Browse Items (972 total)

Obverse: Head of Hera r., wearing stephane with palmettes. HP[A] above. Should be Λ below but not on this specimen. Reverse: Thunderbolt in wreath. F-A across field. Loop attached above.

Obverse: Eagle flying r. with hare. 2 countermarks. Reverse: Thunderbolt with F-A across field. Incuse circle.

Foreparts of lion and bull, facing each other; rev: Two incuse squares, one slightly larger.

This equestrian bronze statue of Saladin was unveiled in 1993 by the then Syrian president Hafex Assad marking the 800th anniversary of Saladin’s death. It depicts his victory at the Battle of Hittin. Saladin is shown on horseback with two swordsmen,…

The inner reliquary of the True Cross was made by a goldsmith, Gerard, in Constantinople before 1216 for Henry of Flanders. The exact date of the arrival of this True Cross reliquary in Venice is unknown, but it is considered most likely that it…

This ivory diptych, called the Stilicho Diptych, is most often associated with the Roman commander, Flavius Stilicho, who, according to Edward Gibbon, was “the last of the Roman generals.” Related by marriage to the emperor Theodosius I, Stilicho…