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Side B: two boys wrestling.

Side A: archaistic Athena

Side A: archaistic Athena to left. Side B: two boys wrestling.

Built on the foundations of the Temple of Sun God (Helios), whose cult was much distinct to the island of Rhodes in the antiquity, the palace was the residence of the governor and the island's administrative center. It was constructed in the 14th…

Literally “Golden Pall” or “Golden Cloth”, the Pala d’Oro is the retable of the high alter at the Basilica di San Marco in Venice. It measures 3 meters wide by 2 meters tall and features a total of 187 enamel plaques along with numerous precious and…

Crescent-shaped earrings were the most popular style of Byzantine gold earrings in the sixth and seventh centuries. The jewelry was formed from sheet gold using the openwork technique, by cutting away the background and leaving the image as a…

Gold coin. (whole)
Arabic inscription within a plain and a dotted circle. (reverse)
Arabic inscription; area divided into three by two horizontal lines. (obverse)

Inscriptions

Obverse
Inscription language: Latin
Inscription content: D N ANASTASIVS P F AVG

Reverse
Inscription language: Latin
Inscription content: VICTORIA AVCCC monogram of Theodoric

Mintmark
Inscription position: reverse filed and…

The Sion Treasure (BZ.1963.36.1-3,11 and BZ.1965.1.1,5,12) is an extensive and varied group of liturgical objects and church furnishings discovered in the early 1960s in southern Turkey. A significant part of this treasure is in Dumbarton Oaks, while…