CoinWeek Podcast #149: Collecting Coins with Bulfinch and Rossi
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Chris Bulfinch and
Tyler Rossi, to sit down and discuss how their childhood friendship–forged through their local scouting program–sparked a lifelong love of numismatics.
Bulfinch and Rossi have accomplished much as writers and are part of an emerging generation of younger collectors and experts that will carry the hobby forward.
This hour-long discussion gives you a seat at the table as Charles, Chris, and Tyler discuss their experiences with coins.
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Treasure Coins: Ancient Gold Coins Recovered From Shipwrecks
Dokos Shipwreck, the oldest in the world, was discovered by the father of underwater archaeology,
Peter Throckmorton, after almost four thousand years on August 23, 1975. A simple pile of ceramics and stone anchors and other stone items devoid of all biodegradable organic material, this wreck, unfortunately, contains no coins for one simple reason: the wooden vessel sank beneath the waves almost 2,000 years before the first coins were struck from electrum in
Lydia.
Since then,
UNESCO estimates that over three million other vessels have joined the Dokos shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean. Today, approximately 85% of all trade is transported by ship, and this percentage was greater in the ancient world. Ancient shipwrecks were mainly filled with amphora, “the cargo containers of the B.C. world” (Villano). These vessels, however, carried both physical and cultural goods, and it is possible to trace not only trade
Ancient Roman Coins: The Many Faces of Nero
Born on December 15 in the year 37 CE,
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus was not necessarily destined for greatness. He was, however, the son of one of history’s most famous women,
Julia Agrippina (the Younger).
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, died in 40 CE, Julia quickly remarried to the popular Roman politician
Gaius Sallustius Crispus Passienus. Eight years later, Crispus died under suspicious circumstances, leaving Agrippina extremely wealthy.
She then saw a further opportunity to advance both her and her sons’ interests when her uncle, the emperor
Claudius, executed his third wife for treason in 48 CE. After their marriage the next year, Claudius adopted Lucius and had him renamed
Ancient Greek Coins: Archaic to Classical
Bronze Age Mycenaean culture, quickly began to dominate the eastern
Mediterranean Sea. For roughly three hundred years after that great Mediterranean power–centered on the city of
Mycenae but with trading cities throughout the
Peloponnese and
Asia Minor–violently collapsed, Greece descended into a so-called dark age. Marked by the recognizable geometric artistic style that can be seen on the terracotta krater to the right. We do not have any “first-handwritten documents of any kind” from this time. The geometric style can be seen mainly on pottery, kraters, grave markers, and other grave goods. Due to the discontinuation of the Mycenaean