#ancient coin

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Stater of Phalasarna with head of Artemis.

Culture: Greek

Period: Late Classical Period

Date: 350 B.C.

Mint: Crete, Phalasarna

Medium: Silver

#ancient #ancient art #history #museum #archeology #ancient history #archaeology #greek #ancient coin #coin #numismatics #currency #stater of Phalasarna #artemis #late classical period #crete #silver #350 b.c.

[underestimated-heroine]

hey so this is random but i have an ancient coin and no clue where to start figuring anything out about it?

I actually got it for free from Mercari because there was a mailing issue and the seller was generous enough to take responsibility. he refused to take my money.

I'll say firstly it does NOT look like it was stored properly (if there's such a thing? idk i don't actually collect coins honestly) and a small edge seems to have been broken off a long time ago.

I CAN tell you it looks copper. It says "Ptolemy III Lotus Blossom" on the package in pen and if you look, you can see there's a faded lotus-like design on the middle on one side, circled neatly in points or dots worked out of the metal (the fraction taken off bites into the circle just a tiny bit, though it's also rather faded on that side).

because of the glare from the packaging i'm struggling to get a good pic of it but if anyone who knows anything happens to see this and can tell me anything about how to get it properly "entombed"/displayed or whatever it would be much appreciated. i have tried to do a bit of research but sort of not had great luck, though I haven't gotten as serious as I should've with it yet.

in any case, thanks to anyone who read this, and sorry for my lack of knowledge and subsequent bad tagging.

#ancient coins #coin collecting #coin collection #archaeology #ptolemy iii #ptolemy III Euergetes #history #egyptian history #ancient coin #posts actually written by me

[blueiskewl]

Rare Ancient Silver Coin Looted in Israel Returned  

A rare silver coin — valued at $1 million — that was looted from an archeological site in Israel has been returned to the country, Manhattan prosecutors said this week.

The quarter shekel was minted by Jewish rebels fighting the Roman empire during “The Great Jewish Revolt” in 69 C.E. and dug up in the Ella Valley years later.

The Israel Antiquities Authority learned in 2002 through multiple informants that the ancient coin — known as the “Year Four Quarter Shekel” — had been looted.

The coin is one of only two dating back to the revolt, which began in 66 C.E., that are known to exist. It was moved through the illicit antiquities markets until it was smuggled from Israel through Jordan to the UK, where it was offered at a London auction in 2017.

Homeland Security officials seized the coin later that year after collectors tried to sell it at an auction in Denver, where it was listed as having an estimated value between $500,000 and $1 million.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit took the investigation over and eventually sent the shekel home to Israel.

“We are honored to return the Quarter Shekel, an exceedingly rare coin that has immense cultural value,” DA Alvin Bragg said in a statement Monday.

“Despite the complexity of this investigation, our team of prosecutors, analysts and agents working with Israeli authorities, were able to track down this antiquity in just a matter of months.”

The shekel was returned at a repatriation ceremony on Monday attended by Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan.

“This singular artifact is a stark reminder of the Jewish people’s millennia-old connection to the land of Israel,” Erdan said in a statement, thanking authorities “for restoring this priceless coin to its rightful home.”

#Rare Ancient Silver Coin Looted in Israel Returned #quarter shekel #year four quarter shekel #rare #rare coin #collectable coin #ancient coin #looted #stolen #archeology #archeolgst #ancient artifacts #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #roman history #roman empire #the great jewish revolt

[gemville]

Dolce & Gabbana Alta Gioielleria Coin Bracelet

Gold, Historical Roman Coin, Garnets and Rubellites

Source: vogue.sg

#dolce & gabbana #dolce & gabbana jewelry #high jewelry bracelet #roman coins #ancient rome #ancient coin #historical coin #garnet #rubellite #gold #gold bracelet #multi gem high jewelry #multi gem bracelets #coin jewelry #high jewelry #luxury jewelry #fine jewelry #fine jewellery pieces #gemville

[daggerpinknife]

coin from Aphrodite's ancient temple of Paphos (note the 8 point star, sacred to deities of the planet Venus!)

