A v fine steelyard weight w/ a bust of a Theodosian ?empress, dated c.400-450 AD http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1980.416ab …pic.twitter.com/hngcFYULDg
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Cf. this statue of Septimus Severus in the British Museum, from Alexandria https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/m/statue_septimius_severus.aspx …pic.twitter.com/oYfvbZaOpq
@caitlinrgreen I've had this brooch fragment of a field that gave up a bronze axe . Is it Celtic or Saxon ?pic.twitter.com/ljXC63NeNN
@caitlinrgreen here is the axe . Palstave I thinkpic.twitter.com/ih3EA8HvEU
@caitlinrgreen and as your on roman . Could u precisely Id this for me pleasepic.twitter.com/2C3b2BV2wM
Even better, cf this great blogpost with pics on Septimus Severus :) http://phdiva.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/ancient-painted-portraits-101.html …pic.twitter.com/XS9JcIK542
Oops, meant to say, above is by @DorothyKing, who is def well worth following btw :)
@caitlinrgreen @DorothyKing Ah, the damnatio memoriae of Geta. Will they do the same to Nick Clegg, one wonders?
@caitlinrgreen @swiftstory A friend of mine brought back one of these from Turkey. Always wondered what it was! Thanks.
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