Project Category: Objects with 3D visualization

This unique imperial lead bulla depicts Michael VIII Palaiologos in his most formal imperial attire on the obverse. Above his head he holds an icon of the Virgin Mary. The reverse of the bulla is occupied by an inscription of nine verses.

The treasure was discovered by chance in 1970 in the village of Myrina in the prefecture of Karditsa, along with the vessel – a black-painted olpi – where its ancient owner had placed it. Of particular interest is the composition of the treasure.

The Athenian decadrachm is one of the rarest coins of the ancient world. These heavy coins weighed approximately 43 grams and were equivalent to ten Athenian drachmas. They are distinguished by their characteristic reverse side, where the glauca is depicted frontally.

Silver tetradrachm, minted in Amphipolis in 357-356 BC, when the city officially passed into the Macedonian kingdom.
On the obverse is depicted the head of the god Apollo with a laurel wreath facing forward.

Denarius minted by Marcus Junius Brutus in 43-42 BC at a mobile mint in northern Greece. It is part of the period of mass production of denarius by Roman military leaders during their conflicts. The obverse depicts the head of Brutus, while the reverse depicts a Dioscuri helmet, a symbol of freedom, flanked by two downward-facing manuals.

Argenteus, minted by Diocletian at the mint of Heraclea in Thrace, between 294/6-298 AD. The obverse depicts the emperor's head crowned with laurel. On the reverse, the two Emperors and the two Caesars, the rulers of the Tetrarchy, in robes, sacrifice on a tripod altar in front of a camp with an arched gate and six turrets.

Tetradrachm made of an alloy of silver and copper, minted in Alexandria, Egypt, depicting the emperor Hadrian on the obverse and his wife Sabina on the reverse.

Emperor Justinian is depicted on this bronze coin, the folli, the largest bronze subdivision of the Byzantine monetary system until the 11th century. He wears military attire and holds the most important symbol of imperial power, the cruciform orb.

From the 1040s onwards, the gradual and ultimately disastrous decline of the gold coin began, which is intertwined with the general decline of the empire.

A large commemorative bronze coin, one of the "medals of antiquity". It was issued for the anniversary of the first twenty years (vicennalia) of Constantine I in power, in 326 AD by the mint of Rome. The reverse of the "medal" depicts Emperor Constantine I as Zeus, seated on a breastplate, offering a sphere with a phoenix (a mythical bird that is reborn from its ashes) to his son, Caesar Crispus. The young Caesar is depicted as a young Dionysus, with a trophy and a panther, symbolizing the victory over Licinius at Chrysopolis in Bithynia (324 AD) and the conquest of the East.