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On 10/6/2023 at 9:14 PM, Sulla80 said:
An exciting find @Väinämöinen, congratulations on your wonderful coin! Here's a quite common coin that seems appropriate for this thread, Cicero defended Gnaeus Plancius, named on this coin, against charges that he bribed his way to victory in his election to curule aedile.
https://www.sullacoins.com/post/pro-plancius
Roman Republican, Cn. Plancius, 55 BC, AR denarius (4.03g)
Obv: AED CVR S.C. CN PLANCIVS, head of Diana right, wearing causia, earring, and necklace
Rev: Cretan goat standing right; bow and quiver behind
Ref: Crawford 432/1; Sydenham 933; Plancia 1
Thank you for that tidbit @Sulla80
Roman Republic Cn Plancius 55 BCE Macedonia causia Cretan Goat quiver Sear 396 Craw 432-1mine appears heavily worn from all the bribing hands that it passed through…
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Roman Republic
Minicuis Thermus 103 BCE
AR Denarius
Mars beardless looking left
2 Warriors fighting over fallen warrior
Sear 197 Cr 319-1- 8
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Great capture @Amarmur.
Here is his buddy…
RR
GAIUS CASSIUS LONGINUS & PUBLIUS CORNELIUS LENTULUS SPINTHER
AR silver denarius.
Struck circa 42 BC, at a mobile military mint moving with Brutus & Cassius, probably located in Smyrna.
C CASSI IMP LEIBERTAS, veiled & draped bust of Libertas right.
Reverse - LENTVLVS SPINT, jug & lituus. 18mm, 3.3g.
Craw 500-5- 7
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RR 234-231 BCE AR Heavy Denarius - Didrachm Apollo-Horse prancing Crawford 26-1 Sear 28 R- 12
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RR Anon AR denarius Roma 211-206 BCE ROMA incus Dioscuri single horn-helmet Sear-- Craw 68-1b SICILY ISSUE R- 11
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5-Asses: (Similar to a Roman AR Quinarius)
ETRURIA, POPULONIA.
Etruria Populonia
AR 5 Asses 2.0g
3rd C BCE
Obv: Young Head L, V (denomination) behind
Rev: blank
HN 173 Vecchi Rasna III 52 ex NAC 29 No 9 R- 12
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I have 3. None in pics. Some of my favorite coins.
same with my Confederate Cent Restrikes.
and of course my Civil War token collection. Sold most of them 35 years ago… but a fun collection!
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New RULE for Mr Goldfinger, Herr @panzerman : He can ONLY post NON-GOLD ancient coins. 😄 😄 😄
LOL, one of my favorite scenes:
Here is one of mine (repeat from an earlier post)
Carthage - Zeugitana
AV 1/10th Stater-Shekel
350-320 BCE
0.94g 7.5mm
Palm-
Horse Head
SNG COP 132- 7
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On 4/29/2024 at 8:35 AM, JAZ Numismatics said:
Awesome! First gold ancient coin = second greatest feeling in life. 😇
LOL, ... WHAT could POSSIBLY be better than GOLD??? 😄
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On 4/26/2024 at 11:19 AM, Spargrodan said:
Yeah I also think Philip is more interesting than Alexander. If we would think he had lived to start the conquest of Asia himself it's very interesting to imagine how the history would have turned out. Alexander inherited a well organised military machine as well as very good advisors, he was very talented but Philip was the one that made it all possible.
Very much agreed. Curious if Philip would had the same success, going as far as the Hydespes, as Alexander. And, perhaps Philip would had paused before going to, or not going to India after defeating Darius III. Would he been able to consolidate an enduring Makedonwn Empire?
