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Long Barrow
A long barrow is a class of Middle Neolithic (approximately 3500-2700 BCE) burial monument which is found extensively throughout the British Isles and is related to other forms of contemporary tomb-building traditions of north-western Europe...
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Impression of the Laocoön Group
Artist's impression of the Laocoön group based on the reconstruction of the original composition suggested by Seymour Howard.
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Imperial Roman Coin Portraying a Rhinoceros
This Roman quadrans was minted in the reign of Domitian sometime between 84-90 CE and features a two-horned rhinoceros on the obverse. The coin commemorates the appearance of a two-horned rhinoceros in the Colosseum for the first time, where...
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Gold Coin of Brutus
Aureus of Brutus, thought to have been struck in the late summer or autumn of 42 BCE at a military mint travelling with Marcus Junius Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece. Obverse: portrait of Brutus Reverse...
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Hyperpyron Coin of Manuel I Komnenos
A gold hyperpyron coin of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos (r. 1143-1180 CE). On the obverse is Christ while the emperor is shown on the reverse holding a cross. (Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com)
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A Coin of Magas of Cyrene with Silphium Plant
A coin minted during the reign of Magas of Cyrene, showing the silphium plant, c. 300-282 or 275 BCE.
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Coin Portrait of Arsinoe II
Gold octadrachm (mnaieion) with the veiled portrait of Arsinoe II on the obverse; the reverse illustrates a double cornucopia (dikeras), bound with a royal fillet (diadēma) and overflowing with grapes, pomegranate and pyramidical cakes; the...
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Romanos IV Histamenon
A gold Byzantine histamenon coin of the emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (r. 1068-1071 CE). (Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com)
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Gold Dinar of Khosrow II
Gold dinar of Khosrow II (r. 590-628), minted in the Sassanian Empire, c. 611.
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Coin of Justinian II
A gold coin of Byzantine emperor Justinian II (r. 685-95 & 705-11 CE). This example is from his second reign. (Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com)