Artefact Porn

The Umayyad Arab mint at Badakhshan (the extreme northwest of modern Afghanistan) has only three surviving coins, each cast as a Tang dynasty cash coin with Arabic legends on the reverse reading “Muhammed is the Messenger of God” [1800×892]

October 4, 2024

by SAMDOT

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The Umayyad Arab mint at Badakhshan (the extreme northwest of modern Afghanistan) has only three surviving coins, each cast as a Tang dynasty cash coin with Arabic legends on the reverse reading “Muhammed is the Messenger of God” [1800×892]

Roman marble portrait of emperor Marcus Aurelius. Object is dated to 2nd century CE. It was found in ancient Singidunum (Belgrade in Serbia). [960×711]

Edward K. Thomas – View of Fort Snelling, Minnesota Landscape, Mid-19th Century [2560×2036]

Monomakh’s Cap, an early-14th Century relic of the Muscovite Grand Princes of Russia [1820×1360]