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Ancient Coin of the Day: we've bit a bit Rome-heavy of late, so let's head to Greece today with this striking electrum hemidrachm from Thebes, perhaps ca. 350-340 BC. #ACOTD #Thebes

Image: ANS 1959.73.1

#LatinForTheDay - 29 July

"ipsa quoque interius cum duro lingua palato
congelat, et venae desistunt posse moveri;
nec flecti cervix nec bracchia reddere motus
nec pes ire potest; intra quoque viscera saxum est.
flet tamen..."

Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.306-310

Ancient Coin of the Day: A gorgeous 'New Style' silver tetradrachm from Athens, 97-96 BC. The Obverse showing a helmeted Athena, the Reverse dominated by an owl atop an amphora. #ACOTD #Athens

Image: 1944.100.24839

#MuseumsUnlocked - Wall Art

Taking me back to my Aegean days, with some details from the Miniature Fresco from Room 5 of the West House at Akrotiri on Thera.

Image: Archaeological Museum of Thera, 5824

Ancient Coin of the Day: A silver triobol of the Achaean League, struck at Corinth, ca. 171-168 BC. The Obverse shows a bust of Zeus Homarius, while Reverse shows the monogram of the Achaean League with a Pegasus above.

#ACOTD

Image: ANS 1963.31.369

Ancient Artefact of the Day: The 'Pylos Combat Agate' - a simply stunning and beautiful engraved sealstone from the undisturbed Late Helladic II grave of the Griffin Warrior near the Palace of Nestor at Pylos. #AAOTD #BronzeAge

Image: Stocker and Davis (2017) - see end of thread

Ancient Artefact of the Day: The Terme Boxer, or 'Boxer at Rest', a glorious Hellenistic bronze statue that was found on the Quirinal Hill in Rome, in 1885. #AAOTD #TermeBoxer

Image: Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme

Ancient Artefact of the Day: The stunning Lucanian Calyx-krater, ca. 400 BC, likely directly depicting the final scene of Euripdes' 'Medea'. The other side of the vase shows Telephos holding the baby Orestes, again a Euripidean scene. #AAOTD

Image: Cleveland Museum of Art 1991.1

This type of scene clearly appealed to the owners of the house, as in the same room they also included a scene of the death of Dirce, as she is tied to a bull.

Ancient Coin of the Day: A Fourth-century tetradrachm of Ephesus; the Obverse shows the typical bee emblem of Ephesus (Melissa), the Reverse the palm and stag, as well as a magistrate's name (Zoilos). #ACOTD

Image: American Numismatic Society (1944.100.46012)