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Forgery of a Gold Semissis of Anastasios I
Obverse: Bust of Anastasios I facing right with diadem, cuirass, and paludamentum.
DNANASTA-SIVSPPAVC
D[OMINUS NOSTER] ANASTASIVS P[ER]P[ETEUUS] AVC[VSTVS]
Our Lord, Anastasios, Perpetual Emperor
Reverse: Victory, nude to the waist,…
DNANASTA-SIVSPPAVC
D[OMINUS NOSTER] ANASTASIVS P[ER]P[ETEUUS] AVC[VSTVS]
Our Lord, Anastasios, Perpetual Emperor
Reverse: Victory, nude to the waist,…
Foro e Colonna di Trajano
Constant, who associated with the painter-photographers at the Caffè Greco, was the first in Rome to use the method of albumen on glass plate negatives devised by the Frenchman Niépce de Saint-Victor in 1847. This remarkable album contains thirty…
Four Panels from a Casket
The four panels depict episodes from Passion and Resurrection of Christ.
Top left: (these vignettes are meant to be read separately) the Judgement and Denial of St. Peter, at left, Pontius Pilate is shown seated, washing his hands in a basin with…
Top left: (these vignettes are meant to be read separately) the Judgement and Denial of St. Peter, at left, Pontius Pilate is shown seated, washing his hands in a basin with…