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Black Sea Region Proto Money – The Arrowheads in Commerce

December 10, 2024

The Black Sea Region began with copper arrowheads that were used as money. This lot of Æ Arrowhead Proto-Money is triangular cast ‘arrowheads’ of varying length. In the 7th century BC, the Greeks also entered Ukraine and established the Milesian colonies of Olbia, Borysthenes, Istros, Odessos, and Apollonia on the western Black Sea coast. These […]

Gallic Emperor Marcus Victorinus Antoninianus

December 10, 2024

Marcus Victorinus (268-270AD), Emperor of the Gallic (French) Empire  Debased Reduced Flan Gallic Emperor Victorinus (268-270AD) was a soldier under the first Gallic Emperor Postumus, who possibly elevated him to the post of praetorian prefect after putting down a rebellion by Laelianus in 269AD. However, Postumus was murdered by his own troops, which were organized […]

Postumus Ancient Coins Available – the Gallic Empire

December 10, 2024

  The Gallic Empire (Latin: Imperium Galliarum) was a breakaway realm of the Roman Empire led by Postumus (260-268AD) that existed from 260 to 274AD in the aftermath of the Persian capture of the Roman Emperor Valerian I (253-260AD) in 260AD. That set off a Financial Crisis in 260AD, where some even questioned if Roman […]

Commodus of the Film – Gladiator

December 10, 2024

  A lot of people have asked if I still have any Commodus denarii left. I have a few.  They are generally VF, as you can see. This is the Emperor pictured in the movie, The Gladiator. He was the son of Marcus Aurelius and it is with him that they draw the line for the beginning of […]

Romanian Election Overturned

December 9, 2024

There is new turmoil during the final month of the Political Year from Hell emerging in Romania after the constitutional court annulled the presidential election. Calin Georgescu, who the media declared as a far-right extremist, won the election. The establishment cried “RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE!” and has refused to acknowledge the results. Georgescu is a critic of […]

University Questions DEI Practices

December 9, 2024

DEI application practices have failed. We are equal in rights but not talent. Who would have thought that excluding the majority of the population from the workforce and universities could backfire? The University of Michigan is one of the latest schools to question this discriminatory policy. “The University of Michigan will no longer solicit diversity […]

Korea Political Crisis

December 9, 2024

  QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I first want to thank you for your forecast on South Korea, which you delivered here in Asia. I understand this is the computer. Others would call you a seer. I wonder if you have time to update that forecast since we are as divided here in South Korea as you […]

PRIVATE BLOG – The Failed Trump Rally

December 8, 2024

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