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CoinOfNoteVale Pope Francis. <a href="https://www.vaticannews.va/en.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.vaticannews.va/en.html</a>This medallion of Francis embracing his predecessor, Benedict XVI makes me ponder if the two Popes are meeting again in this way up in heaven now.The Holy See has entered "Sede Vacante" - the time between Popes. This coin from the September 1978 Sede Vacante before Pope John Paul II was elected. More on this piece: <a href="https://coinofnote.com/1978-vatican-500-lire-sede-vacante-september/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://coinofnote.com/1978-vatican-500-lire-sede-vacante-september/</a><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pope</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PopeFrancis</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/SedeVacante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SedeVacante</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Vatican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vatican</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Numismatics</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/numismatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@numismatics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@histodons</a>

CoinOfNoteJust which type of coins were the 30 pieces of silver Judas Iscariot was paid with for handing Jesus over to be crucified?Classical Numismatics investigates the options: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cYiCGMIwOw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cYiCGMIwOw</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/numismatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@numismatics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@histodons</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Numismatics</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Coins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coins</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/AncientCoins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AncientCoins</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodons</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Bible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bible</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/CoinsOfTheBible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoinsOfTheBible</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/BibleCoins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BibleCoins</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Easter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Easter</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Easter2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Easter2025</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Religious</a>

Halotis PourtalesLibro de Venezuela: Monedas de Venezuela. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Venezuela?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Venezuela</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Monedas?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Monedas</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Coins?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coins</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Numismática?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Numismática</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Numismatics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Numismatics</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Libros?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Libros</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a>

Erotic Mythology 🌹It's the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfZeus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DayOfZeus</a> / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday! ⚡"Upon the altar of Zeus Polieus [Urban Zeus] they place barley mixed with wheat and leave it unguarded. The ox, which they keep already prepared for sacrifice, goes to the altar and partakes of the grain. One of the priests they call the ox-slayer." Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.24.4🏛️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zeus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zeus</a> on a coin from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sicily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sicily</a>, 3rd century BCE<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@antiquidons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreekRomanArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#numismatics</a>

CoinOfNoteA metal detectorist spent 6 years searching the same farm and was eventually rewarded with a rare £5,000 coin from emperor Aulus Vitellius, who ruled the <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Roman</a> Empire for just 8 months in 69 AD.<a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a64378729/roman-coin-vitellius/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a64378729/roman-coin-vitellius/</a><a href="https://historians.social/tags/numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#numismatics</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/coins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coins</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/CoinCollecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoinCollecting</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/AncientCoins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AncientCoins</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/historians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#historians</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histodons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/numismatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@numismatics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@histodons</a>

CoinOfNoteNumista is one of the best resources for <a href="https://historians.social/tags/numismatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#numismatic</a> information. Awhile ago they added an <a href="https://historians.social/tags/exonumia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exonumia</a> section, then added <a href="https://historians.social/tags/banknotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#banknotes</a> and now they have a new <a href="https://historians.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#literature</a> section.Read about it in E-Sylum: <a href="https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n13.html#article4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n13.html#article4</a>Browse it on Numista here: <a href="https://en.numista.com/literature/index.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.numista.com/literature/index.php</a><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Numismatics</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Web</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/CoinCollecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoinCollecting</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/numismatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@numismatics</a>

CoinOfNoteWhich brings us to one more <a href="https://historians.social/tags/MysteryCoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MysteryCoin</a> - but this one hasn't yet been revealed. Do YOU know what it is? All will be revealed soon!<a href="https://historians.social/tags/SaturdayNightCoinShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaturdayNightCoinShow</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Numismatics</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/CoinCollecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoinCollecting</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Coins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coins</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/WhatIsIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhatIsIt</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/numismatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@numismatics</a>

CoinOfNoteNext, for <a href="https://historians.social/tags/SaturdayNightCoinShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaturdayNightCoinShow</a>, another <a href="https://historians.social/tags/MysteryCoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MysteryCoin</a> - this one is a lovely <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Tactile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tactile</a> piece, although I must admit, I know very little about the design! Can you <a href="https://historians.social/tags/help" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#help</a> please? The coin is an 1835-1910 Bhutan 1/2 Rupee, and despite my lack of info on the coin, I did compile some interesting details on the country for you: <a href="https://coinofnote.com/1835-1910-bhutan-1-2-rupee/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://coinofnote.com/1835-1910-bhutan-1-2-rupee/</a><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Numismatics</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/CoinCollecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoinCollecting</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Unknown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Unknown</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/WhatIsIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhatIsIt</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodons</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Coins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coins</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/numismatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@numismatics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@histodons</a>

CoinOfNoteHere is a coin with some beautiful toning, helped by its interesting metal composition. This is the 1922 East Africa Half Shilling: <a href="https://coinofnote.com/1922-east-africa-half-shilling/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://coinofnote.com/1922-east-africa-half-shilling/</a><a href="https://historians.social/tags/SaturdayNightCoinShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaturdayNightCoinShow</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Numismatics</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Coins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coins</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/numismatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@numismatics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@histodons</a>

Erotic Mythology 🌹Have a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 🗡️"Sokrates: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ares</a>, then, if you like, would be named for his virility and courage, or for his hard and unbending nature, which is called arraton; so Ares would be in every way a fitting name for the god of war." Plato, Cratylus 407d🏛 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mars</a>, Roman Ar Denarius of Caracalla<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@antiquidons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfAres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DayOfAres</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreekRomanArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#numismatics</a>

