Michael Markowitz guides a merry numismatic tour through the works of William Shakespeare. From drachmas to ducats to sixpence, Shakespeare used coins as a device to relate to Elizabethan audiences. Markowitz references coins mentioned in the plays, tell us about when and why they were minted, and offer context for the modern audience.
In the second of a three-part series that explores the messages, audiences, and relative frequencies of Nerva’s imperial coinage…
The Royal Maundy is a historic ceremony with origins in the New Testament, held on the Thursday before Easter…
Excavations in Elaiussa Sebaste, an active mint from at least the beginning of the first century BCE to the…
