Edessa

Celtic. Northeast Gaul. Bellovaci. Circa 100-50 BC. Potin (3.32g). Type with chevrons and "cigarette". Obv: Schematized bust to right, in front, a line coming out of the mouth and following the profile. Rev: Above a line dividing the field, boar to right, below, three chevrons. Ref: Scheers, Treaty, 709; Allen, BMC, 443; DT 532; Gäumann 129. Ex Elsen 152 (9 Sept 2022), Lot 199. Next: More Celtic

That is so cool. Can't wait until the next time I go visit chums in Warminster and can get back into a real British Pub. Here is one from Thetford: British Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England. Æthelred II, AD 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.72g, 6h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Theodford (Thetford) mint; Osbern, moneyer. Struck circa AD 997-1003. Obv: ✠ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)LO; Draped bust left; pellet behind. Rev: ✠OSBERN M'O ÐEOD; Voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. Ref: North 774; SCBC 1151. Nice Very Fine, nicely tones, slight striking weakness.

Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Otacilia Severa, Augusta, AD 244-245. Potin Tetradrachm (22mm, 13.71g, 11h). Dated RY 2 of Philip I (AD 244/245) . Obv: M ωT CЄOΥHΡA CЄ M CTΡA; Diademed and draped bust right. Rev: Serapis standing facing, head right, holding sceptre in right hand and drapery in left; L-B (date) across field. Ref: Dattari (Savio) 4997; Köln 2762; Emmett 3564.2 (R3); K&G 75.18. RPC VIII online 2559 (unassigned, 5 examples). Rare. Very Fine, nice chocolate brown patina. Next: Philip I

Back in 2008, an English Ebay seller of coins was asked to sell a collection of flints from a friend of his, that, if I remember correctly, had worked in a quarry and collected several hundred of indeterminate age. I thought they were cool and picked up several lots. Can't say that I know much else about them.

Link: Syracuse Sicily. Syracuse. Hieron II, 275-215 BC. Æ26 (17.14g, 7h). Struck circa 230-218/5 BC. Obv: Diademed head left. Rev: [IE]PΩN[OΣ]; Horseman riding right, holding couched spear in right arm; AP monogram below. Ref: CNS 195 R1 22; BAR Issue 62; HGC 2, 1548. Very Fine, slight die clash, nice dark green patina.

Gallienus, AD 253-268. Silvered Æ Antoninianus (22mm, 3.58g, 12h). Rome mint, struck AD 262. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG,; Radiate bust right. Rev: FELI-CITA AVG; Felicitas standing right, holding long caduceus and globe; T in field to left. Ref: RIC V 188; RSC 184. About Very Fine, some striking weakness, nice silvering.

Domitian as Caesar, AD 69-81. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.56g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 76. Obv: CAESAR AVG F-DOMITIANVS; Laureate head of Domitian right. Rev: COS IIII; Pegasus standing right, raising left foreleg. Ref: RIC II.1 921. NGC Choice Very Fine, pleasant light toning. Ex Pegasi Auction 18 (1 Apr 2008), Lot 429. Ex Heritage Auction 232210 (9 Mar 2022), Lot 62232. Note from a CGB.fr auction of the same type: Domitian took his fourth consulship in 76, while his father took his seventh consulship and Titus the fifth. The representation of Pegasus is rare in imperial coinage. Some authors have wanted to see in it an association between Domitian and Bellerophon, the companion of the winged horse, and to compare Domitian to Perseus. Medusa, one of the three Gorgons, had the peculiarity of petrifying any human being who stared at her, Perseus cut off her head, and from her blood was born Pegasus, Bellerophon's winged horse. The Greek hero tamed the mythical horse, killed the Chimera, and triumphed over the Amazons.

Great Britain. Victoria, AD 1837-1901. Milled AR Crown. Dated AD 1889. Obv: Victoria, her crowned Jubilee head left. Rev: St. George on horseback, attacking the dragon. Ref: KM765, SCBC 3921. NGC AU58, purple and gold toned. Ex Heritage Weekly June 2019, Lot: 62241. Next: Another Crown.

Invoice arrived today. I generally don't post coins before I actually receive them, but this one is a bit special. Didn't have this type and I really liked the griffin. L. Papius, 79 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.76g, 9h), Rome. Obv: Head of Juno Sospita to right, wearing goat-skin headdress; behind, pentagram. Rev: L•PAPI Griffin leaping to right; below, carpenter square. Ref: Babelon (Papia) 1. Crawford 384/1. RBW 1412 var. (differing control marks). Sydenham 773. Beautifully toned. Some light scratches and the obverse a bit off center, otherwise, very fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 30 (16 July 2024), Lot 1707.

Link: Bracteate Germany. Augsburg (Bistum). Udalschalk von Eschenlohe, AD 1184-1202. AR Bracteate. Obv: Mitered head of the bishop between two annulets within a ring of nine holed wedges, surrounded by a ring of crescents. Rev: Incuse of obverse. Ref: Bonhoff-1900. NGC MS-63. Ex Stacks Bowers Jan 2023 NYINC Auction (16 Jan 2023), Lot 41406.

Postumus, AD 260-268. Æ Double Sestertius (32mm, 17.00g, 6h). Lugdunum mint, struck 261 AD. Obv: IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: [FIDES] MILITVM; Fides standing facing, head left, holding two standards. Ref: Bastien 77; Elmer 233; RIC 123. About Very Fine, dark brown patina, slight striking weakness, reverse slightly off-center. From a private collection in the Lower Rhine region (acquired in September 1999). Ex Kunker e61 (11 Aug 2020), Lot 182. Kunker e78 (18 July 2023), Lot 5555.

Probably Album 3522.1, as this: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3312901 Seems that there are a bunch of variations, with birds to the left and right or even on both sides. The wavy ground line under the cursive M is unusual, but not unknown. Do a search on ACSearch with "arab byzantine bird 3522". Album identifies it as a Rare type.

Dave is right on, as always. Just so happens I was looking at a similar issue that I purchased from Leu a couple of years ago. This is Leu's description: Islamic, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Æ Fals (22mm, 4.91g, 3h), Arab-Byzantine type, probably an irregular mint. Obv: T/Λ/Є/O; Imperial figure standing facing, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left. Rev: Large M in center; above, monogram; below, star; around, blundered Kufic legend reading 'darb dimashq ja'iz' ('current issue [of] Dimashq'). Ref: DOCAB 48 var. (inverted crescent instead of star); Goodwin & Gyselen p. 51, 21. Attractive earthen highlights. Very Fine. Ex Leu Numismatik (18 Jul 2022), Lot 3259. Goodwin & Gyselen make a note that this coin type is "Irregular, almost certainly not an issue of the main Damascus mint." There seems to be much discussion around which issues are irregular and how much control the authorities may have had over the irregular mints.

Okdk. Mesopotamia, Edessa. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.02g, 6h). Obv: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, shrine with pediment. Ref: Prieur 863 (same obverse die as illustration). Very Fine, lightly toned, minor porosity. Extremely rare, only two noted by Prieur, and one in CoinArchives. Ex CNG e296 (13 Feb 2013), Lot 202. Ex Goldberg Pre-Long Beach (30 Jun 2022), Lot 2382.