From el-Amarna, Egypt
18th Dynasty, 14th century BC
Egypt's earliest money
These ingots and metal rings date from the fourteenth century BC and were found at el-Amarna. They give us rare archaeological evidence for Egypt's earliest money…
Elagabalus, also known as Heliogabalus, was the leader of the Roman Empire from 218-222 CE. Caracalla, who was Elagabalus’ cousin, was assassinated by the praefect of the Praetorian Guard, Marcus Opellius Macrinus, in 217 CE. Macrinus replaced…
This coin, a fake replica of a coin minted under Mithradates II in Parthia around 123-188 BCE is one of many coins from the ancient world that have been counterfeited.
A fake, die-struck coin of Pertinax. The metal of this coin looks genuine but the style is problematic. The eyes don't look like anything found on other, genuine ancient coins.