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Gold coin. (whole)
Head and shoulders bust of Endubis right, wearing headcloth with rays at forehead and triangular ribbon behind, framed by two wheat-stalks. Disc and crescent at top. (reverse)
Head and shoulders bust of Endubis right, wearing…

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Head and shoulders bust of Ebana right, wearing headcloth, holding branch / fly-whisk (?) (or short stick / sceptre), flanked by two wheat-stalks, in a beaded circle. (reverse)
Head and shoulders bust of Ebana right, crowned, holding short stick (or…

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This gold necklace was found in Szilágysomlyó (modern-day Simleu-Silvaniei, Romania) in 1797 by two shepherd boys. The central pendant is smoky quartz. The other 51 pendants depict various tools and weapons in miniature as well as a man in a canoe.…

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This gold bar is one of fifteen (all dating to the 4th century) that were found in Romania in the late 19th century. The form makes it more easily transportable, and it most likely would have been brought to a mint where it would have been melted…

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Bust of Constantine I, draped, cuirassed, head, laureate, right. (obverse). Sol, radiate, naked except for cloak over both shoulders, standing right, crowning, with raised right hand, Constantine I, in military dress, with cloak over both shoulders,…

This dark puple-blue glass bucket shows images of Dionysiac scenes. Scholars have debated the date of its creation, offering a range from the 4th century to the 6th or 7th, and with a Byzantine origin for these later dates.

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Translucent blue green; handle in same color; trails in translucent cobalt blue.
Plain rim, with downward flange on one side; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downwards; slanting, rounded shoulder; funnel-shaped body; thick bottom…
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