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OUR TIPS: Bride Money and Other Ceremonial Currencies

On January 4, 2010, the South African president Jacob Zuma married his fiancée Thobeka Mabhija. The ceremony was held according to the traditions of Zuma's Zulu tribe. Beforehand the president had pai...

OUR TIPS: Mass Media in Past and Present Time

Before children start to speak properly today, they watch television. Images communicate contents, even without oral or written commentaries. Since this understanding is anything but new, images were ...

COIN COLLECTION: Roman Empire, Antoninus Pius (138-161) for his Wife Diva Faustina I, Aureus, c. 150

The Spaniard Anna Galeria Faustina maior was the wife of Emperor Antoninus Pius. Her husband loved her dearly and lavished her with titles of honor. After his accession to the throne, Antoninus Pius m...

COIN COLLECTION: Roman Empire, Valentinian III (425-455) for his Mother Galla Placidia (*392, † 450 AD), Tremissis, c. 425

The life of Galla Placidia was so adventurous that it is quite surprising that nobody has made a movie out of it yet. When the Visigoths sacked and pillaged the city of Rome in 410 AD, Placidia was ta...

TEXT COLLECTION: Die Hethiter und ihre Nachbarn

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COIN TOURS: Trade Coins – a Special Money for Trading

It seems strange today that only a few centuries ago in Europe coins were struck especially for long-distance trade. This tour will explain the function of those trading coins as well as the "tops and...

PICTURE TOURS: Rulers Portraits on Coins and in Arts – a Comparison

By Carol Schwyzer, © MoneyMuseum 2009 Sometimes, portraits can be so lifelike that they cost the portrayed's life. In 1793 the French king Louis XVI ended up on the scaffold because in Varennes, on...