CoinOfNoteThis week's E-Sylum has an interesting article on Roman-Egyptian coins: <a href="https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n10.html#article20" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n10.html#article20</a>I quite like the thick Egyptian tetradrachms issued under Roman rule, such as this tetradrachm issued under Numerian:<a href="https://coinofnote.com/284-rome-numerian-tetradrachm/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://coinofnote.com/284-rome-numerian-tetradrachm/</a><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Numismatics</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/CoinCollecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoinCollecting</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rome</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/AncientCoins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AncientCoins</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/numismatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@numismatics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@histodons</a>

Erotic Mythology 🌹It's the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfHelios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DayOfHelios</a> / Sol's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sunday</a>! ☀️"Helios, the myth tells us, becoming enamoured of [Poseidon's daughter] Rhodos, named the island Rhodes after her and caused the water which had overflowed it to disappear." Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 5.56.3🏛️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Helios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Helios</a> head on a tetradrachm from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rhodos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rhodos</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@antiquidons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreekRomanArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#numismatics</a>

Tom ElliottFrom <a href="https://hcommons.social/@ewg118" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ewg118</a> 's blog, we learn that the Münzkabinett Berlin and its partner institutions in Germany, Europe and the United States have launched a new digital type catalogue for the coinage of <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Ostrogoths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ostrogoths</a> in Italy in the 6th century.<a href="https://numishare.blogspot.com/2025/03/new-portal-on-coins-of-ostrogoths.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://numishare.blogspot.com/2025/03/new-portal-on-coins-of-ostrogoths.html</a><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#numismatics</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/LateAntiquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LateAntiquity</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/earlyMiddleAges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#earlyMiddleAges</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/DH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DH</a>

CoinOfNoteThe US Congress introduced medals to honour the bravery of the police officers who defended the US Capitol on January 6th 2021. To go with these, replica pieces were available for anyone to purchase.These have suddenly been removed from sale without any notice or explanation. A friend shared the news, but I will post the E-Sylum article here as it also links to a bunch of mainstream articles about the removal: <a href="https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n09.html#article29" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n09.html#article29</a><a href="https://historians.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Numismatics</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/numismatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@numismatics</a>

CoinOfNoteI missed the earlier article in last week's E-Sylum (there's a link in the post) but here is the second article on "AI Book slop". There is a saying: "Buy the book before the coin". Meaning, get a good reference and learn about what you are interested in before buying coins. THAT is good advice, but it is disappointing that AI is now being used to swindle collectors when they try to buy books: <a href="https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n09.html#article13" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n09.html#article13</a><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Numismatics</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/CoinCollecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoinCollecting</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/numismatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@numismatics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

CoinOfNoteAn interesting pieces in this week's E-Sylum about how ancient Roman lead pollution can be tied to coins: <a href="https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n08.html#article21" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n08.html#article21</a> - It is (or was) terrible for the Romans, but fascinating to see how things like this can be traced back.<a href="https://historians.social/tags/Numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Numismatics</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rome</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodons</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Coins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coins</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/CoinCollecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoinCollecting</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/numismatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@numismatics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@histodons</a>

CoinOfNoteA couple of interesting pieces in this week's E-Sylum. Firstly, people exploring a cave in Spain discovered an ancient coin stuck between rock formations. I can't help but imagine future archaeologists exploring behind my couch cushions and being equally as excited 😆 (They may well find a Roman coin and that WOULD surprise them!)<a href="https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n07.html#article25" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n07.html#article25</a><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Numismatics</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Archaeology</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodons</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rome</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/numismatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@numismatics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@histodons</a>

Archaeology News :verified:Over 1,000 artifacts unearthed during German church renovationExcavations conducted between June 2022 and September 2023 at St. Mary’s Church in Gardelegen have uncovered more than 1,000 artifacts dating back seven centuries. Among the most significant finds was a hoard of 679 coins and coin fragments, and an 8-centimeter-tall monkey figurine made of lead bronze...More information: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/02/over-1000-artifacts-unearthed-in-german-church/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archaeologymag.com/2025/02/over-1000-artifacts-unearthed-in-german-church/</a>Follow <a href="https://mstdn.social/@archaeology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@archaeology</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medieval</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#numismatics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/stmaryschurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stmaryschurch</a>

Erotic Mythology 🌹It's the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfHelios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DayOfHelios</a> / Sol's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sunday</a>! ☀️"O Helios (Sun), a bronze one, when having laid to sleep the wave of Enyo (War) they garlanded the fatherland with the spoils of their ill-wishers." Suidas s.v. Kolassaeis🏛️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Helios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Helios</a> head on a tetradrachm from Rhodos, 3rd–2nd century BCE<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@antiquidons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreekRomanArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#numismatics</a>

CoinOfNoteThis is an ad and you could make your own cheaper than it is being sold for, but still, I do really like the idea - imagine a penny set, each with one of these pictures of something from that year. Have you ever done or seen anything similar? It is a great way of bringing the time of each coin to life.<a href="https://historians.social/tags/SaturdayNightCoinShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaturdayNightCoinShow</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Numismatics</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/CoinCollecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoinCollecting</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/numismatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@numismatics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@histodons</a>

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