Egypt
Independent.ie (Kim Pilling)
- Ptolemaic Gold Coin Found In Israel
CNN (Les Neuhaus) Many thanks to Rhio for the link. With a photo of, as he says, the very beautiful coin. A rare gold coin dating back 2,200 years was discovered by a combined university research team in Israel, a top Israeli antiquities official said...
- 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...
- Egyptomania: Pyramid Coin Houses Sand From Tomb Of Tutankhamun
Numismaster.com Pobjoy Mint has released on behalf of the Isle of Man Treasury a pyramid-shaped coin containing sand from the pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb. The issue marks the November 2007 exhibition of "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs"...
- Pyramid Coin A Nightmare For Pockets
The Telegraph The copper coin, a crown, marketed by the Isle of Man Post Office as "a unique gift" that is "a must for all Egyptologists", costs £15 to buy. One side of the crown shows Tutankhamun, the teenage pharaoh who died 3,330 years ago, and the...
- 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...
Egypt
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 young pharaoh's tomb in the Valley of the Kings by English archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922.
It features the coffinette which contained the boy king's mummified internal organs.
The Isle of Man government will issue the coins to coincide with the current Tutankhamun touring exhibition at the O2 Arena -- which has returned to London for the first time in 30 years.
There's a photograph of the coin on the above page.
- Ptolemaic Gold Coin Found In Israel
CNN (Les Neuhaus) Many thanks to Rhio for the link. With a photo of, as he says, the very beautiful coin. A rare gold coin dating back 2,200 years was discovered by a combined university research team in Israel, a top Israeli antiquities official said...
- 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...
- Egyptomania: Pyramid Coin Houses Sand From Tomb Of Tutankhamun
Numismaster.com Pobjoy Mint has released on behalf of the Isle of Man Treasury a pyramid-shaped coin containing sand from the pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb. The issue marks the November 2007 exhibition of "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs"...
- Pyramid Coin A Nightmare For Pockets
The Telegraph The copper coin, a crown, marketed by the Isle of Man Post Office as "a unique gift" that is "a must for all Egyptologists", costs £15 to buy. One side of the crown shows Tutankhamun, the teenage pharaoh who died 3,330 years ago, and the...
- 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...