Shout out to my boy Classical Numismatics, he is a up and coming YouTuber who makes high effort Numismatic content, he just opened his merch store.
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a house in Montecchio Veronese with a particular ancient latin inscription: in 1918 there's the presence of British soldiers who came in "cooperation of arms". The inscription with the horse derives from an old coin. The house was the seat of a military court.
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Acquiring beautiful ancient seafaring #Greek#coins of #Phaselis (4th century BC) offers Collectors a remarkable variety of symbols including; cicadas, dolphins, gorgoneions, grapes, owls, serpents, shells, wreaths, waves, stars, tripods, plus Pegasos, Nike, Victory & much more.
Join visiting professor Liv Mariah Yarrow for an illustrated archaeology talk abt symbols on ancient Roman coins: Thurs., April 14, 6pm Downtown #EugeneOregon Library. Thanks to American Institute of Archaeology, @uoregon & @profyarrow!
The Lydian Lion c.600 BCE is widely considered the oldest coin in the world. These coins predate ancient Greek coinage and were created in the ancient Kingdom of Lydia, western Turkey.
Rubbings of Chinese coins still in circulation in 1896 (from the journal of missionary Florence Beauchamp). One is from the reign of Wang Mang 王莽 (AD 9-23), whose ‘Confucian’ attempt to revive institutions of the ancient Zhou led to his overthrow & the restoration of the Han.
@RMarpole Old monetary systems are confusing and boring, don't implement then in RPGs. My recommendation would be just using a lower denomination instead of gold.
Lion-bull combat: was this popular in ancient Persia or what? Two more depictions:
1: on coin of Mazaios, as Satrap of Babylon
2: on coin of Mazaios, as Achaemenid Satrap of Cilicia
Coin of the 'Tehri Garhwal' princely state, circa 1835 CE.
This state was situated in the Garhwal region which had its ancient capital at Shrinagar (now situated in Uttarakhand state of the Republic of India).
Dynasty: Panwar Rajput (Hindu)
Every so often the coin collecting little dork that I was thirty years ago pops out to say hi and make me buy a coin. This little guy would have been exchanged for goods or services in 431-393 BC Greece. 🦉