#Numismatic

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Today was due to be the second of 2020’s #MoneyandMedals training days. It would have been on #Roman #coins, led by @wallcurator and hosted by @AP_at_GNM, and held at @GNM_Hancock

The “first” Chaghatayid coin was struck in the Ili valley of the Uyghur region in 1239-40 AD. It has a fascinating history, tied to the Fatimids in Egypt and the

Ancient Coin of the Day: Back to the Fourth Century BC today, with the coinage of Paeonia, a region to the north of Macedonia, beginning with this silver tetradrachm of

Augustus built his Parthian Arch at the eastern end of the Roman Forum between the Temple of Castor and Pollux and the Temple of Caesar. Constructed around 17 BC, it

Ancient Coin of the Day: Like coins? Like puns? Then you’ll love the denarii of Quintus Pomponius Musa, beginning with this silver denarius of 66 BC. #ACOTD #Roman #Muses Image:

#CLST6 Here’s a sneak peak of my #Project4, in I which will explore the diachronic progression & historical/cultural/economic implications of marine #zoological motifs on ancient coins. My #LookCloser8 will overview

Mateusz Fafinski

Why not “dark ages”? Why Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages matter? This is an experiment trying to argue for it in 10 tweets (w/footnotes). It is subjective, but

Bruno Marshall Shirley

In the midst of all this insanity, I'm going to start a thread on Līlāvatī of Poḷonnaruwa, one of the most fascinating figures in Lankan history (according to my mum

MeghdootDiaries

1/ Maraguda, Orissa: A lost civilization, many of its glorious antiquities submerged in an early 90s Jonk irrigation project- the site of possibly the oldest Hindu temple monastery complex(Shiva &

Historians of Iran

HistorianofIran

@Rob_Haug back for day four of the eastern frontier. Yesterday I started talking about the eastern frontiers of the Sasanian Empire, but, surprisingly, had trouble fitting four centuries into a

Matt Feliksa ⭐⭐⭐

The following is a copy from @BillFederer's article: "IN GOD WE TRUST National Motto: Francis Scott Key's anthem & his fight to free slaves:"In 1820, a U.S. revenue cutter captured

Heinrich Schliemann and the discovery of Troy: A THREAD Heinrich Schliemann (6 January 1822 – 26 December 1890) was a German businessman and a pioneer in the field of