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The Forgotten Odyssey: Greeks in the Heart of Asia

"This article offers a window into the deep historical ties between Greece and Central Asia. It discusses how Alexander the Great worked to create a hybrid Greco-Central Asian culture through military conquest, strategic marriages, and the founding of cities."

Imamkhodjaeva, O.P. (2025) 'The Forgotten Odyssey: Greeks in the heart of Asia,' Athens Journal of Mediterranean Studies, 12(1), pp. 9–28. https://doi.org/10.30958/ajms.12-1-1.

#Research #Article #History #Histodons #Archaeology #Numismatics #Ancient #Greece #Greeks #CentralAsia #Asia #Odyssey #AlexanderTheGreat #Academia

How is your week going? If it's anything like these two, hang in there - it's Thursday! You're doing great, you got this!

#Numismatics #Humour #Work #WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #Funny #Coins #Coin #Skeleton #Dark #DarkHumour #DarkHumor #CoinCollecting #Medallion @numismatics

I got a little stand to hold my phone to take a picture - it works well - despite the results here - this is a well circulated 2011 Australian dollar coin - but definitely easier than hand-holding the phone (Photographed on the tea towel just because it was there and looked a more interesting background than the bench).

What are your coin photography tips?

#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Coins #Photography #Photo #tips @numismatics

Ok #MysteryCoin fans, it's nearly #Newsletter time, so let's have a last look at this fortnight's #Coin.

A little less for you on this one than last time - 10.... in a great serif font! With a word underneath, and some interesting leaves and berries around the edge. But who issued it, and when? And from a series of coins which used broadly similar designs, why did I go with this one? It's not the lowest denomination... nor the highest, but there IS something about this one...

#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Newsletter #Coins #WhatIsIt @numismatics

Today is the feast of the Assumption of Mary - and since I almost got it wrong, here's a quick clarification of ascension vs assumption:

Ascension: Refers to Jesus Christ going up to heaven by His own divine power.

Assumption: Refers to Mary being taken up to heaven by the grace and power of God.

(Courtesy Our Lady of Fatima): https://www.facebook.com/100064845062038/posts/the-difference-between-the-ascension-and-the-assumptionascension-of-jesus-assump/1530095635828591/

So here is a "Miraculous medal - full info on that here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miraculous_Medal

For those doing St Michael's Lent, today is also the first official day, welcome!

#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Medallion #Mary #AssumptionOfMary #Christian #Catholic #OnThisDay @numismatics

Builders unearth €9m gold stash sealed in walls of Belgian property

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ydzg0dnz7o

Builders renovating a house in Belgium have discovered a stash of gold reportedly worth €9m (£7.6m) sealed into the walls of its cellar.

#gold #coins #treasure #bullion #numismatics #hoard #news #bbc #CurrentEvents 

@numismatics

It is the start of St Michael's Lent, a 40-day period of prayer from August 15 (the Feast of the Assumption) to September 29 (the Feast of St. Michael & the Archangels). I am doing the Exodus 90 program with my church men's group, which I recommend: https://exodus90.com/st-michaels-lent/

There are St Michael's Lent programs for all though!

To the #medallion, or at least that's what I called this similar-shaped Armor of #God piece: https://coinofnote.com/armor-of-god-medallion/ it features St Michael:

"often represented as an angelic warrior, fully armed with helmet, sword, and shield, as he overcomes Satan, sometimes represented as a dragon and sometimes as a man-like figure. The shield at times bears the inscription: Quis ut Deus, the translation of the archangel's name, but capable also of being seen as his rhetorical and scornful question to Satan": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quis_ut_Deus%3F

#Numismatics #Christian #Christianity #Catholic #StMichael #StMichaelsLent #Lent @numismatics

For those with an interest in ancient Egyptian history (and who doesn't?!), you may know of the Ptolemaic kingdom, an ancient Greek royal dynasty based in Egypt during the Hellenistic period. Founded in 305 BCE by Ptolemy I Soter, a general of Alexander the Great, it lasted nearly 300 years until the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_Kingdom

William E. Daehn has written a new book: Historical and Numismatic Timeline of the Ptolemaic Empire which looks quite interesting (though doesn't appear to be available outside the US yet). See this article in E-Sylum: https://www.coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n32.html#article5

#Numismatics #History #Histodons #CoinCollecting #AncientEgypt #AncientCoin #AncientCoins #Ptolemy @numismatics @histodons

कथा ही नाण्यांची (The Story Of Coins In Marathi) by गेरमन अलेक्सेइविच फ्योदोरोव-दविदोव (G. A. Fedorov-Davydov)

प्राख्यात सोविएत इतिहासकार आणि संशोधक गेरमन अलेक्सेइविच फ्योदोरोव – दविदोव यांनी लिहिलेल्या या पुस्तकामध्ये नाण्यांच्या इतिहासाचा परामर्ष घेण्यात आला आहे. इतिहासातील अनेक अत्यंत महत्वाच्या आणि मनोरंजक घटनांचा नाण्यांशी दाट संबंध आहे. नाण्यांच्या उदयापूर्वीच्या काळापासून ते आधुनिक नाण्यांच्या जन्माप- र्यंतचा कालखंड हा अशा मनोरंजक घटनांनी पूर्णपणे व्यापलेला आहे. इतिहासामध्ये आणि त्याचप्रमाणे नाण्यांम- ध्ये स्वारस्य असलेल्या सर्व वयोगटातील वाचकांसाठी हे पुस्तक अत्यंत उपयुक्त ठरेल.

