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Sunday, 20 December 2015
A small obol from Neandreia
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I have a perverse pleasure in very small Greek silver coins, the smaller the better. I happened across this one and, whilst I already ha...
Monday, 12 October 2015
Two new Beatles mixes from Revolver on acetate
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The song Taxman by George Harrison opened the 1966 album Revolver. The version that appeared there was take 12 recorded/mixed 20–22 April,...
Monday, 5 October 2015
Cunobelin
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Bronze coins of Cunobelin Cunobeline (or Cunobelin, from Latin Cunobelinus, derived from Greek Kynobellinus) was a king in pre-Roman B...
Sunday, 6 September 2015
Airspeed Ltd, York, due to be demolished
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I was in York today and thought I’d grab the opportunity to photograph a building used by Airspeed in the 1930’s for the construction of...
Saturday, 1 August 2015
Septimius Severus' British campaigns
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Coins commemorating the British victories of Septimius Severus and his sons, Caracalla and Geta In 208 Septimius Severus travelled ...
Monday, 25 May 2015
William of Hainaut, Bishop of Cambrai
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Sterling, William of Hainaut, Bishop of Cambrai, c. 1292-96, Mayhew 87-8 During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the English ...
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Thoth as a seated baboon
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One of my few Egyptian antiquities is this late dynastic faience amulet of Thoth in the form of a seated baboon. Thoth's roles in Egyp...
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