Alegandron

I really enjoy these Persian King Tets, @DANTE!  As well as the Lion/Bird from Caria... just cool!

CILICIA Uncertn Early-mid 4th C BCE  AR Tetartemorion 5mm 0.17g Persian king running dagger and bow - Crowned hd  Achaemenid king CNG E239 Troxell Kagan 4

Mylasa in Caria, or Ionia Miletos AR Tetartemorion  5.6mm 0.21g Roaring Lion Hd - Bird Klein 430 SNG Kay 941

40 minutes ago, Helvius Pertinax said:

What a satisfyingly round flan!

LOL, I call it a soup-bowl. 🙂

1 hour ago, TheTrachyEnjoyer said:

Hey I would say that is an objectively beautiful coin…maybe I have been collecting Byzantine for too long 😂 

Thank you. I actually do collect Late Eastern Roman, just snared a few as representations of their coinage.  Gotta a couple butt-uglies too.

2 minutes ago, Alegandron said:

THIS IS A CLASSIC

5 minutes ago, Ryro said:

Pretty obvious why I chose this, it's a MONKEY on an ancient coin. And more importantly it's the first appearance of a shield on a Macedonian coin😎

ER Andronicus II - Michael IX AD 1295-1320 AR Basilikon 22mm 2.1g Cnstntnple Jesus Christ enthroned labarum DOC V 1 Class VIII

Some of my First Ancients... gottem purdy cheap.  But, they are akin to Trade Dollars in the Modern Age...

Athens Attica Owl Tetradrachmae

19 minutes ago, Theodosius said:

My wife bought this for me for Christmas in 2020. I have wanted this type for 30 years.

There are still a couple of Carthaginian tetradrachm types left that I might be able to afford, then the crazy rarities are left. 🙂

Sicily, Entella (“The Camp”)

Siculo-Punic, AR Tetradrachm, 350-320/315 BC, 17.07 grams, 23mm

Obverse: Anepigraphic Koré head right, hair pulled back with crown of ears, earring and necklace.

Reverse: Anepigraphic horse prancing right, lifting right front leg. Palm tree behind, all on exergual line.

References: MIAMG.5512 var. (5000) CPS.81 pl. 3 (A/ 25' - R/ 73) (6 existing specimens) GC.6431 var. (1750) HGC 2, 270; Jenkins 1977, nos. 77-85.

Pedigree: From the Luc Corso collection, with export certificate (No. 216287).

Perfectly centered on both sides. Nice, well struck portrait. Small metal defect under Koré's chin. Old collection grey patina with golden highlights on the right.

Rarity: R2 (6 known specimens)

John

WOW! Nice John!!!  

Couple of those really cool Osca coins:

I have had these for a while, but they are always so cool.

AR

OSCA Spain AR silver denarius 204-154 BC. Head r beard -N behind - Horseman spear, Iberian PMAN BOLSCAN Burgos 1501 Villaronga 3

AE

Spain Osca Æ Semis 25mm 8.0g 1st C BCE Bearded male hd R Horseman galloping R holding spear star SNG Cop 325 Burgos 1918

My Dog, Blue.  She passed 1-1/2 yrs ago.  She was my constant companion, coming with me everywhere:  Work, home, even room-to-room where ever I was.  She saved my life twice.  I have had many dogs, cats, and other critters in my life.  Blue and I connected like no other.

She loved everyone, and everyone really liked her too.  Always a tail a-waggin', always smiling.  Even in her final days when her dysplasia was becoming intolerable:  She smiled and was happy.  I deeply miss her Soul.

RR C Mamilius 82 BCE AR Den Serrate Mercury winged petasos caduceus Ulysses Dog Argos Sear 282 Craw 362-1

RR Aes Grave AE Quadrans 269-242 BCE Dog 3 pellets Six spoked wheel 59.8g Craw 24-6a Th-Vecchi 34 ex Sellwood

Blue's Last Day... smiling, loving, and her paw was always on my arm all day.

Eastern Roman Empire
Manuel I Comnenus 1143-1180 CE
Aspron Trachy
35mm 4g
Christ Gospels
Labaran globus cruciger Virgin maphorium
SB 1966 scyphate

Carthage-LIBYAN UPRISING - Mercenaries issue
Mercenary War 241-238 BCE
7.36g AR DiShekel
Herakles Head in Lion's Head-
Lion walking; Punic M above; LIBYA below
R SNG Cop 240f
Overstrike
Coins were struck in the name of Libya and "M", which has been taken as either "machanat" - the Camp (of the mercenaries), or perhaps Matho, their leader

Carthage 
Third Punic War with Rome 149-146 BCE
Billon Serrate Double Shekel
12.83g, 26mm. 
Obv: Wreathed head of Tanit left 
Rev: Horse standing right, pellet below raised left leg 
Ref: SNG Copenhagen 403. 
Comment: Very fine, several (cleaning?) scratches



Carthage 
AE 31mm 
Trishekel 220-215 BCE 
2nd Punic War 
Tanit 
Horse Palm Punic "th" 
SNG COP 342

3 hours ago, JeandAcre said:

@Alegandron, you have some uncanny genius for OPs that lead to equally, cumulatively brilliant threads.