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Some of my Indo's
Indo-Greek Baktria Menander I Soter BC 155-130 AR Tet 26mm 9.6g Diad - Athena Alkidemos tbolt Gorgon shield SNG ANS 764-767
INDO-GREEK KINGDOM Zoilos II Circa 50-40 BCE AR drachm 17mm 2.3g Athena Alkidemos l monograms Antony Actium SNG ANS 1654-1658
Baktria Indo Greco-Baktrian Kingdom Eukratides I Megas 170-145 BCE Dioscuri AE Quadruple Unit
Baktria Apollodotos I 180-160 BCE Square AR Drachm 20mm 2.4g Elephant Zebu-Brahman SNG ANS 324-327- 8
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Nice Arse sextans @bcuda
CELTIBERIA / Non-Roman Spain
OSCA Spain AR silver denarius 204-154 BC. Head r beard -N behind - Horseman spear, Iberian PMAN BOLSCAN Burgos 1501 Villaronga 3
Celtiberia, Secaisa
AE As, 25mm, 8.5g, 5h;
2nd to early-1st centuries BC.
Obv.: Male head right flanked by dolphins.
Rev.: Horseman galloping right holding spear // SECaISA in Iberian script.
Reference: SNG Copenhagen 363ff- 4
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RI Quietus Usurper 260-261 AR Ant 21mm 4.5g Antioch Fortuna cornu scepter rudder star RIC V 4 R2
RI Quietus usurper 260-261 CE Ant 3-74g Samasota mint Indulgentia patera scepter RIC V 5
Sasanian Shapur I 240-272 CE AE Tetradrachm 10.78g 27mm Ctesiphon mint phase 1a mural crown korymbos - fire altar type 2 SNS IIa1-1a
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12 minutes ago, JeandAcre said:
@Alegandron, the convergence of your latest two is really resonating. In some utterly inarticulate, correspondingly mysterious way, I get a sense that Highland Scots have a more visceral connection to their deep Central Asian roots than most Europeans. ...Maybe because they settled so early, and then just kind of stayed put? A little like how mountain hillbillies held onto speech patterns verging on Elizabethan longer than anyone else did.
I wondered about that also, and feel the same as you on . Very cool we have the same observations.
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5 hours ago, Spargrodan said:
These are all wonderfull coins @Alegandron my favourite of the bounch is the lifetime Philip, absolutely stunning!
Thank you. I have always liked this coin, and really admire this man's history. All eyes are on Alexander, but Philip II was cut down early. He was the one who rebuilt Makedon from prior ruler's tatters, rebuilt their army with innovative tactics and sarissa technology, re-organized the cavalry and its effective tactics, created wealth through the silver mines, imposed a hegemony over Greece through diplomacy and might, built up an advisory staff and military leadership that was very effective. Alexander, albeit great, inherited all of these assets... To me, Philip II was the Greatest. Alexander was well educated and learned well as to his father's teachings, and executed the plans WELL.
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RI Trajan Egypt AE Dichalkon Laureate hd L Rhinoceros walking L LI-Z yr 17 CE 113-114 12.9mm 1.25g Emmet 719 var. rhino right
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INDIA Gandhara 6-5C BCE AR Shana or 1-8 Shatamana 15mm 1.4g Six armed Taxila symbol pellet between - Blank - Pieper 12 Rajgor Series 41
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Some PRE-Diadochi…the Guys who started it all.
And, here is one of my Lifetime GREATEST, followed by a couple Lifetime Greats
Kingdom of Makedon
Philip II 382-336 BCE (Reign 359-336 BCE)
AR Tetradrachm.
Mint: Pella, lifetime issue, struck circa 353-349 BC.
25 mm. 14.4 g
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ,
Rev: Philip on horseback left, wearing kausia and raising right hand; spearhead below, star below horse's raised foreleg.
Le Rider 102 (D58/R82); SNG ANS 357
Kingdom of Makedonon
Alexander III (MEGAS) 336-323 BCE
AR Tetradrachm
24.5mm, 16.9g
Lifetime Issue
Obv: Herakles
Rev: Zeus on big-ball throne, holding Eagle, staff; very faint trident in field l
BABALONIA, Babylon
AR Tetradrachm / Stater (or Dishekel)
Minted ca. 323-328 B.C.
