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Gorgeous Ancient Greek Drachm of Alexander The Great
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Pre AD 1000 item# 371587
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THIS IS AN SUPERB ANCIENT GREEK COIN OF "ALEXANDER THE GREAT". Ancient Greek Bronze Drachm of the Macedonian Kingdom Alexander III,(The Great) 356 - 323 BC. Alexander's expedition brought significant improvements of geography and natural history. His achievements mark a decisive moment in the World history. The Roman Empire, the spread of Christianity as a world religion, and the thousand years of Byzantium were all in part the consequences of Alexander's conquests. Ruler: King Alexander The Great - Origin: Macedonian Kingdom. - Period: 356 - 323 BC
Type: Bronze
Obverse: Head of Herakles (Hercules) in lionskin head dress right.
Reverse: ALEXANDROU (in ancient Greek) between club and bow in case.
Reference: Wildwinds - SNG ANS 913
Type: Bronze
Size: 18mm
Condition: Very Fine
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Egyptian Scarab Amulet - Goodness, Beauty & Stability
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Pre AD 1000 item# 368539
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Egyptian White Steatite Scarab Seal 2000 - 1800 BC The scarab is of typical Egyptian style, a simplified beetle with two horizontal incisions representing the legs, pierced lengthwise for suspension. The base of the scarab is an intricately carved protection and provinence amulet depictingthe sign for goodness and beauty alongside the sign for stability. Both signs are surrounded by a lovely geometric coiled cord pattern. Reference "The Scarab, A reflection of Ancient Egypt" The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (see page 32, Signs and Symbols on Geometric Pattern Scarabs). A masterwork of ancient miniture sculptural art. The scarab is intact and in fantastic condition Size: 15mm x 12mm
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Very Long Ancient Roman Erotica - Phallic Amulet 100 AD
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Pre AD 1000 item# 754465 (stock# z26)
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Superb Rare Ancient Roman Erotic Phallus Amulet c100 AD. This is a very well preserved example of this rare and boastful amulet Type. The phallus (or symbolic male genitals) represented masculinity and virility in Ancient Rome. These amulets where worn to ward off evil, increase a soldiers strength in battle and perhaps to titilate a prospective sexual conquest. Many hundreds of different shapes and sizes have been discovered over the last three hundred years. 62mm x 21mm Superb Condition, beautiful deep green patina.
The Phallic ammulet was worn in Ancient Rome to pay homage to a number of different Gods depending upon the wearers desires and background:
Mutinus Mutunus (Greek - Priapus); the Roman God of fertility. Eros; the primordial god of lust, love, and intercourse. Cupid (Latin cupido); the god of erotic love and beauty.
Roman women seeking to bear children invoked these Gods, as well as Roman Men who sought to increase virlity, sexual performance or attraction.
Also in some parts of ancient Rome, people believed that phallic charms and ornaments offered protection against the evil eye.
A phallic charm was called fascinum in Latin, from the verb fascinare (the origin of the English word "to fascinate"), "to cast a spell", such as that of the evil eye.
Belief in the evil eye during antiquity is based on the evidence in ancient sources like Aristophanes, Athenaeus, Plutarch and Heliodorus.
There are also speculations that claim Socrates possessed the evil eye and that his disciples and admirers were fascinated by Socrates' insistently glaring eyes.
His followers were called Blepedaimones, which translates into demon look, not because they were possessors and transmitters of the evil eye, but because they were suspected of being under the hypnotic and dangerous spell of Socrates.
In the Greco-Roman period a scientific explanation of the evil eye was common.
Plutarch explained this scientific explanation explaining that the eyes were the chief, if not sole, source of the deadly rays that were supposed to spring up like poisoned darts from the inner recesses of a person possessing the evil eye.
Plutarch treated the phenomenon of the evil eye as something seemingly inexplicable that is a source of wonder and cause of incredulity.
The belief in the evil eye during antiquity varied from different regions and periods. There were places in which people felt more conscious of the danger of the evil eye.
In the Roman days not only were individual considered to posses the power of the evil eye but whole tribes, especially those of Pontus and Scythia, were believed to be transmitters of the evil eye.
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X Rare Canaanite Purple Amethyst Scarab 4000 years old
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Pre AD 1000 item# 368562
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Very Rare Canaanite Purple Amethyst Scarab Amulet 2000 - 1800 BC. This seal is made in the form of a sacred scarab beetle, which was a manifestation of khepri, an Egyptian sun god associated with resurrection. The flat underside of this scarab is plain without decoration as detailed in "The Scarab, A reflection of Ancient Egypt" The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (see page 41). {KHEPRI ,A form of the sun-god, particularly associated with the morning sun, Khepri is represented by the scarab beetle and is associated with resurrection. Khepri was thought to push the sun disc through the sky, as a scarab beetle pushes a ball of dung containing its eggs.}. Excellent Condition, Intact, not repaired and not restored. Length: 13mm x 9mm Found in the Holy Land.
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