Why do people collect things? What do people collect? And what kind of things should I collect? If you scroll down you will find a list of all 85 items that people are collecting. Feel free to add your comment of something interesting you collect that are not mentioned in […]
The find of this week is this rare Shekel coin from Carthago Nova (New Carthage), the ancient city which lies along the southern coast of Iberia. The city was captured by Hannibal‘s brother Hasdrubal Barca during the Carthaginian conquest of Spain. However, their rule lasted for only seventeen years, which makes it […]
This two-sided bracteate (c. 975 – 985) dates back from the reign of Harald Bluetooth, famous Viking king of Denmark and Norway. The coins from 10th century Denmark are often called half-bracteates as they are so thin that the stamp on the two sides easily gets mixed up. Harald Bluetooth […]