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CoinWeek's own Mike Markowitz writes about Juno, the Roman queen of the gods, and the coins struck in her name under the Republic and Empire.

The "Twelve Labors of Hercules" provide a challenge for those interested in collecting a complete set and a gold aureus depicting the slaying of the Hydra sold by Heritage for $33,600.

The rare stater depicting a satyr—a "marvel of speaking portraiture"—was once in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum but was sold to raise money for the Soviet government

A rare gold stater, which was made between 380 and 304 BC in ancient Greece, has just sold for millions of pounds.

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ..... Backstory Born in 400 BCE, Alexander of Pherae would go on to leave an indelible mark on the Thessalian city of Pherae.

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ..... Backstory Born in 400 BCE, Alexander of Pherae would go on to leave an indelible mark on the Thessalian city of Pherae.

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   BORN IN 247 BCE at Carthage (near modern Tunis in North Africa), Hannibal Barca is remembered as one of the

WINE PLAYED SUCH a central role in Greek and Roman culture, economics, and religion that it is no surprise that Dionysus, the god of wine...

By Numismatica Genevensis SA ......   Anyone interested in truly top-class numismatics will have been following Numismatica Genevensis’ auctions for

Künker Auctions 376-378 by Künker GmbH ...... Three of the seven catalogs--with as many as 4,715 lots and a total estimate of 9 million euros--that were