Thursday, January 17th, 2013
Something Old
This is another challenge reply, this time for the prompt “something old.”
This, a nummus depicting the Roman Emperor Julian, is the oldest human-made thing I own (I own rocks and sand that are way, way older than this, but no human hand shaped those [afaik]) . The back tells you that it was forged in Sirmium (located in modern-day Serbia), sometime between 361 and 363. So it’s between 1650 and 1652 years old. Cool, eh?
Tags: coins
January 18th, 2013 at 20:38
This is freakin’ COOL!
January 18th, 2013 at 20:38
It is, isn’t it? It’s about the size of a €1 coin, and, while arguably not as impressive as the gold solidus coins from the same age and region are, I really like it, and am impressed by how clearly the imprint still is (I also own a couple of Byzantine coins that are far more worn…).
April 3rd, 2014 at 13:29
interesting and very pretty!