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Filippi, archaeological museum
The golden diadem of the Scythian princess Meda, found in the tomb of Philip II of Macedon. Aigai, Macedonia, Greece. 4th century BC [960x700]
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Finally finished this whole set and took the opportunity to revamp the older ones.
It’s been fun.
Prints can be found here.
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Φλέβες και κοίτες σιδηρομεταλλεύματος, περιοχή Μαρμαρίτσας, Ροδόπη, Θράκη, Ελλάδα. Σεπτέμβριος 2010
Iron ore veins and beds, Marmaritsa, Rhodope, Thrace, Greece.
Rare Gold Drachm from Thasos, C. 380 BC
The obverse has the image Dionysos wearing an ivy-wreath and the reverse has the inscription ΘAΣION behind Herakles, who’s wearing a lion’s skin headdress, kneeling and shooting an arrow, a K is inscribed on the right, all within a linear square within an incuse square. This rare coin sold at auction for around 82,500 USD.
Thasos is an island off the ancient Thracian coast in the northern Agean Sea. The island was important in wine trade and also controlled rich gold and silver mines on the mainland. It was colonized at an early date by Phoenicians who founded a temple to the god Melqart, whom the Greeks identified as “Tyrian Heracles.” The temple still existed in the time of Herodotus.
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NEW MAP: Europe 275: Assassination of Aurelian (September 275) https://buff.ly/3rq8iBQ Aurelian’s victory in Gaul restored unity to the Roman Empire, a feat the Senate acknowledged by granting him the title Restitutor Orbis (“Restorer of the World”). The emperor then set his sights on Persia only to be assassinated by some of his staff in September 275. His sudden death shocked the army, who turned to the Senate to select a new emperor. Over the ensuing 2–3 months of consultation, there was an interregnum, during which Aurelian’s widow Ulpia Severina seems to have continued to preside as empress. #thirdcentury #alemanni #ancientrome #aurelian #cartografia #europe #europeanhistory #romanemperor #historia #historicalmap #historie #histories #historygeek #historymajor #historymuseum #persianempire #map #mapping #maps #militaryhistory #roman #romanempire #romanhistory #romans #semnones #september #spqr #thrace #caesar #newmap (at Caenophrurium)
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