And, Right, pics of the one, less than stellar Numidian AE I ever landed are eluding me.  Is this close enough? From the opposite side of, well, still sort of the northern part of a conspicuously large continent.

Aksum /Axum; anonymous ('BACILEVC'), c. later 4th century.

I WANT an Axum... never seem to get one! Especially with a gold fleck! Your example is GREAT.

DISHEKEL

Zeugitania, Carthage. 
After 241 BCE 
Æ Dishekel (27 mm, 10.81 g, 12 h). 
Wreathed head of Tanit left / 
Horse standing right; in background, palm tree. 
MAA 45; SNG Copenhagen 253. Scarce issue. Dark brown-green patina with scattered deposits. Good fine.
Comments: This coinage appears to have been struck in the aftermath of the First Punic War (264-241 B.C.), when Carthage faced a serious revolt of its mercenary forces. This conflict, known as the Truceless War (240-238 B.C.), resulted in the rise of Hamilcar Barca to prominence and provided a Roman for intervening in Sardinia. Hamilcar's son, Hannibal, would later raise the banner of war and come close to destroying Rome in the Second Punic War (218-201 B.C.)
Ex: Triskeles

13 minutes ago, TheTrachyEnjoyer said:

This one comes out of total left field for me!

Tunny Fish head 1/24 EL stater! Its not my go to collecting area but I think I will make early aquatic EL my subcollection! Thanks to a friend for selling me this cheap 🙂 

Carthage Zeugitania
First Punic War 264-241 BCE
Double Shekel
26 mm 13.9 g
Wreathed Tanit
Horse stndng r star above
SNG Cop 185 Rare

RI Marius 269 Gallic Usurper BI Ant CONCORD MILIT Clasped Hands

6 minutes ago, Leo said:

Im just so glad to finally be able to join a forum, not get immediately banned by some weird internal algorythm and have some holier-than-thou mod tell people "Our decision is final, shut up peasants"

I hope great things come from this!

LOL... their response:

3 hours ago, hotwheelsearl said:

Anyways, I don't know why you guys liken Napoleon to a frog!

 

LOL, yeah I had to really understand that meaning when I expatted in the UK. The Brits called the French “Frogs” because they eat frog legs. So, any French coins can be Frog coins.

and, by the way, I did not git it cuz I grew up eating frog legs (I grew up in Arkansas and Indiana, USA). 

So, my Napoléon coin is from Frog Land. 🙂

I believe @Qcumborenjoys frog legs too.

4 hours ago, Valentinian said:

This tiny goin came today:

It is only 4.2-4.8 mm and 0.18 grams. A "tetartemorion" (one quarter of an obol).
The seller described it as "Head of a griffin(?)" possibly for Teos. I didn't think it was and bought it just for it size. At some angles it almost looks like a lion's head left. But, upon close inspection and at this angle I think the most visible thing on it is a large human ear, so it is really an archaic head left, crowded so the tip of the nose, chin, and neck are not on the flan.
  It turns out that SNG Turkey I, the Kayhan collection, has #348 from Kolophon, Ionia, "late 6th century" is just like it, including the weight, and several similar coins of the weights 0.12 to 0.24 grams. It is too small to expect the weight to be precise.  SNG Danish V Colophon [same place, spelled with a "C"] 133-134 "c, 525-490", are it, with the head named Apollo (0.25 and 0.15 grams). It is really hard to see the photos there. (I wish publications would use x2 or x3 photos for tiny coins.) The coin is tiny and the photos are dark. SNG von Aulock IV 7801 is close (and 0.18 grams), but with only an eye instead of a head.  I didn't find it in Klein or Rosen. 

Well, I wanted a tiny coin and I got one. 

 

Wow, mine is just a couple Kayhan numbers down from yours...

Iona Kolophon 
AR Tetartemorion 
530-520 BCE 
Archaic Apollo 
Incuse Punch 
0.15g 4.5mm- 
SNG Kayhan 343

4 hours ago, Ryro said:

I gave it a try @Valentinian

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4 hours ago, Ryro said:

Nope. There isn't a delete function. I keep trying it on @Alegandron 's posts, but they're still there😜

LOL 😂 

I busted out laffin’ on that!

4 hours ago, Spaniard said:

Lovely additions @Alegandron..

Your Ardasher III is a great example, just in case you don't know the mint is AY- Eran-Khvarrah-Shapur, Khuzistan.

Lovely big bronze too with super detail for the type....Valerian's friend..

Thank you for the attribution update! Very helpful.

and thanks for the kind words @JeandAcre. I guess he was a young Emperor who did not last long. Nope, I know next to nuttin’ on Sassanian history.

Baktria Indo Greco-Baktrian Kingdom Eukratides I Megas 170-145 BCE Dioscuri AE Quadruple Unit