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Silver tetradrachm of Azes I, Scythian, from Gandhara and Taxila, north-west Pakistan, 57-10 BCE. Appropriate for a ruler whose ancestors were nomads from Central Asia, his coin image shows a king with standard and spear, mounted on horseback. CM 1894-5-6-570
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Silver tetradrachm of Azes I, Scythian, from Gandhara and Taxila, north-west Pak...

Copy of a gold stater, Iron Age, 3rd. During the third century, the Celtic people of Continental Europe began to manufacture copies of Greek gold and silver coins. These were the first coins ever made in northrn Europe. The chariot on this coin is a good reproduction of the coin of Phillip of Macedon (359-336 BCE). The Greek inscription "Philippou"- of Phillip, is correct, although writing had not yet been adopted in northern Europe. CM, 1861.5-9.2
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Copy of a gold stater, Iron Age, 3rd. During the third century, the Celtic peopl...

Silver bowl, Carolingian, 9th century. Ecclesiastical bowl of gilded solver and niello with a knobbed lid,decorated in relief with rosettes of acanthus leaves, some enclosing crosses and vine tendrils inhabited by birds. The birds are a Christian symbol and represent paradise or Christ in union with his church. The bowl, or Pyx, was used to contain communion wafers and was probably made in northern France. From Spain. M&ME, AF.33041
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Silver bowl, Carolingian, 9th century. Ecclesiastical bowl of gilded solver and...

0310000083 Silver spoon from the first Cyprus treasure, Byzantine, c600 AD. Spoon embossed with a running ram on the bowl; one of a set of eleven. The pear-shaped bowl is engraved on the underside with a foliate pattern, and attached by means of a disc to an elaborate baluster handle. The animals probably alluded to the hunt, and would have been an entertaining and appropriate subject for high-status domestic cutlery. The tradition of decorating the spoons of bowls with floral patterns, inscriptions, and occasionally animals, goes back to the fourth and fifth centuries but none of the earlier examples have such beautiful detail. This example formed part of the first hoard of silver found at the ancient site of Lambousa in Cyprus, near the modern village of Lapithos. M&ME, 1899,4-25,23
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0310000083 Silver spoon from the first Cyprus treasure, Byzantine, c600 AD. Spo...

Silver pendant, Slav (Kiev type), 12th century. This silver temporal pendant or earring is one of a pair. It would have been worn in the region of the temples, suspended from a crown or head-dress. The pendant is decorated with an interlaced, mythical animal and geometric designs on a black, nielloed ground. The animal may be a dynastic symbol. Silver pendants of this type are later versions of gold examples and would have been worn as female court regalia at ceremonial occasions in the princely court of Kiev, the capital of the early state of Rus'. The pendant was found in 1906, buried in a metal casket in Trekhsvyatytelska Street (Street of the Three Saints), opposite the gates of the Mikhailovsky Golden Dome Monastery in Kiev, Ukraine. The hoard was probably buried at the time of the Tartar invasions and sack of Kiev around 1240. M&ME, 1907,5-20,13
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Silver pendant, Slav (Kiev type), 12th century. This silver temporal pendant or...

Royal manufacture of Sevres porcelain Plate: "Souvenir de Rosny" 1839; Sevres hard porcelain, enamel on biscuit porcelain 68cm x 68cm OA 11314
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Royal manufacture of Sevres porcelain Plate: "Souvenir de Rosny" 1839; Sevres...

Portable mosaic: Saint George defeating the dragon First half of the 14th century; Constantinople OA 3110
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Portable mosaic: Saint George defeating the dragon First half of the 14th centu...

Plate: Henri II, king of France, on horseback Middle of the 16th century; Limoges Enamel on copper; diameter: 28cm N 1247
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Plate: Henri II, king of France, on horseback Middle of the 16th century; Limog...

Parade shield after Giovanni Stradanus: Entry of Cosimo I. de Medici, Grandduke of Tuscany, into Rome 1569. Canvas on wood, grisaille, hightened with gold.
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Parade shield after Giovanni Stradanus: Entry of Cosimo I. de Medici, Grandduke...

Royal manufacture of Sevres porcelain Pair of vases "Clodion" de Monsieur Cartels by Jean-Charles Develly Given by Louis XVIII to his son, future Charles X. 1817; Sevres hard porcelain, gilded bronze OA 11340, OA 11341
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Royal manufacture of Sevres porcelain Pair of vases "Clodion" de Monsieur Cart...

Royal manufacture of Sevres porcelain Pair of vases "Clodion" de Monsieur Cartels by Jean-Charles Develly Given by Louis XVIII to his son, future Charles X. 1817; Sevres hard porcelain, gilded bronze OA 11340, OA 11341
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Royal manufacture of Sevres porcelain Pair of vases "Clodion" de Monsieur Cart...

Royal manufacture of Sevres porcelain Pair of vases "Clodion" de Monsieur (detail: elephant head) Cartels by Jean-Charles Develly Given by Louis XVIII to his son, future Charles X. 1817; Sevres hard porcelain, gilded bronze OA 11340, OA 11341
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Royal manufacture of Sevres porcelain Pair of vases "Clodion" de Monsieur (det...