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Half-crown silver coin of Oliver Cromwell, 1658.
The Latin inscription reads: OLIVAR.D.G.RP.ANG.SCO.ET.HIB&cPRO (OLIVARIUS DEI GRATIA REIPUBLICAE ANGLIAE SCOTIAE ET HIBERNIAE ET CETERORUM PROTECTOR), meaning "Oliver, by the Grace of God Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and other (territories)".
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Half-crown silver coin of Oliver Cromwell, 1658. The Latin inscription reads: O...

Scottish penny commemorating Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish moral philosopher and  pioneering political economist.
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Scottish penny commemorating Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish moral philosopher...

Portrait of Ignaz von Born, friend and patron of W.A. Mozart,
master of the Freemasons' lodge "Zur gekroenten
Hoffnung". Mezzotint engraving by V. G. Kininger (1790) after a painting by Heinrich Friedrich Fueger.
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Portrait of Ignaz von Born, friend and patron of W.A. Mozart, master of the Fre...

Portrait of architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656-1723), after a painting by Gabrielle Bertrand.
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Portrait of architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656-1723), after a pa...

Erich Heckel: "Kaiser-Wilhelm-Museum, Krefeld". Germany, 1920. Woodcut, 63.5 x 45cm.
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Erich Heckel: "Kaiser-Wilhelm-Museum, Krefeld". Germany, 1920. Woodcut, 63.5 x 4...

Mark Rutherford: "Ainslee's November Number Now ready". USA, 1899. Colour lithograph, 52 x 34.5cm.
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Mark Rutherford: "Ainslee's November Number Now ready". USA, 1899. Colour lithog...

Dudley Hardy: "The Chieftain, Savoy Theatre". Great Britain, around 1898. Colour lithograph, 76.5 x 50cm. 
The Chieftain is a two-act comic opera by Sir Arthur Sullivan and F. C. Burnand, editor of the magazine 'Punch'. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on 12 December 1894.
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Dudley Hardy: "The Chieftain, Savoy Theatre". Great Britain, around 1898. Colour...

Kees van Dongen: "Vincente Escudero". Netherlands, 1931. Lithograph, 120.5 x 80cm. Escudero was a famous Spanish dancer.
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Kees van Dongen: "Vincente Escudero". Netherlands, 1931. Lithograph, 120.5 x 80c...

Weight, bronze or lead, woman's head.                  
H: 7,9 cm  Graeco-Roman                                
From the Treasure of Begram, Afghanistan, Room 13      
MG 21230
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Weight, bronze or lead, woman's head. H: 7,9 cm Graeco-Roman...

Woman sitting on a cushion.                            
Engraved bone, H: 67 cm                                
From the Treasure of Begram Afghanistan, 1st-2nd CE    
MG 21340
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Woman sitting on a cushion. Engraved bone, H: 67 cm...

Head of a Buddha, Vat Romlok, Angkor Borei (Ta keo)    
Pre-Angkor period. 6th-7th                             
Sandstone, H:28 cm                                     
ka 1085
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Head of a Buddha, Vat Romlok, Angkor Borei (Ta keo) Pre-Angkor period. 6th-...

Devi, Hindu goddess, wife of Shiva.                    
Koh krieng, Sambor, Mekong.                            
Pre-Angkor period, first half 7th                      
Sandstone, H: 127 cm                                   
ka 1621
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Devi, Hindu goddess, wife of Shiva. Koh krieng, Sambor, Meko...