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Coins & Empires, Zagreb (2026)

01/04/2026

Roman gold ring with clasped hands ("dextrarum iunctio"), commonly referred to as a “fede ring” (from Italian "mani in fede" = “hands in faith”).

This motif appears from the Roman period onward and continues through the medieval and Renaissance periods. In Roman context, the clasped right hands symbolized:

* Marriage and betrothal
* Fides (trust, loyalty, good faith)
* Legal or social agreements between parties

Such rings were often exchanged as engagement or marriage rings, representing a formal bond recognized by society. The gesture itself is also seen on Roman coins and reliefs, reinforcing its role as a symbol of concord and unity.

Gold examples indicate higher social status, as gold rings (anuli aurei) were originally restricted to Roman elites before becoming more widespread in the imperial period.

16/11/2025

Check out my new aureus 😍😍😍

12/10/2025

Julius Caesar, Late 46 to Early 45 BC
Silver Denarius, Military Mint Traveling in Spain, 18.6mm, 3.8 grams

Obverse: Diademed head of Venus right with Cupid over shoulder.
Reverse: Trophy of Gallic arms composed of helmet, cuirass, shield and carnyx, two captives seated at base, the left a female in despondent manner, the right a bound male, CAESAR in exergue.

RSC 13 // Crawford 468/1 // Sydenham 1014

The Julius Caesar two captives coin is a silver denarius minted around 46-45 BCE, commemorating Caesar's victory in the Gallic Wars. The reverse depicts a trophy of Gallic arms with two seated figures at its base: a bound male captive, possibly representing Vercingetorix, and a dejected female, representing Gallia.

05/10/2025

Caracalla (198-217 AD). Roman Empire Tetradrachm.

The tetradrachm was originally a Greek coin, but the Romans adopted it, especially in the eastern provinces. Struck mainly in Antioch, Alexandria, and other key cities, these coins were heavier than denarii - this one weights 11.2g!

Many were actually made of billon (a silver-copper mix), not pure silver. They often showed portraits of emperors in obverse with an eagle in reverse.

Fun fact: The portraits on Roman tetradrachms were often more realistic than those on western coinage.

03/06/2025

Watch emperor Commodus age — not in portraits, but in metal.

👦 167 AD – Just a kid. At this point, Commodus was only 5 years old, but already on coins as "Caesar" — son of the great Marcus Aurelius. Talk about pressure.

🧒 175 AD – Now about 13, Commodus is being groomed for power. He was officially made co-emperor shortly after.

👨 177 AD – At 15, he becomes Augustus, ruling alongside his father. The portraits show a more mature face, but still very much the heir under tutelage.

🧔 186 AD – Now in his mid-20s, Commodus rules alone. This is the beginning of his descent into delusion: he saw himself as Hercules reborn, and the empire as his personal playground.

⚔️ Fun Fact: Commodus didn’t just watch gladiator games — he fought in them, dressed as Hercules. He even renamed months after himself and Rome as “Colonia Commodiana.” The Senate hated him. The army distrusted him. And even his inner circle had enough.

The conspiracy was led by his mistress Marcia, his chamberlain Eclectus, and the Praetorian Prefect Laetus — people from inside the palace walls. Why? Commodus had drawn up a kill list — and they found their names on it.

💀 On December 31, 192 AD, they tried to poison his wine. It didn't kill him — he vomited it up.
Plan B: they sent in an athlete. A wrestler named Narcissus, who was one of Commodus’s personal training partners. While Commodus was in his bath, Narcissus strangled him to death.

The Senate was so thrilled they declared damnatio memoriae — a total erasure of Commodus’s name from public inscriptions. Statues were torn down. Coins melted (Luckily, not all coins 😉).

21/05/2025

A hand full of Roman bronzes — holding history in my palm.
Every piece, a whisper from centuries ago. What a good feeling! 😊

05/04/2025

URBS ROMA. Featuring Romulus and Remus.
One of my favorite Roman coins — issued by the legendary Constantine the Great (306–337 AD).
Why did he publish this coin?

These Urbs Roma commemorative coins were minted during Constantine’s reign to mark the founding of Constantinople as the new capital of the Roman Empire. But why does then the phrase “Urbs Roma” — Latin for “To the City of Rome” — appear on the obverse?

This was strategic.
By glorifying Rome on these coins, Constantine reinforced the idea that — even with a new capital, Constantinople — the heart and heritage of the Empire still lived in Rome. It was a statement of continuity, unity, and tradition.

On the obverse, we see Roma, the goddess and personification of the Eternal City.
On the reverse, the iconic image of the she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome — a tribute to the myth that began it all.

Romulus and Remus were twin sons of the god Mars and the vestal virgin Rhea Silvia. Abandoned at birth, they were miraculously raised by a she-wolf. Later, they set out to build a city—but a bitter rivalry ended in Romulus killing Remus. Romulus then founded Rome in 753 BCE, becoming its first king.

To conclude, this coin doesn’t just honour Rome’s origin — it was Constantine’s strategic way of legitimising a new imperial capital: Constantinople.

01/04/2025

Seljuk Sultanate of Rum / ‘Izz al-Din Kayka’us II (1246-1249 CE)

This medieval Islamic dirham was struck during the reign of Kayka’us II, a Seljuk sultan of Rum who may have had a dual Christian and Muslim identity. Read more below!

