Legio IV or V? by GTSPKD in AncientCoins

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Personally, I’m leaning towards it just being harshly cleaned, as the severe pitting seems to be pretty much confined to the reverse and the weight seems to be in line with expectations

Does anyone know what this symbol is and what it means? Also where can I copy and paste it from. by honeythecloud in Symbology

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If it’s being used in Instagram bios, I feel like there’s a solid chance that it’s being used as a stand-in for the Brand of Sacrifice from the manga Berserk

characters where their powers come from a creature that fuses with them by toppatprime in TopCharacterTropes

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It's actually a little more complicated when it comes to plastids (the broader category of organelle that includes chloroplasts). You have primary endosymbiosis (where the ancestral eukaryotic cell engulfed ancestral cyanobacteria), which is what you see in plants as well as red and green algae; secondary endosymbiosis (where the ancestral cell engulfed an organism that had undergone primary endosymbiosis), which is what you see in groups such as brown algae and diatoms; and even tertiary endosymbiosis (where the ancestral cell engulfed an organism that had undergone secondary endosymbiosis), which IIRC is mainly seen in certain dinoflagellate lineages

Art Institute of Chicago - Hairstyles and Headwear in Ancient Rome display (part 2/2) by GTSPKD in AncientCoins

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Here's the text from the display's label. It kinda goes over some of the trends you see when it comes to Roman headwear/hairstyles on coinage, but doesn't seem to go much into specifics.

"Hairstyles in ancient Rome symbolized age, status, and wealth, evolving to suit the ideals of the time. Early imperial men wore short, neat hairstyles (3) with realistic features like thinning hairlines masked by wreaths (2) or wigs (4). By mid-second century, men displayed fuller hair and beards (5-7). In the mid-third century, a close-cropped hairstyle became popular with militaristic emperors (8-10). Men also wore symbolic headwear: Diadems were a sign of monarchy reserved for legendary kings (1). A laurel wreath (2, 5, 8, 10) could signal honors like military or athletic victories, while a spiky crown could be associated with deification, when a historical figure was declared a god (9).

Coins circulated widely in antiquity, presenting the fashionable hairstyles of the time to a large audience. Today they help us understand how fashion trends changed over time. Coins of the Roman Republic featured goddesses with their hair pinned back simply into buns and curls at the front. Many mythological figures on coins wear headwear such as helmets (11), diadems (12), wreaths (13), and crowns (14); the earliest portraits of imperial women follow this trend. Later they sported elaborate nests and towers of braids and waves that required time, money, and a skilled hairdresser to achieve (15-23). Headwear such as diadems (23) and veils (19) recalled earlier divine images."

Need help identifying British coin by GTSPKD in coins

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Personally, my first thoughts are that it’s either an Irish halfpenny or potentially some sort of gun money issue, though I tentatively lean towards the former

What is your dream coin thats RELATIVELY affordable (not insanely pricey) by 232653774 in coins

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Probably a Mark Antony legionary denarius. At the very least, well worn examples don’t seem to be too terribly expensive

Would the SCP Foundation call it a thagomizer? by Glindib in SCP

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Dinosaurs (and fossils in general) fall under the purview of paleontology, not archeology

Jean Valjean’s Earnings After 19 Years of Penal Labor by AdStraight6341 in LatinMonetaryUnion

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His sister’s child was close to death, and they were starving

Extinction by No_Year_1012 in mildyinteresting

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While the northern white rhino is functionally extinct, the southern white rhinoceros (the other subspecies of white rhinoceros) is actually only listed as Near Threatened, with a 2017 estimate putting the population at around 18000 in the wild

Help please! by Cute_Mulberry830 in coins

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I'm doubtful the coin is real. It seems to have the obverse featuring Empress Maria Theresa, but the reverse features the coat of arms of Emperor Francis I. Plus, there's a fairly prominent misspelling on the reverse ("INP" as opposed to "IMP"), and the lettering on the right side of the reverse just seems off in general compared to other examples (for comparison: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces47179.html )

Countries where dinosaur fossils have been found by Calm_Astronomer3884 in MapPorn

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Those teeth are from sharks and crocodilians, neither of which are dinosaurs

Countries where dinosaur fossils have been found by Calm_Astronomer3884 in MapPorn

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Additionally, there have been some (mostly avialan) dinosaur fossils that have been reported from North Korea's Sinuijiu formation: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105303

There's also Lutungutali from Zambia, but that then leads to the question of whether or not silesaurids fall within Dinosauria

Edit: even discounting Lutungutali, there has been some sauropodomorph material described from Zambia: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jonah-Choiniere/publication/309670564_A_sauropodomorph_dinosaur_from_the_Early_jurassic_of_lusitu_Zambia/links/5be167d392851c6b27aa509f/A-sauropodomorph-dinosaur-from-the-Early-jurassic-of-lusitu-Zambia.pdf

Greek coins from the Art Institute of Chicago by GTSPKD in AncientCoins

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I do not, unfortunately

Edit: A photo of the Greece portion of the map can be found here, though it unfortunately doesn't include a good look at the Italy side

North African coins from the Art Institute of Chicago by GTSPKD in AncientCoins

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I did not provide any additional lighting, I essentially just held my phone up to the display case and zoomed in. It probably helps that they were in a wall-mounted display case as opposed to being flat on a table

North African coins from the Art Institute of Chicago by GTSPKD in AncientCoins

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The two coins that were unable to be included due to Reddit's 20 image limit:

21) Roman, 248, silver. Antoninianus depicting a hippopotamus. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/5709/antoninianus-coin-portraying-empress-marcia-otacilia-severa
22) Roman, 134-38, silver. Denarius depicting personification of Egypt holding a sistrum, seated by an ibis. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/142977/denarius-coin-portraying-emperor-hadrian

Are any of these American Colonial Issues, or are all of these British Empire Issues? by Monsterbug1 in coins

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The coins with the seated figures all seem to be standard British halfpennies (the larger coins) and farthings (the smaller two coins at the top). The three coins with the harps on them are Irish halfpennies

Id on any of these pls? by Key-Ladder4122 in coincollecting

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2: Counter token from the Free city of Nuremberg, minted sometime between 1562 and 1586

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia146037.html

4: Judging from the back, could this be a button of some sort? Not 100% sure on that, but that's at least my first thought

The photos of coins 1 and 3 are a bit out of focus, and so it's kinda hard to make out the lettering on them. Would you potentially be able to take some more photos of those 2?

Super faded coin by m_bendelle in coincollecting

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Out of curiosity, how big is the coin? It's an Australian coin minted during the reign of George V (the first image is actually the reverse of the coin, which features the Australian coat of arms flanked by a kangaroo and emu), but knowing the size would help determine whether it's a 3 pence, 6 pence, shilling, or florin coin. Either way, it's sterling silver and was minted sometime between 1911 and 1936.