It's the #DayOfHelios / Sol's Day / #Sunday! ☀️

"While in the first forming of the world the island was still like mud and soft, the sun dried up the larger part of its wetness and filled the land with living creatures. [...] In consequence of these events the island [Rhodes] was considered to be sacred to Helios."
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 5.56.3

🏛️ #Helios on a tetradrachme from the city of #Rhodes

@antiquidons
#DayOfHelios #GreekRomanArt #mythology #numismatics

Today in History: Joseph Jenkins Roberts (of African descent) was elected the first president of Liberia. A fascinating country, founded to "re-colonise" and return freed black slaves from the USA to Africa following the civil war.

I shared a coin and some history on the country here: https://coinofnote.com/1941-liberia-2-cents/

#Coins #CoinCollecting #Numismatics #HIstory #Histodons @numismatics @histodons

Hoard of Roman coins found during building work in Worcestershire #uk 🇬🇧

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gxnjq3ye0o

@histodons @archaeodons @historikerinnen @antiquidons #numismatics #EconomicHistory #geschichte #histodons #history #histoire #archaeology #heritage #Archaeologie #archaeodons #Altertumswissenschaften #RomanArchaeology #RomanEmpire
#antiquity #AncientHistory #antike

I find myself in search of images of the obverse of coins struck in Mercia in the time of #Aethelflaed, and my searches online are not successful. Are there any numismatists who can point me at a suitable reference? #histodons #coins #numismatics

Topic 5: Money

Book:
The chemistry of money, by Brian Rohrig

This one is a deep dive into the chemistry of coins and paper money. All kinds of interesting topics, from how coins were made throughout history to be more corrosion resistant, all the way to what chemical reactions occur if we don't store our coin collection in the right box.

#money #numismatics #chemistry #science