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This textile fragment features a circular image with an asymmetrical motif of connected circles, ovals, and lines. Extensive damage to the center and lower half of the fragment make identifying this motif difficult, as the possibility of missing…

Sponenburgh Gallery 2009: This remarkable textile fragment is adorned with an inwoven
image of a dancing woman draped in a long cloth. Below her is a roundel featuring a
rabbit with ears folded back. On either side of these figures are plant motifs…

This textile fragment was likely a roundel from a tunic. It features water fowl and fish figures bordered by a pattern of lozenge shapes.

This fragment of a Coptic textile was most likely discovered in one of the Christian
cemeteries of Egypt where, because of the exceptionally dry climate, many such textiles
with well-preserved color have been discovered. These textiles are mainly…

Epilogue...Indian corn fuels our wagons.

Frome Hoard is a hoard of 52,503 Roman coins found in April 2010 by metal detectorist Dave Crisp near Frome in Somerset, England. Most of the coins are made from debased silver or bronze and it is one of the the largest hoards ever found in Britain.…

Greece and Asia Minor, Lydia emphasized as place where coins were first created.

Six rod-shaped oboloi displayed in the Numismatic Museum of Athens.
Below: A hand grasping six oboloi forming a drachma.