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Freyja Amulet
Amulet of the Norse goddess Freyja. It is a copy of a find of a Viking period silver amulet from Aska in Hagebyhöga parish, Aska hundred, Vadstena municipality, Östergötland, Sweden.

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Thor Disguised as Freyja
Depiction connected with Norse mythology based on the Old Norse Þrymskviða poem in which Thor dresses up as Freyja to travel to giantland - the giant Thrym has stolen his hammer and demands Freyja as condition for its return. Freyja refuses...

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Freyja With Carriage
Depiction by Johannes Gehrts of the Norse goddess Freyja, here seen with her cat-drawn carriage and wearing the necklace Brísingamen.

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Freyja
Norse goddess Freyja putting on her necklace Brísingamen, painting by James Doyle Penrose (1862-1932).

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Silver Orontid Rhyton
A silver rhyton from Yerznka, ancient Armenia, 5th century BCE when it was ruled by the Orontid dynasty.

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Colchian II Type Silver Didrachm
Silver. Weight: e.g. 9,6 gr., 9,9 gr., 10,4 gr. – Persian stater;
e.g. 8,7 gr., 9,2 gr., – Attic didrachm.
d≈18/20-21/23 mm.
Obverse: Archaic female head to the right within the linear circle (the same as on the II type hemidrachm).
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Colchian Silver Drachm
Silver. Weight – 5,52 gr.
d=17/19 mm.
Obverse: Lion’s head facing.
Reverse: Bull’s head to the right in quadratum incusum.
Mint: Phasis.
Nominal: Siglos of the Persian system
Date: 5th c. BCE.

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Colchian Type I Silver Hemidrachm
Silver. The weights range from 1,7 to 2,6 gr.
d=11/12-12/13 mm.
Obverse: Lion’s head to the right/left, showing teeth.
Reverse: Lioness’ protome to the right in quadratum incusum. Mint: Phasis. Nominal: Attic system hemidrachm...

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Colchian Type II Silver Hemidrachm
Silver. Weights range from 1,2 to 2,6 gr.
d≈12 mm.
Obverse: Archaic female head to right/left within the linear circle or in border of the dots
. Reverse: Bull’s head to right within the linear circle. Some of the coins are with the...

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Colchian (So-called) Hemitetartemorion
Silver. Weight: 0,150 gr., 0,111 gr., 0,110 gr.
Obverse: Archaic female head to the right (identical with archaic female head depicted on the II type hemidrachm).
Reverse: Bird (crane) to the right. Mint: Phasis. Nominal: Attic...