24 mm, 16.3g
Obv: Ba’al seated left holding scepter
Rev: Lion walking left, control mark Г above. (Control mark was minted during Alexander III Lifetime)
Ref: Ref: BMC Arabia XXII no.1
Comment: "This type was discussed by Martin Price in his article "Circulation at Babylon in 323 BC," in the book "Mnemata: Papers in Memory of Nancy M. Waggoner." He asserts that a reengraved die clearly shows the "lion staters" with gamma followed the ones with delta. "They are probably shekels on the local standard." (page 67). He dates them to the lifetime of Alexander, because they were present in a hoard with deposition dated to 323/2. He doesn't give the earliest possible date explicitly, but mentions that Mazaeus was governor until 328 and issued coins, so I infer Price would put them at or after 328. So you can say "Struck 323 or before, under Alexander the Great."- 7
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ANTIGONOS I
Makedon Antigonos I Monopthalmus 319-305 BC AR Drachm Magnesia and Maeandrum Mint 3-9g 16-5mm Herakles lion-Zeus
PHILIP III & ALEXANDER IV
Makedonwn
Philip III Arrhedaeus & Alexander IV, 323-317 BCE
AR Drachm, 2.595g, maximum diameter 13.0mm, die axis 270o
Amphipolis mint
Obv: diademed head of of Apollo right
Rev: ΦIΛIΠΠOY, naked youth pacing right on horseback, palm frond in right, reins in left, E in wreath below
Ref: Le Rider p. 123, pl. 45, 31 - 32; SNG ANS 621, SNG Cop -, SNG Alpha Bank -,
Comments: VF, struck with worn dies, porous, bumps and scratches very rare
EX: ForumAncientCoins May-2016- 5
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Kassander was a real jerk.
Lion
Kassander
(316-297 BC).
Æ (15mm, 3.08g, 3h). Pella
Pella or Amphipolis, before 306 BC.
Obv: Head of Herakles r., wearing lion skin. R
Rev: Lion reclining r.
Ref: SNG Alpha Bank 881; SNG Copenhagen 1140.
Green patina, VF – Good VF
Horse Prancing
Makedon
AE 20
Kassander 319-297 BCE
Herakles
Horse prancing, monogram
Sear 6754 var SNG Cop 1142
another Horse…
Makedonon
Kassander 319-297 BCE
AE 20
Herakles in lion skin
Youth on Horse prancing, monogram below horse
Ref: Sear 6754 var SNG Cop 1142- 4
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PTOLEMY was the Greatest of the Diadochi!
Egypt Ptolemy I Soter Tet Delta bankers marks CELATOR DELTA called out
Seleukid Seleukos I 312-280 BCE AR Tet 14.46g Seleucia on Tigris. Zeus - Athena driving a quadriga of 4 horned elephants SC 130
Thrace -Lysimachos AR drachm 305-281 BCE R Alexander head-Ammon horns - rev Lysimachos Athena- 3
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CARTHAGE COIN FABRICS
GOLD
Carthage - Zeugitana
AV 1/10th Stater-Shekel
350-320 BCE
0.94g 7.5mm
Palm-
Horse Head
SNG COP 132
Electrum
Zeugitania, Carthage
Anonymous BCE 310-290
EL Dekadrachm - Stater
18.5mm, 7.27g
Obverse: Wreathed head of Tanit left, eleven pendants on necklace; pellet before neck
Reverse: Horse standing right; three pellets below exergue line
Ref: MAA 12; SNG Copenhagen 136- 5
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Old is always cool... And, Gold is always cool, too...
ACHAEMENID EMPIRE
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire.
Darios I to Xerxes II.
Circa 485-420 BC.
AV Daric (14mm, 8.30 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint.
Persian king or hero, wearing kidarisand kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left /
Incuse punch.
Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27);
Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero, the Discovery of a Lifetime
in Roman Republic
Posted
Thank you. I appreciate that!
am trying to post here more. Going thru some life changes, but all is well.
Hope you are well, my Friend!