Good one!
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Good luck in your quest AC.
I should add that the letter comes from the Tomb of Harkhuf, shown below [ATTACH] The inscription referring to the pygmy is on the far right of...
Thanks for the write-up and sharing of the coins. Pretty cool.
FYI, the famed dancing "pygmy" of King Pepi II...(circa 2250 B.C.) Letter from the king to Harkhuf the traveler “You have said in your letter...
Great article @Jochen ! I am reminded of first year hieroglyphics at Berkeley (I took three years of middle egyptian, hieratic, and demotic.) iw...
Nice acquisition at an unbeatable price!!!
Here is an Arcadius AE2 - 5.7 grams... I don't believe anyone knows the fixed relationship between bronze and silver or gold in that time period,...
There is only one As of Julia Maesa in Wildwinds and it has a different reverse type.
It seems OK to my relatively unpracticed eye. Not sure why anyone would cast a copy of this coin.
Yes, he has been castigated, fairly or unfairly for his treatment of Christians, among other religious minorities that refused to sacrifice to the...
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