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...
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....
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 a miliaresion (silver and relatively large coin) of John I Tzimiskes born in 925 and Byzantine emperor from 969-976. He became involved in...
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...
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...
Saturday was the Feast of St. John Chrysostom in Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican churches. He was bishop or archbishop of Constantinople (the...
[ATTACH] Here is an Byzantine electrum coin with the emperor and St. George. The next electrum piece is the emperor and St. Demetrius (os). The...
One of my favorite coins is this very small silver coin with a picture of God on it. It was struck in Samaria which was the name for Israel at...
The manus dei or hand of God is an artistic convention first seen on some of the posthumous coins of Constantine the Great. Here a chariot with...
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