Our colleague Ivor Altaras Penda was a guest on the popular HRT show, “Na rubu znanosti” (At the Edge of Science). On the show, he spoke about money, and the main topic was “What does money say?”. Related to this topic, the show discussed the images, symbols, and text on
On December 8, 2023, the promotion of the book „Memento moneta: Historical Adventures and Misadventures Told Through Money“ by author Ivor Altaras Penda was held at the premises of Libertas University in Zagreb. This is a very interesting book in which various numismatic topics are addressed through stories, combining numismatics with other
The Samobor alchemist, the Medvedgrad Black Queen, Šenoa's Snake Queen, or simply, factually, the Queen of Croatia-Hungary, Bohemia, and Germany and Empress Barbara of Celje (1381–1451) is a unique figure of (also) the Croatian ruling elite. Barbara of Celje, a woman of exceptional beauty, was the daughter of Count and Croatian Ban Herman II of Celje and Countess
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Rest in peace in your beloved „stari kraj“ – from the coffin of Mario Puratić (1) Few nations in the world have more members and their descendants living outside their homeland than within it. One such nation is Croatia. This is a story about the poor, painful, and difficult destiny of generations
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In today's video, we are talking to Ivor Altaras Penda, a very interesting and versatile man. Otherwise a university professor with a broad education, an active mountaineer, and a numismatist and numismatic writer. The occasion for this conversation is precisely the latter, as colleague Penda is soon releasing his book dedicated to numismatics. We talked not
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