Here is a coin from Hieropolis dating to ca 332 BC. It is referenced in Seyrig Numismatique Revue 1971 #3. The aramaic inscription reads (right...
For my birthday I bought this nice coin. The first Muslims who ruled in Spain were the descendants of the Umayyads who escaped the slaughter of...
I think the attribution may be correct. Remember that the script is not always exactly the same. Here is one from a sale:...
This coin (struck between 330 and 354) shows us the genius of the Roman People (hence Pop Romanvs) and (we think) the Milvian Bridge, perhaps the...
St. Tryphon is rare on coins. He is a third century martyr honored by Roman Catholics and the Orthodox. He is an unmercenary saint in that he...
The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church is wonderful for many reasons. Among other things it is droll. Here is what it says about St....
Yes. There is a Samarian coin like this with a different inscription between the king and lion and a different inscription over the ship instead...
In our Wednesday Night Class on the Apocrypha we looked at I Esdras which is the Greek word for Ezra. I have a substantial collection of Samarian...
Here is one of my coins of Mircea the Elder. Vlad's brother Radu, was quite handsome and was taken by Mehmed II (who conquered Constantinople in...
The first letter (the one farthest right) is an ayin which is originally a voiced pharyngeal fictive but nowadays is voiced like the first letter...
Here is a miliaresion (silver and relatively large coin) of John I Tzimiskes born in 925 and Byzantine emperor from 969-976. He became involved in...
I have a seal with St. John Chrysostom and I think I can see a chi on yours in the same place mine is.[ATTACH]
Nice seal with St. John Chrysostom.
The language of Byzantine coins and seals is the same and for much of the history of both it is medieval Greek. The rulers are the same but the...
The prohibition against "craven images" finally accepted by most Islamic dynasties (though not all at least up to the middle ages) meant that the...
At the beginning of the 13th century the greatest Christian city in the world, Constantinople, was taken over by the Latins, that is western...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] ue Macedon Chalkidian League 432-348 AR tetrobol 2.21gm SNG ANS 533
I suppose by now that nearly everyone realizes that the symbol for love, the so-called heart, which will be in abundance in a week, has nothing to...
Here is something that I wrote for the Feast of St. John Chrysostom whose nemesis was Eudoxia. I am also posting a coin of hers I make reference...
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