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Labyrinth, Knossos Silver Tetradrachm
Silver tetradrachm, Knossos, Crete. 2nd-1st century BCE. O: Zeus, R: Labyrinth. (Alpha Bank Numismatics Collection, Kerkyra, Corfu)
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Silver Tetradrachm
Silver tetradrachm from Eretria Euboea, c. 485 BCE. O: Cow, R: Octopus in incuse square. (Alpha Bank Numismatics Collection, Kerkyra, Corfu)
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Pegasus, Corinthian Silver Stater
Silver Stater from Corinth, 386-307 BCE.
Obverse: Pegasus,
Reverse: Athena.
Alpha Bank Numismatics Collection, Kerkyra, Corfu.
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Athenian Silver Tetradrachm
Athenian silver tetradrachm, depicting Athena on the obverse and an owl with an olive branch on the reverse, 479-454 BCE.
Alpha Bank Numismatics Collection, Kerkyra, Corfu.
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Silver Decadrachm, Syracuse
Silver decadrachm from Syracuse, Sicily, c. 400 BCE. O: Quadriga with Nike crowning a charioteer. R: Head of Arethousa with dolphins. (Alpha Bank Numismatics Collection, Kerkyra, Corfu)
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Map of Europe, 400 CE
Map of Europe in 400 CE
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Maya Urn with Jaguar Figure & Skulls
A polychrome urn with a jaguar figure and skulls. Classic Maya, 600-900 CE, Guatemala. (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore)
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Columbarium Being Stripped Bare by 18th-Century Treasure Hunters
From the 15th-18th centuries CE, the many columbaria that lined the consular highways leading out of Rome were plundered and destroyed. Consequently, one sees bits and pieces of them cemented into the walls of villas and palazzos all over...
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Etching of a Columbarium
Although the title under this etching reads "camera sepolcrale inventata"—imaginary sepulchral chamber—it is likely based on the great columbaria for the slaves of Livia and Augustus, which, we know from other etchings, Piranesi did see (Ignoring...
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Dancer with Conical Hat Holding Noisemaker, Columbarium Villa Pamphili
One finds such dancers (This one resembles a pop-eyed Pinocchio) in ancient Roman funerary art. Although they may well have apotropaic significance—i.e., to ward off evil—they fit in with the theatrical motifs found on walls in columbaria...