अनुक्रमणिका

पाश्र्वभूमी ६
प्राचीन जगातील देशांचा फेरफटका २१
मध्ययुगीन नाणी ४७
प्राचीन रशिया ८३
आधुनिक इतिहासाचे पर्व ११०
भारतीय नाणी १३२

अनुवाद: डॉ. रविंद्र रसाळ

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This Morini-type stater bears a horse so abstracted its legs dissolve into jagged strokes, while the reverse remains eerily blank. The crude engraving suggests haste—perhaps struck by fleeing hands under threat.

What does the absence of a chariot reveal about the urgency of its makers?
#CelticArt #Numismatics #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.145

Recent #numismatic #news has been dominated by the European Central Bank's survey on proposed new euro #Banknote designs. But they aren't the only ones looking to update their notes. The government of #India has authorised the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to print an initial batch of 2 billion #polymer #banknotes for field trials, the government informed Parliament on Monday.
The RBI has recently floated a tender to procure material for polymer banknotes, reviving a proposal that has been under consideration for nearly two decades.

More: https://www.coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n31.html#article21

#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Technology @numismatics

From the "Trad West" page on Facebook:

"More than thirteen centuries ago, Byzantine Emperor Justinian II made a revolutionary change to imperial coinage: he placed the image of Jesus Christ on the principal face of the gold solidus, where the emperor’s portrait had traditionally appeared.

Minted in Constantinople around 692–695, the coin depicts Christ facing forward, with long hair and a beard, a cross behind His head, one hand raised in blessing and the Book of the Gospels in the other. The inscription identifies Him as Jesus Christ, King of those who reign.

Justinian appears on the reverse and identifies himself as the servant of Christ. The arrangement proclaimed that the emperor was not the highest authority: above every earthly ruler stood Jesus Christ, the true King of Kings."

https://www.facebook.com/tradwestt/posts/pfbid038LXdMifsgQnqHibdsnqCQZbJjZBiALPi5ESdfKygrsbSEsUaHSKxjhB3fQNzJ3idl

#Numismatics #Coins #CoinCollecting #Jesus #Christ #Christian #Catholic #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons

So I'm not sure if I'm allowed to vote on the new Euro banknote designs (being not actually in Europe), so here's my unofficial vote:

H
J
I
B
D
C
F
G
A
E

I do like the bird / city designs. Some of the designs are quite clever overall, and I certainly don't hate the lower ranked ones. The reason I liked H is because the design, but also it is a lot of solid colour, which makes them easier to distinguish, but also a little gradient in each note as well so they do have visual interest

Here is a handy overview of all the designs: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/future_banknotes/html/all-design-proposals.en.html

Here is the site with the survey: https://surveys.ecb.europa.eu/10b/ecbeuro

#Numismatics #Banknotes #NewDesign #News #Survey #HaveYourSay #SaturdayNightCoinShow

It is nearly #newsletter time! Which means it's time to get your #MysteryCoin #guess in if you haven't already. You've got the value AND the year on this one, but who issued it?

#Numismatics #SaturdayNightCoinShow #CoinCollecting #Coins @numismatics

From this week's E-Sylum: " New Semiquincentennial Medal Commemorates the First Submarine Used in Combat"

https://www.coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n30.html#article22

The first submarine used in combat was the US Revolutionary War submarine Turtle. A new medal honoring the Turtle has been created by Jim Licaretz.

And if you like submarine history, I wrote some, and shared some links in writing up the "2014 Centenary of Military Aviation & Submarines PNC":

https://coinofnote.com/2014-centenary-of-military-aviation-submarines-pnc/

#Numismatics #Medal #CoinCollecting #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons

Happy third birthday to the first post on the site! Posted on the 24th July 2023. It is about a medallion of Saint Eligius: the patron saint of numismatics! Very fitting. The post itself is short, only 116 words if you include the title. The image description for the three images is longer! (at 128 words): https://coinofnote.com/saint-eligius-medallion/

The other post I have on the site about Saint Eligius has a little more on our patron: https://coinofnote.com/saint-eligius/

#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Medallion #Birthday #Anniversary #Saint #SaintEligius @numismatics

Ok since I was a day behind yesterday, let's stick with that - here's a #TokenTuesday piece! (whatever day it happens to be for you).

TV Game Use, looks like: https://en.numista.com/534571 this one has 44 counterstamped on it. I had made a note to myself:

From Numista thread: https://en.numista.com/forum/topic97255.html China game token.

代用币：Token Before year 2000,play video games through the TV screen, so it's also called TV Game. - that thread has a couple of other variants.

Does anyone have any more info on these please?

