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Astrolabe of ‘Umar ibn Yusuf ibn ‘Umar ibn ‘Ali ibn Rasul al-Muzaffari, later Sultan of Yemen (r.1295-96).
Brass; cast and hammered, pierced, chased, inlaid with silver. Made in Yemen
A.H. 690/ A.D. 1291
The Metropolitan Museum, NYC, Edward C. Moore…

Obv.: Laureate head of Augustus, r.; around, AVGVSTVS DIVI F.
Rev.: Augustus, bare-headed, togate, seated l. on stool on low platform on r. extending r. hand to infant held out by cloaked figure; in exergue, IMP XIIII.

obverse: Bust of Aurelian; reverse: Victory; star

Obv.: Laureate bust of Diocletian to r.

Rev.: Emperor laureate, togate, standing facing l., holding globe in r. hand and long stick in l.

Obv.: Bust of Faustina, draped, to r., hair elaborately dressed in horizontal waves at the front, and coiled up in a bun, pearl diadem;
Rev.: Venus, standing, facng l., holding apple in r. hand, and a rudder set on dolphin, which coils around it

Obv.: Bust of Sabina, draped, r., hair falling in plait down neck: it is waved at back and rises in crest over stephane above diadem
Rev.: Concordia, seated on throne, holding patera in r. hand, resting elbow on a statuette of Spes on a low base;…

Obv.: Bust of Hadrian, draped, head bare to r. r.
Rev.: Hadrian, on horse pacing r., raising r. hand

This image shows the scene of Christ's body lying in the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.

Late 5th early 6th century mosaic from the Arian Baptistry in Ravenna showing the Baptism of Jesus by St John the Baptist

Late 5th century mosaic showing the Baptism of Jesus by St John the Baptist in the Baptistry of Neon (Neonian Baptistry) in Ravenna.