Interesting facts from the history of collecting
The origins of collecting lead in antiquity. Notable people collected antiques and art objects and…

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The Great Migration of Nations (4th-6th centuries AD)
The prevailing idea that the hordes of barbarian peoples invaded the borders of the Roman…

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MONETA JOHN
The Russian Empress Elizabeth did not think that a number of her decrees, by which…

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Vintage German coins and medals
Coinage in the territory of the German state from the end of the Middle Ages…

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ruler standing

Oriental coins (VII-XXI century)

The conquerors of the territories that previously belonged to Byzantium were not familiar with the coinage before the reign of Muhammad, and therefore the history of the Arab coinage begins with imitation of coins of the Byzantine and Sassanian type. In part, these imitations were a rather loose interpretation of the original. Along with them, images of the ruling caliphs were minted on Arab coins.
Around 696-698, Caliph Abdul-Malik ibn Mervan from the Umayyad dynasty (685-705) carried out a reform of the eastern monetary system. Continue reading

Numismatics - Peter's true passion
In recent years, interest in numismatics has increased among the Russian population, which is both…

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Vintage German coins and medals
Coinage in the territory of the German state from the end of the Middle Ages…

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