getting out of his gold-plated recliner.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWell all this conquering and ass-kicking and pureeing enemy warriors into chowder with spinning scythe chariot blades understandably got Rome a little nervous, so they eventually got around to sending a guy named Manius Aquilius out there to get this Poison King bullshit under control.  Aquilius casually rode out there with five legions and told Mithridates to get the hell out of Cappadocia and a couple other places and settle down with this massacre\/killing thing.  Mithridates wasn't really looking to fuck with Rome just yet, so he said, \"yeah, sure thing,\" and withdrew his forces back to Pontus.  Aquilius, thinking he was the biggest shit ever, started power-tripping balls, installed Roman-allied governors in the area, shut down economic trade, blocked the entrance to the Black Sea, and stupidly acted like a total dick to the most powerful ruler in Asia Minor.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMithridates asked Aquilius to reconsider.  Aquilius told him to fuck off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWrong answer.\n\u003cbr\u003eAt the head of a fleet of warships, a thundering herd of horsemen, and a sea of face-shanking phalanx soldiers, Mithridates the Great, King of Pontus, rode out from his borders in 89 BC, crushed the Romans and their allies, reconquered the land he'd oh-so-reasonably just withdrew from, killed Aquilius by pouring molten gold down his throat, and then unflinchingly ordered the summary execution of all 80,000 Romans and Italians living within his borders.  Then he went on the march.  Cities he encountered had two options:  Surrender and hand over any Roman officers within your walls and not only will you be unharmed, but I'll make sure you pay less taxes than you were paying to Rome.  Resist and die.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMithridates busted through the Romans, sent troops to Athens and Sparta to help them overthrow their Roman rulers, marched into Macedonia and Eastern Europe, plundered Roman stores and sanctuaries, and then, when he was done, he danced like Tom Cruise in \u003cem\u003eTropic Thunder\u003c\/em\u003e.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eOk, well, slaughtering tens of thousands of Romans, getting 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At the beginning of Alexander’s reign in 336 BC, the Macedonian Kingdom was reportedly in debt to the tune of 500 silver talents (a talent being 6,000 silver drachms and a \"king's ransom\" in earliest Greek times). To give an idea of the vast loot his conquests amassed, at Susa alone Alexander seized 50,000 talents of silver and 40,000 of gold. This huge intake of bullion resulted in the creation of unseen denominations such as the gold Distater. Tariffed at two staters and ten silver tetradrachms, about 20 day's wages for a Macedonian soldier during wartime. The beautiful Distater was likely employed first to reward his generals for their courage and later to pay off many of Alexander's veteran soldiers, who were rewarded for their loyalty with the equivalent of a silver talent. With the new denomination, a talent could be paid out as 120 gold distaters. Despite their size and enormous buying power, gold distaters evidently circulated heavily, until they were eventually melted down, most specimens found today display considerable wear and numerous contact marks. Truly the first Gold High Relief of the Ancient World. 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However, his father apparently abandoned this first Arsinoe to marry his full sister (after the death of her husband Lysimachos), who was also named Arsinoe and is frequently referred to in history as Arsinoe II. Both would be worshipped as living gods. He succeeded his father in 246 bc at the age of 30, wasting no time carrying on his families powerful influence. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"\u003eUnder the rule of Ptolemy III, Egypt’s realm reached the height of it’s empire expansion and influence. If you were to look at a ancient map, the Kingdom stretched from Cyrene in North Africa to the old capital of Alexander the Great- Babylon in Mesopotamia. Rather than instigate war against old foes, he decided to concentrate on developing Egypt’s economy and its trading partners. A move that other Macedonian Kingdoms failed to foresee as their territories shrank with each civil war. 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The coin may have also had a ceremonial function showcasing the Ptolemaic rulers, who were all deified during their lifetime. 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It was intended to legitimize the divided Macedonian regime by Alexander's generals after his death in Babylon under the figurehead rulers- Philip III Arrhidaeus, Alexander's slow-witted half-brother, and the infant Alexander IV, his posthumously born son. As such the \"Philip\" named on the reverse should probably be seen as referring to Arrhidaeus rather than the traditional attribution to Philip II. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe uncanny resemblance of the facial features seen on this type to known portraits of Alexander leave little doubt that an uncommonly talented die engraver did a masterful job evoking the great conqueror with this magnificent depiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eColophon is the city to which it is tentatively attributed, the tripod symbol linking it to an issue in the name of Philip III (cf. Price P41). Colophon was an ancient city in Ionia. 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At the beginning of Alexander’s reign in 336 BC, the Macedonian Kingdom was reportedly in debt to the tune of 500 silver talents (a talent being 6,000 silver drachms and a “king’s ransom” in earliest Greek times). To give an idea of the vast loot his conquests amassed, at Susa alone Alexander seized 50,000 talents of silver and 40,000 of gold. This huge intake of bullion resulted in the creation of unseen denominations such as the gold Distater. Tariffed at two staters and ten silver tetradrachms, about 20 day’s wages for a Macedonian soldier during wartime. The beautiful Distater was likely employed first to reward his generals for their courage and later to pay off many of Alexander’s veteran soldiers, who were rewarded for their loyalty with the equivalent of a silver talent. With the new denomination, a talent could be paid out as 120 gold distaters. Despite their size and enormous buying power, gold distaters evidently circulated heavily, until they were eventually melted down, most specimens found today display considerable wear and numerous contact marks. Truly the first Gold High Relief of the Ancient World. 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Minting coins commemorating his Olympic success, Philip was producing propaganda which supported his claim as a true Greek and solidified his favor with the gods.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"capstonecoins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35782902874265,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0464\/6948\/0601\/products\/Kingdom-of-Macedon-Philip-II-AV-Stater-lifetime-early-posthumous-Ch-AU-002.jpg?v=1598367966"},{"product_id":"roman-empire-lucius-verus-silver-denarius-ngc-gem-ms","title":"Roman Empire, Lucius Verus Silver Denarius NGC Gem MS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #993300;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSOLD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-vertical a-spacing-none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eLucius Verus Silver Denarius NGC Gem MS 5x5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eTied for Finest Known\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003erv Aequitas or Moneta std\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll new Ancient customer receive a free copy of the \u003cstrong\u003e“Top 100 Greatest Ancient Coins.”\u003c\/strong\u003e A $27 value for free.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eCheck or Bank Wire discounts available. 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