Coin details:
🔹 Obverse: "There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. The Caliph al-Musta‘ṣim bi-llāh, Commander of the Faithful. Year 646 AH"
🔹 Reverse: "The Greatest Sultan, the Shadow of Allah on Earth, Glory of the World and Religion, Kay Ka’us bin Kay Khusraw. Struck in Konya."

The Seljuks of Rum were an offshoot of the Seljuk Turks, ruling central and eastern Anatolia from 1077 CE onward. Their independence ended in 1243, when they were defeated by the Mongols and became vassals of the Mongol Ilkhanate.

This was shortly before Kayka’us II ascended the throne in 1246. His reign was marked by:
🔹 Struggles against Mongol control
🔹 Power struggles with his brother
🔹 Seeking refuge with the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos
🔹 An attempted betrayal of Michael
🔹 Exile to Crimea (under the Golden Horde), where he died.

According to historian Rustam Shukurov, Kayka’us II may have had both Christian and Muslim identities, as well as a mixed Turkic/Persian and Greek ethnic background. His mother, Prodoulia, was a Byzantine Greek, and there is speculation that he may have been baptized as a child.
While seeking refuge from Mongols in Constantinople, historical sources mention that:
🔹 He and his family visited church baths
🔹 They received communion
🔹 They attended Easter services under the watch of Patriarch Arsenios

Was Kayka’us II simply adapting to survive in a world of shifting alliances, or was his religious and cultural identity truly blended? 🤔

04/07/2024

Na prodaju: rimske kovanice iz Siska (Siscia).

Prodajem autentične novčiće iz Rimskog Carstva, kovane u Sisku (Siscia). Odličan poklon za nekoga tko se zanima za rimsku povijest!

Kovnica novca u Sisciji (današnji Sisak) bila je jedna od službenih kovnica novca u Rimskom Carstvu, a u jednom trenutku i glavna kovnica.

U ovoj kolekciji nalaze se kovanice čak 11 različitih rimskih careva u vremenskom rasponu od 253-375AD: Galijen, Aurelijan, Prob, Dioklecijan, Maksimijan, Konstancije I. Klor, Licinije, Konstantin II., Konstancije II., Valens i Valentinian I.

Cijena jedne kovanice: 20 eura + troškovi poštarine.
Preferiram osobno preuzimanje u Zagrebu od datuma 20.07.
Javite se za kupnju jedne ili nekoliko kovanica.

PRODANO: 4, 17, 18, 19

Vise informacija o kovanicama:
1 - Gallienus AD 253-268. Siscia. Antoninianus Æ, 22 mm, 4,38 g. Nearly Very Fine
2 - Aurelian AD 270-275. Siscia. Antoninianus Æ. 25 mm, 3,55 g. Good Fine
3 - Probus AD 276-282. Siscia. Antoninianus Æ. 23 mm, 2,80 g Nearly Very Fine
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5 - Maximianus Herculius AD 286-305. Siscia. Follis Æ. 19 mm, 2,38 g. Nearly VF
6 - Divus Constantius I AD 306. Siscia. Follis Æ. 17 mm, 1,79 g. Good Fine
7 - Licinius I AD 308-324. Siscia. Follis Æ. 21 mm, 5,47 g. Good Fine
8 - Licinius I AD 308-324. Siscia. Follis Æ. 21 mm, 3,56 g. Nearly Very Fine
9 - Licinius I AD 308-324. Siscia. Follis Æ. 24 mm, 3,41 g. Very Fine
10 - Licinius I AD 308-324. Siscia. Follis Æ. 20 mm, 3,42 g. Good Fine
11 - Licinius I AD 308-324. Siscia. Follis Æ. 22 mm, 3,06 g. Nearly Very Fine
12 - Licinius I AD 308-324. Siscia. Follis Æ. 21 mm, 3,69 g. Good Fine
13 - Licinius I AD 308-324. Siscia. Follis Æ. 25 mm, 5,49 g. Good Fine
14 - Constantine II, as Caesar AD 317-337. Siscia. Follis Æ. 18 mm, 2,35 g. Nearly VF
15 - Constantius II, as Caesar AD 337-347. Siscia. Follis Æ. 17 mm, 1,88 g. Very Fine
16 - Constantius II AD 347-361. Siscia. Follis Æ. 16 mm, 1,44 g. Nearly Very Fine
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1̶8̶ ̶-̶ ̶V̶a̶l̶e̶n̶t̶i̶n̶i̶a̶n̶ ̶I̶ ̶A̶D̶ ̶3̶6̶4̶-̶3̶7̶5̶.̶ ̶S̶i̶s̶c̶i̶a̶,̶ ̶F̶o̶l̶l̶i̶s̶,̶ ̶1̶8̶ ̶m̶m̶,̶ ̶2̶,̶3̶3̶ ̶g̶ ̶
1̶9̶ ̶-̶ ̶V̶a̶l̶e̶n̶t̶i̶n̶i̶a̶n̶ ̶I̶ ̶A̶D̶ ̶3̶6̶4̶-̶3̶7̶5̶.̶ ̶S̶i̶s̶c̶i̶a̶ ̶F̶o̶l̶l̶i̶s̶,̶ ̶1̶8̶ ̶m̶m̶,̶ ̶2̶,̶1̶2̶g̶

Riječ je o privatnoj kolekciji, a ne o kulturnom dobru Republike Hrvatske!
Kovanice su kupljene i verificirane na numizmatičkoj aukciji. Prodajem "dupliće" koje sam osvojio. Mogu vam pokazati račun iz numizmatičke aukcije kao dokaz autentičnosti.Također, i osobno sam diplomirani povjesničar.

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