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1837 woodcut depicting Henry Every receiving the treasure from the Ganj-i-Sawai onto his ship, the Fancy.
In a remarkable shift away from the incessant drum-beat coverage of COVID-19 developments, on 1 April 2021, the Associated Press ran a story about a handful of small silver coins from seventeenth-century Yemen found by metal detectorists in New England and the theory advanced by Jim Bailey that these coins actually represent pirate plunder. In fact, he argues that they are the remains of plunder taken by Henry Every (also written as “Avery”) in one of the most famous pirate actions of the seventeenth century—the…
At our 2021 Gala, the American Numismatic Society premiered a new short film by Pascal Perich, The ANS: Yesterday, Today,…
The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire … exhibited 1817 Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851 Accepted by the nation as part…
by Peter van Alfen, Ethan Gruber, Andrew Meadows, Simon Glenn, Gunnar Dumke
Silver Drachm of Apollodotus I of Bactria, Uncertain, 174–65…
The banner for the American Numismatic Society’s eBay store.
As every collection grows, there comes a time when decisions must be…
Self-Portrait after Hans Memling (2006)
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 7, 2020—The American Numismatic Society, with the support of Carole Anne Menzi Collier,…
The work of Danuta Solowiej, the President’s Medal was commissioned by the British Art Medal Society as part of its…
Announced via YouTube on August 18, 2020, the American Numismatic Society has won five awards from the Numismatic Literary Guild:
Best…
While August means for most people weekends on the beach, long summer days, or just hanging out, numismatists look forward…
Ruling over parts of Asia Minor and Macedonia starting with Antigonus I Monophthalmus (the “One-Eyed”, r. 306–301 BC), the Antigonid…
by Lucia Carbone, Assistant Curator for Roman Coins, American Numismatic Society; and Liv Yarrow, Associate Professor of Classics, Brooklyn College
The…
One of the more enigmatic aspects of ancient Greek coinage, and Hellenistic coinage in particular, are the many symbols and…