Finn Conway

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DPhil Ancient History, Trinity College, Oxford | Hellenistic Miscellany | he/him

View south from Sardis acropolis towards Boz Dağ (Mt Tmolus), with a Roman inscription built into the wall
Testament of Epikrates (Nakrason, Roman period) — don't ask me where Nakrason is
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"Plans for a new artistic bench that have been two years in the making have caused outrage among a community."
The conference attendees pose at the front of the lecture theatre
The Artists of Dionysus. Ca. 155 BC. Silver tetradrachm (16.87 gm). Struck at Teos. Head of young Dionysus right, wearing mitre and wreathed with ivy / ΤΩΝ ΠΕΡΙ ΤΩΝ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΝ ΤΕΧΝΙΤΩΝ, filleted thyrsus, ivy wreath border.
BBC Bristol headline: "Historic theatre token fetches £8.6k at auction" A side by side picture showing the front and back of a rare theatre token. It is a small round silver coin with the words "King Street Bristol Theatre May 30 1766" inscribed onto it. On the side side it says "the proprietor of this ticket is entitled to the sight of every performance to be exhibited in this house". Caption: "Only 20 of the tokens are still known to be circulating, making the piece "incredibly rare"
AR drachm. Obv. head of helmeted Athena, rev. two lions seated facing each other with raised paws.
Spotify Wrapped 2024: "April was your Goblincore Mandolin Folk season"
"Mentioned by Proclus in his commentary on the Timaeus of Plato. A coin of Phocaea is extant bearing the name."
Loeb edition text of Arist. [Oec.] 1348a.