It is appropriate that an Empress so mighty should issue the largest copper coin ever used in regular circulation. Weighing in at a massive 51 grams on average, these enormous 5-kopek copper coins...
The Achaemenid Empire the First Persian Empire is one of the greatest empires of antiquity. From its founding by Cyrus the Great, the Achaemenid dynasty includes such notables as Darius the Great and...
Justinian I, called the Great, was indeed the greatest of the Byzantine Emperors. Reigning from 527 to 565 in tandem with his wife Theodora, he sought an ambitious renovation imperiirestoration of...
Born in Vienna in 1640, Leopold I reigned as Holy Roman Emperor from 1657 until his death in 1705. A man of great culture and learning, a generous patron of the arts, and an amateur composer, Leopold...