The Ancient Gold Journal

Stories Struck in Gold

Essays on coinage, rulers, sacred imagery and the responsibility of collecting objects that have survived history.

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Follow themes across the Journal, from imperial imagery and mint practice to provenance and responsible collecting.

Imperial portraiture, Christian imagery, mint systems and dynastic authority in Byzantine gold.

Latest The Hyperpyron: Alexius I and a Reformed Gold CurrencyExplore context

Object-led studies of legends, denominations, iconography and the evidence carried by individual coins.

Latest Electrum at the Beginning of CoinageExplore context

Power, ceremony and visual language across the gold coinage of imperial Rome.

Latest Koson Gold and the Memory of the Roman RepublicExplore context

Practical scholarship on provenance, condition, grading and responsible stewardship.

Latest How Ancient Gold Records ProvenanceExplore context

Featured Essay

How a stable gold denomination became an enduring language of imperial authority.

From the Collection

Byzantine Empire

A gold coin on which theology, ceremony and succession become inseparable.

Collecting

A considered introduction to historical significance, rarity, condition and responsible collecting.

Roman Empire

Imperial partnership, frontier pressure and the political message carried by a solidus of AD 373–375.

Coin Histories

How a stable gold denomination became an enduring language of imperial authority.

Byzantine Empire

Christ the King, a mutilated ruler and the uncompromising imagery of the years AD 705–711.