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Historical Archive: Hermitage, Fifth through Ninth Century
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia


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gold bracteate, 5th c. Denmark, prob. Tyr overcoming Fenris, Hermitage OH-З-Aз-5837
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circus scenes, ivory diptych, 2nd half of 5th c., Hermitage
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circus scenes, ivory diptych, 2nd half of 5th c., Hermitage
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Gunthamund (484-96), pierced silver Vandal 50 denari, reverse: wreath with DN, Hermitage OH-З-91655
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Thrasamund (496-523), silver Vandal 50 denari, Hermitage OH-З-91683
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Visitation and Annunciation to Anna, panels from an ivory diptych, Syria 6th c., Hermitage
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Paulos, founder's inscription, 6th c.? Byzantine marble, Hermitage Ѡ-523
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gold bracteate, Denmark c.500, Hermitage OH-З-Aз-5838
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prob. Gundomar II (524-32), Burgundian pseudo-imperial gold tremissis of Justinian, obverse, Hermitage
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Gundomar II (524-32), Burgundian pseudo-imperial gold tremissis, reverse, Hermitage
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Theodahad (534-36) Ostrogothic copper 10 nummi, obverse, Hermitage OH-З-91831
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Theodahad (534-36) Ostrogothic copper 10 nummi, reverse: Victory, Hermitage OH-З-91832
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Baduila (Totila, 541-52), Ostrogothic copper 10 nummi, reverse: Totila, Hermitage OH-З-115056
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Baduila (Totila, 541-52), Ostrogothic copper 10 nummi, obverse: Felix Ticinum (Pavia), Hermitage OH-З-115057
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angel fr. San Michele in Africisco, Ravenna, mid 6th c., Hermitage Ѡ-32
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Leovigild (573-86), gold Visigothic tremissis, obverse, Hermitage OH-З-Aз-96 or 97
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Leovigild (573-86), gold Visigothic tremissis, reverse: Cordoba bis optinuit, Hermitage OH-З-Aз-96 or 97
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Chorasmian ossuary fr. Tok-Kala necropolis (Uzbekistan), alabaster, 7th c., Hermitage
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Chorasmian ossuary, cursive Chorasmian script (developed from Aramaic): "property of the soul of Srawyok, son of Tishyan"
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Wamba (672-80), gold Visigothic tremissis, obverse, Hermitage
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Wamba (672-80), gold Visigothic tremissis, reverse: Toleto pius, Hermitage
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man's headdress in helmet form, 8th c. silk/linen/wood/leather, Hermitage КЗ-4576, fr. Moshchevaya Balka, which has its own page with details
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cape, 8th-9th c. silk/flax/linen, Hermitage K3-6707, fr. Moshchevaya Balka, which has its own page with details
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plaque, copper alloy and glass? 8th-9th c., fr. Moshchevaya Balka, which has its own page
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covered or double cup? 8th-9th c., fr. Moshchevaya Balka, which has its own page
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limestone gravestone with menorah and shofar, 8th-9th c. Taman (near Crimea), Hermitage Ѡ-1524
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Hermitage gravestones, oblique view
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glass vessel with menorah, Syria 8th-9th c., Hermitage EГ-1361
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caftan, silk/fur, 9th c., Hermitage КЗ-6584, fr. Moshchevaya Balka, which has its own page with details
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bronze ring, 9th c., Hermitage K3-7787, fr. Moshchevaya Balka, which has its own page with oblique view
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vial in fish form, rock crystal, 9th-10th c. Egypt, Hermitage СА-9993
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pheasants, Byzantine silk, early 9th c., Hermitage КЗ-6618, fr. Moshchevaya Balka, which has its own page
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Siegfred (894-98) silver penny, Danelaw Northumbria, Hermitage OH-З-116198
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St. Peter, early Byzantine? Hermitage
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St. Paul, early Byzantine? Hermitage