#koinon kyprion #ancient coin #aphrodite worship #i also spot what appears to be the goddess pose of Tanit here as well!!! #goddess mediterranea is a marvel to me #the crescent under the star appears to allude from whence the star of venus is born in eastern mythology #daughter of the moon #daughter of the moon is also an epithet for constellation virgo! who in the end is simply divine aphrodite! or rather #a youthful celestial kore #ancient cyprus #antiquity

[rhcreations]

#Ancient Coin #3dmodel #RHCreations #blender3d

[lotoumpas]

Stater of Aegina Island Greek Ancient Coin Turtle Attica Reproduction Sea Turtle Greece Replica Coin - Lotoumpas.

https://lotoumpas.ecrater.com/

#aegina #island #stater #turtle #tortoise #ancient #coin #greek #greece #attika #attica #sea #sea turtle #greek coin #collector #collectible #collectibles #ancient greece #ancient coin #ancient coins

[health-tips-23]

The History of Coins: When & Why Did People Start Using Coins?

#youtube #coins #silver coins #gold coins #coin #ancient coin #ancient coins #history of coins

[memories-of-ancients]

A hoard of Celtic gold coins hidden in a cow bone, discovered near Sedgewick, England, 1st century AD

from The Norfolk Museums Collections

#history #antiquities #ancient history #coins

[greekgiftsshop]

Aegina Turtle Stater Ancient Greek Coin Reproduction

Region: Aegina, Attica.

Value: stater.

Obverse: turtle.

Reverse: incuse square with skew pattern.

Ancient Greek Coin | Ancient Coin Replicas | GreekGifts.shop

#turtle #aegina #stater #ancient coin #ancient #coin #attica #greek islands #greece #ancient coins #ancient greece #greek

[worldhistoryfacts]

Ancient coins depicting the labyrinth from Knossos, Crete. Greek myths said that the rulers of Knossos built a labyrinth, at the center of which was a formidable minotaur. The stories tell of an Athenian hero, Theseus, who braved the maze and took on the monster.

{WHF} {Ko-Fi} {Medium}

#history #ancient #crete #greece #coins #labyrinth #myth

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Coin, Tetradrachm: A. Head of Athena, three olive leaves on the helmet; B. AΘE

Country/Issuer: Ancient Greece, Attica Athenes

Date: 5th century B.C.

Medium: Silver

#ancient #ancient art #history #museum #archeology #archaeology #ancient history #coin #ancient coins #money #numismatics #athens #attica #ancient greece #greece #ancient greek #tetradrachm #athena #silver #5th century B.C.

[sawbeaver]

#hermes worship #hermes #mercury #hermes god #ancient greek god #greek god #coin #greek myth #greek myth art #ancient greek mythology #greek mythology #ancient greek coin #roman coin #medieval coin

[goddidntdothis]

Bridge across the Styx

#referenced Love Will Triumph by charles haigh-wood #and for the painting #ancient carvings on coins depicting the lost pharos of alexandria #but like with a charon vibe (them vs death) #pathologic #pathologic fanart #daniil dankovsky #andrey stamatin #peter stamatin #farkhad

[secular-jew]

Jews are indigenous to Judea (and Palestine). Not Arabs. Not Muslims.

#israel #secular-jew #jewish #judaism #israeli #jerusalem #diaspora #secular jew #secularjew #islam #judea #judea and samaria #Samaria #coinage #ancient coins #Judean #indigenous #indigeneity

[illustratus]

View of the Forum Romanum by Salomon Corrodi

#salomon corrodi #art #roman forum #forum romanum #rome #ancient rome #ancient roman coins #roman #antiquity #architecture #city #ancient #europe #european #history #italy #ruins #landscape