#Numismatics #Token #Arcade #VideoGames #Retro #WhatIsIt #WhatIsItWednesday @numismatics

Ok who needs some #MondayMotivation? Even those of us for whom it is already Tuesday? Here are two #MondayMedal pieces you can take your pick from:

A) I can do it!

or, if jumping between cliffs seems a bit much for this early in the week, how about:

B) Self-care is essential.

Are you team A) or B) today? I'm going for A (but with B in my back pocket just in case)

#Medal #Medallion #MedalMonday #Numismatics #Collecting @numismatics #Motivation

I am a fan of fonts, and it's not often they cause too much controversy in the numismatic world. But we're at one of those points!

The National Bank of Ukraine said on July 15 that it will change the lettering on its planned Hr 2,000 banknote after public backlash that the inscription too closely resembled a Russian typeface.

Read more in "UKRAINIAN BANKNOTE TYPEFACE TUSSLE" in this week's E-Sylum: https://www.coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n29.html#article25

#Numismatics #News #Ukraine #Russia #Type #Typography #Font #Fonts #Letters @numismatics

Today's E-Sylum has a piece about the Zoo coinage of Gallienus: https://www.coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n29.html#article16

I've written up a couple of these coins previously myself: https://coinofnote.com/gallienus-stag-rome-267/

and https://coinofnote.com/cut-gallienus-antelope/

E-Sylum has more of the background and some nice examples!

#Numismatics #History #CoinCollecting #Coins #Rome #RomanEmpire #Hisdotons @numismatics @histodons

Ok, it's nearly #Newsletter time. Who can tell us who issued this coin, and when? And bonus points for describing exactly WHAT is pictured here?

#MysteryCoin #SaturdayNightCoinShow #Guess #Numismatics @numismatics

This piece is nicely tactile, and has one of my favourite bible verses - indeed a favourite of many people: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want, from Psalm 23.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2023&version=NIV

What is your favourite #bible verse? A #psalm?

#Medallion #CoinCollecting #BibleStudy #Numismatics #Sheep #Shepherd @numismatics

Here are four religious medallions which all feature trees. "Rooted in Christ" and "Growing in Christ" are the themes. They feature quotes from Psalms, Deuteronomy, Colossians and 2 Peter. Which is your favourite?

#Numismatics #Bible #Medallion #BibleStudy #Tree #TreesOfMastodon @numismatics

On a white sandy beach along the Seto Inland Sea, a giant sand sculp­ture depict­ing an ancient coin emerges from behind a pine forest.

The giant coin art has a cir­cum­fer­ence of 345 meters, a major axis of 122 meters and a minor axis of 90 meters. The sand mounds form­ing the char­ac­ters stand over 2 meters high. When was such a big art­work cre­ated? By whom? And for what pur­pose?

The sculp­ture is con­sidered one of Kagawa's mys­ter­ies, as there is no estab­lished the­ory that answers these ques­tions.

And I'll add my own question: Is this the largest coin representation on the planet? And if not this, what is?

E-Sylum article: https://www.coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n28.html#article24

#Numismatics #Coins #CoinCollecting #Japan @numismatics

When you hear "Gaza", it's easy to only think of the modern context. In fact, Gaza city has been inhabited since at least the 15th century BC.

E-Sylum has news of a book about coins struck by the city of Gaza during the period of Roman rule: https://www.coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n28.html#article4

The City of Gaza in the Roman Period by Yoav Farhi is available from: https://isdistribution.com/work/city-of-gaza-in-the-roman-period/

#Numismatics #Coins #CoinCollecting #Gaza #News #Book #Bibliophile @numismatics

Why thousands of Roman coin hoards were never recovered, new study reveals

Before metal detectors and archaeologists found them, thousands of Roman coin hoards vanished beneath the ground. Many were buried with every sign of being temporary hiding places. Their owners never came back. A new study argues those missing owners were often caught in the middle of war, invasion, or disaster...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/06/why-roman-coin-hoards-were-never-recovered/

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#archaeology #romancoins #numismatics #romanempire

I posted an erroneous Saint Benedict medallion the other day. Here is a better example.

The Saint Benedict Medallion is a traditional Catholic sacramental used for spiritual protection, warding off evil, and seeking physical or inner healing. Believers carry, wear, or place the medal in their homes to invite God's peace and as an outward reminder to resist temptation

The phrase around the saint reads ""May we be strengthened by his presence in the hour of our death""

The text in the book translates to: "The Cross of the Holy Father Benedict". The initials for this, CSPB are in the reverse between the arms of the cross.

On the reverse, PAX means peace.
VRSNSMV is ""Begone Satan! Never tempt me with your vanities!""
SMQLIVB is "What you offer me is evil. Drink the poison yourself!"

On the cross, CSSML is ""May the Holy Cross be my light." and NDSMD is "Let not the dragon be my guide".

#Numismatics #Catholic #Medallion #Saint #Christian @numismatics

Here's a uniface medallion, which I believe is an Icon of the (Pokrov) Intercession of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary, the Mother of God) holding an omophorion (veil) surrounded by angels.

Google suggests the text is in Church Slavonic and is a prayer for Mary's intercession, but the characters don't seem to match, so I was wondering if anyone can tell me what the text is please?

#Numismatics #Translating #Help @numismatics