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0310000124 Portrait dish, (Dutch?), c1583. Portrait of a woman in Elizabethan dress with Venetian-style border decoration of fruit and flowers. In the sixteenth century, immigrant Italian potters spread the styles and techniques of painted maiolica into the Southern Netherlands; maiolica is a ceramic technique using tin-glaze which produces a surface similar to porcelain and can be easily painted. Antwerp and Haarlem also produced pottery with sophisticated decoration inspired by Italian prototypes with the town of Delft later emerging as the principal pottery centre. M&ME, 1885,5-8,40
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0310000124 Portrait dish, (Dutch?), c1583. Portrait of a woman in Elizabethan d...

Cast bronze medal of Pietro Aretino, Venice, around 1542. The self-styled "scourge of princes" was a great celebrity of the 16th century. He published a great number of poems, plays and letters and was a venomous satyrist.
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Cast bronze medal of Pietro Aretino, Venice, around 1542. The self-styled "scou...

Silver tetradrachm of Mithridates I., Parthian, from Iran, 171-138 BCE. It is not clear when Parthian coinage started, but by the end of the second BCE coins were produced throughout the Parthian empire, imitating the designs of the Seleucid rulers of Iran. CM 1848-8-3-22
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Silver tetradrachm of Mithridates I., Parthian, from Iran, 171-138 BCE. It is no...

Silver denarius of Cleopatra VII and Mark Anthony. Portrait of Cleopatra, companion of Mark Anthony. After their defeat in the sea battle of Actium in 31 BCE both committed suicide in Alexandria, capital of Egypt. CM 1860.3-28.21
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Silver denarius of Cleopatra VII and Mark Anthony. Portrait of Cleopatra, compan...

Gold aureus with facing portrait of Postumus (260-269), who led a revolt against Emperor Gallienus and ruled over Britain, Gaul and Spain but never acchieved total control. CM 1864.11-28.141
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Gold aureus with facing portrait of Postumus (260-269), who led a revolt against...

Gold medallion showing Constantine the Great (306-337) striking enemies. Constantine adopted Christianity as the official state religion.Inscription "GLORIA CONSTANTINI AUG." CM RO244 (PCR 1302)
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Gold medallion showing Constantine the Great (306-337) striking enemies. Consta...

Bronze follis of Theodohad, Ostrogothic king. Minted in Rome, 534-36. Following the fall of Rome in the late 5th century, a number of Germanic kingdoms established themselves within the former Western Roman Empire. Minting gold coins was a preorgative of the Byzantine Emperors, but silver and copper coins were minted by local rulers. Teodohad's bronze coin shows him wearing a "spangenhelm", a helmet-like crown worn by the Germanic kings. CM, 1847-11-8-378
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Bronze follis of Theodohad, Ostrogothic king. Minted in Rome, 534-36. Following...

Gold solidus of Theodebert I, minted in the kingdom of Metz, eastern France. Frankish, 534-548 CE. After the fall of Rome, a number of "barbarian" kingdoms emerged in the West. Their coinage consisted of large gold coins called "solidi" and smaller gold coins called "tremisses", and normally carried the name of the reigning emperor in Constantinople. The first exception to this is the gold coinage of the Frankish king Theodebert I. CM 68-12-1-10 (B 103)
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Gold solidus of Theodebert I, minted in the kingdom of Metz, eastern France. Fr...

Gold solidus of Justinian I.,minted at Constantinople, 527-565. Justinian's general Belisarius recaptured Rome and Ravenna from the Ostrogoths and Carthage from the Vandals. There was a brief revival of imperial authority under Justinian and coins were issued in Italy and surrounding Germanic kingdoms. CM BMC Justinian 5
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Gold solidus of Justinian I.,minted at Constantinople, 527-565. Justinian's gene...

Gold solidus of Empress Irene (797-802). She was the first woman to rule in her own name, calling herself "basileus" (emperor), and "basilissa" on her gold coins, with her image on either side. CM 1852-9-3-35
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Gold solidus of Empress Irene (797-802). She was the first woman to rule in her...

Gold solidus of Charlemagne, Frankish, (762 - 814). Minted in Dorestad, Netherlands. Crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III in 800. He rarely used his imperial title on coins, describing himself rather as king of the Franks and Lombards.
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Gold solidus of Charlemagne, Frankish, (762 - 814). Minted in Dorestad, Netherla...

Gold hyperperon of Emperor Manuel Komnenos, Byzantine (1143-80). The distinctive form of Byzantine coinage was "dished" in form, to give one concave side and one convex. On this side of the hyperperion is the image of the Emperor holding orb and sceptre, with the hand of God crowning him. CM 1918-5-3-18
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Gold hyperperon of Emperor Manuel Komnenos, Byzantine (1143-80). The distinctive...