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The Obverse features a laureate portrait of Apollo and by the 1st Century BC, the date of this example, had been complemented by the ethnic marker ΛΥ – ‘Of the Lycians’ – that now flanks the bust.

Ancient Coin of the Day: Going back to the Hellenic world today, looking at some of the coinage of the Lycian League from the 2nd Century BC onwards, kicking off with this silver hemidrachm. #ACOTD #Lycia #Kithara

Image: ANS 1987.77.20. Link – https://t.co/oeX9oGAlXz

I didn't sleep... So now I'm doing my best to emulate Fry in 'Three Hundred Big Boys'. #Coffee

#FrescoFriday - it's another day for enjoying the garden, so here's a panel of the 'Garden Fresco' from the House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii (VI.17.42). The details of the birds are exquisite. #Roman #Garden

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (40690)

It's an afternoon for basking and listening to stuff...

This innovative tendency was seen early in Ptolemy’s reign and demonstrated by the new elephant-headdress portrait of Alexander that Ptolemy introduced ca. 319 BC.

Image: ANS 1957.172.1269. Link - https://t.co/fOnM2VqbGI

I ADORE ancient glass and this is just gorgeous: an enamelled goblet, ca.1st-2nd Century AD, from the Begram Hoard, showing figures engaged in date-harvesting. #Roman #Afghanistan #Glass

Image: National Museum of Afghanistan, Kabul (04.1.43). Link - https://t.co/eFTLMQQBUH

#FrescoFriday - oh sure, it looks like a peaceful way to start the day, but we all know Zeus is up to some bullshit! A panel showing Europa and the Bull, from the House of Jason, Pompeii (IX.5.18). #Roman #Art

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (111475)

#LatinForTheDay - 8 July

"sideraque et radiis circumdata solis imago,
Lunaque, quae numquam quo prius orbe micas,
Noxque tenebrarum specie reverenda tuarum;
quaeque ratum triplici pollice netis opus,
quique per infernas horrendo murmure valles..."

Repoussé silver statuette of a diademed goddess, with gold embellishments on the jewellery: ca. Late 2nd-Early 3rd Century AD, perhaps from Roman Syria. #Roman #Silver

Image: Toledo Museum of Art (1971.131). Link - https://t.co/GncO7cx6R9