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A Baktrian Nickel & Other Eastern Coins

Nickel was relatively new as a coinage metal during the 19th century when it was used in the first United States small cents. New, that is, unless you count the single appearance of nickel used in ancient coins two thousand years earlier. Coins relating to Eastern Empires [Coin Collecting]...

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Byzantine Overstrikes

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Byzantine Trachy of Christ and the Virgin

Byzantine coins with portraits of Jesus. Coins [Byzantine] [Coin Collecting]...

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Month Dated Parthian Tetradrachm Struck for Greek tastes

Coins relating to Eastern Empires [Coin Collecting]...

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Medusa (Thematic) Greek & Roman depictions

Greek & Other Ancient Coins [Greece] [Coin Collecting]...

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Persian Imperial Coinage

Coins relating to Eastern Empires [Coin Collecting]...

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Parthian Coins An overview of coins

Coins relating to Eastern Empires [Coin Collecting]...

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A Parthian Fourree

Coins relating to Eastern Empires [Coin Collecting]...

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Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii

Great site for kids. Has animations of the eruption as well as some visual vrml effects, check out House of the Faun....

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Mount Vesuvius

Some photos of Vesuvius and a few photos of excavations in Herculaneum. Links to other volcano sites....

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