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Coin, Iran, dated A.H. 333/ A.D. 945. Creator: Unknown

Coin, Iran, dated A.H. 333/ A.D. 945. Minted in the year A.H. 333 at al-Muhammadiya, incription names the prophet Muhammad and reigning Samanid ruler, Nuh bin Nasr with sura 112 of the Qur'an

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Alms-giving: a woman with pearl headdress and halo hands bread to two male beggars

Alms-giving: a woman with pearl headdress and halo hands bread to two male beggars, one bearded and the other a child, a portal showing a maidservant in a domestic interior beyond, from the series Christian Virtues after Maerten de Vos, 1589

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Bucharest, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: Unknown

Bucharest, late 19th-early 20th century. Decorative coat of arms for the city of Bucharest, capital of Romania, with the motto Patria Si Dreptul Meu, (The Homeland And My Right). Above is a pearl-encrusted crown, and below the motto is a Byzantine church, with dolphins flanking the central panel, and medallion portraits of Saints Constantine and Helena, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (272-337 AD) and his mother Helena (c246-330 AD). At the bottom is a bull's head

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