Egypt
A gold coin weighing one ounce and minted in Ptolemaic Egypt has recently been found in Israel at Tel Kedesh near the Lebanon boarder. This is only the second Egyptian gold coin found in Israel and the biggest.
The image on the coin may represent Cleopatre I, wife of the Ptolemaic King Ptolomy V.
AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill
- When Al-quseir Hit The Headlines
Asharq Alawsat (Zahi Hawass) The Egyptian Red Sea town of al-Quseir hit the headlines after Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities announced that a single gold coin dating back to the Umayyad period had been discovered. This coin was unearthed by...
- Umayyad Coin Discovered Near Wadi El-natrun
drhawass.com This is a few days old but I am still playing catch-up. There's a photo of the coin on the above page. Cultural Minister, Farouk Hosni, announced that a gold Umayyad coin was unearthed last Thursday during an excavation at Deir Yehnes...
- Triangular Coin To Celebrate Uk Visit Of Tutankhamun
Independent.ie (Kim Pilling) The world's first triangular coin will be unveiled today to mark the return of Tutankhamun's treasures to London. The coin, representing a pyramid, is part of a series which depicts the artefacts unearthed in the...
- Expert Identifies Ancient Coin From Alexandria
Hemel Gazette ( Rita Knowles) The receipt of an ancient coin from a Gazette reader created great interest recently when it was handed over to Berkhamsted Local History and Museum Society, as requested by reader 84-year-old James Fellowes, of North Walsham,...
- Changing The Face Of Cleopatra
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/art/2007/02/changing_the_face_of_cleopatra.html This is quite fun. The page doesn't go into great depth about the coin (that has been covered elsewhere), but it does show a page of photographs of how Cleopatra has been...
Egypt
Ptolemaic Coin
A gold coin weighing one ounce and minted in Ptolemaic Egypt has recently been found in Israel at Tel Kedesh near the Lebanon boarder. This is only the second Egyptian gold coin found in Israel and the biggest.
The image on the coin may represent Cleopatre I, wife of the Ptolemaic King Ptolomy V.
AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill
- When Al-quseir Hit The Headlines
Asharq Alawsat (Zahi Hawass) The Egyptian Red Sea town of al-Quseir hit the headlines after Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities announced that a single gold coin dating back to the Umayyad period had been discovered. This coin was unearthed by...
- Umayyad Coin Discovered Near Wadi El-natrun
drhawass.com This is a few days old but I am still playing catch-up. There's a photo of the coin on the above page. Cultural Minister, Farouk Hosni, announced that a gold Umayyad coin was unearthed last Thursday during an excavation at Deir Yehnes...
- Triangular Coin To Celebrate Uk Visit Of Tutankhamun
Independent.ie (Kim Pilling) The world's first triangular coin will be unveiled today to mark the return of Tutankhamun's treasures to London. The coin, representing a pyramid, is part of a series which depicts the artefacts unearthed in the...
- Expert Identifies Ancient Coin From Alexandria
Hemel Gazette ( Rita Knowles) The receipt of an ancient coin from a Gazette reader created great interest recently when it was handed over to Berkhamsted Local History and Museum Society, as requested by reader 84-year-old James Fellowes, of North Walsham,...
- Changing The Face Of Cleopatra
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/art/2007/02/changing_the_face_of_cleopatra.html This is quite fun. The page doesn't go into great depth about the coin (that has been covered elsewhere), but it does show a page of photographs of how Cleopatra has been...