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"next... another from Campania..." CAMPANIA, Cales, Æ20 (below) Circa 265-240 BC Diameter: 19.5 mm Weight: 7.29 grams Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo left; [uncertain symbol to right] Reverse: Man-headed bull standing right, head facing; star above, [uncertain symbol or letter below] Reference: HN Italy 436 Other: 5h … green-brown patina Ex-stevex6 … from the Camerata Romeu Collection NEXT => a coin with shellfish on it ... mmmm, shellfish

Zumbly wrote => "Ol' Captain Caveman is safe and sound with me. I'm really getting a kick out of seeing you posting your old coins again, btw. Rock on, brother! 😀" Aaaaaaah, so it was you that bought that cool Kabeiros coin, eh? (I knew it was one of my ol' best-coin-friends that snagged it ... congrats, it's a real winna-winna!) Have a good one, Z-Bro Ooooow, my head hurts 😜

Sorry, I've fallen-off the wagon and I'm tossing-back a few vinos (my bad) Ummm, but what the fa ... before I crash, I'm gonna play you an ol' favourite of Zumbly's ... Ionia, Teos AR Hemidrachm (below) Obverse: Griffin Reverse: Kantharos, magistrate name across, lyre right Date: 4th cent. BC Diameter: 12.8 mm Weight: 1.3 gr Other: Chocolate toning Ex-stevex6

ISLANDS off IBERIA, Ebusus. Æ Quarter Unit 2nd century BC Diameter: 17 mm Weight: 3.28 grams Obverse: Squatting Kabeiros, holding hammer and serpent Reverse: Bull butting left Reference: ACIP 719; SNG BM Spain 318-21 Other: 3h … brown patina Ex-stevex6 (now a TIF coin?)

Geeez ... I figured that I'd better play a tune with a lil' bit more meat on the bones after that last one ... Ummm, how 'bout Ozzie before he was an actor?? CARIA, Idyma. AR Hemiobol (below) 5th century BC Diameter: 8 mm Weight: 0.44 grams Obverse: Land tortoise with segmented shell Reverse: Leaf, pellet Reference: SNG Ashmolean 228; SNG Kayhan 1627 = CNG 72, lot 803; Klein 522 Other: 11h … toned, slightly granular, reverse off center. Very rare Ex-stevex6

Man, I love posting my ol' coins once again ... hangin' with the cool kids Echosmith - Cool Kids [Official Music Video] - Bing video Hey, check-out my cool ol' steroid-horse ... cool

aaarrrgggghhh ... Colorado won Game-1 rats

Still 3-3 with 2 minutes to play I'm a Vancouver Canucks fan, but I'm betting on TB Lightning Oooops, that's a basketball coin!! (close enough?) Oh, here is a coin showing a locker-room with a set of Goalie-pads ... Cheers to hockey ... long live the Canucks!!

Next: another shield (boeotian, gallic, macedonian, roman, ...) Great coin, Sulla ... oh, and thanks for the easy lay-up (I went for a bunch of Boeotian shields) Boeotia, Thebes AR Stater (below) Date: 363-338 BC Diameter: 21.5 mm Weight: 11.8 grams Obverse: Boeotian shield Reverse: Amphora, KA-LLI across field; all within incuse concave circle Reference: BCD Boiotia 555 Ex-stevex6 BOEOTIA, Federal Coinage. AR Hemidrachm (below) Circa 395-340 BC Diameter: 15 mm Weight: 2.61 grams Obverse: Boeotian shield Reverse: Kantharos; above, club right; BO-I across lower field; to lower right, vertical crescent facing left; all within concave circle Reference: BCD Boiotia 40; HGC 4, 1166 Other: darkly toned, die break and a couple scratches under tone on obverse. Struck on a broad flan Ex-stevex6 Boeotia, Thebes, AR tetartemorion (below) Ca. 405-395 BC Diameter: 7 mm Weight: 0.18 grams Obverse: Boeotian shield Reverse: Θ-Ε, grape bunch on vine Reference: BCD Boiotia 466; SNG Copenhagen 294-5 Other: Toned … Rare Ex-stevex6 BOEOTIA, Tanagra. AR Obol (below) Early-mid 4th century BC Diameter: 11.5 mm Weight: 0.83 grams Obverse: Boeotian shield Reverse: Forepart of horse right; Τ above, Α before; all within incuse flat circle with curved edge Reference: BCD Boiotia 291 (this coin); HGC 4, 1292 Other: even grey tone, small flan split, light porosity Ex-stevex6 … Ex BCD Collection Next => a shield other than a Boeotian shield Hi

... Macedonian MACEDON, Mende. AR Hemiobol (below) Circa 460-423 BC Diameter: 8 mm Weight: 0.33 grams Obverse: Forepart of ass right Reverse: Kantharos within incuse square Reference: AMNG III/2, 18; HGC 3.1, 566 Other: 11h … NGC photo certified XF, Strike: 5/5; Surface: 3/5 (whatever that's worth, eh?) Ex-stevex6 Next => another 1/2-ass ... ah, what the hell, 1/2-assed or even a total fricken ass!! ... geesh ... okay, or a Kantharos!! (or even 1/2 a Kantharos)

- another domestic animal (ummm, it's a dog) Next => a Rooster

🙃 thenickelguy strikes again!! ... man, I'm lovin' your sweet coin-threads (keep that shit up!!) => I had a couple of fairly sweet Phil-II's (wanna see 'em?) Philip II. As Caesar, Æ Sestertius (below) 244-247 AD Rome mint, 3rd officina. 4th emission of Philip I, AD 245 Diameter: 30.5 mm Weight: 20.36 grams Obverse: Bareheaded and draped bust right Reverse: Philip II standing right, holding spear and globe Reference: RIC IV 255a; Banti 10 Other: 2h )... dark gray and brown patina, areas of light roughness, hairline flan crack Ex-stevex6 MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis (below) Philip II. As Caesar Æ Pentassarion AD 244-247 Diameter: 27 mm Weight: 13.73 grams Obverse: Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip II right, facing draped bust of Serapis left, wearing calathus Reverse: Serpent coiled left; E (mark of value) to right Reference: H&J 6.44.22.2; Varbanov 2100 Other: 2h ... green-brown patina Ex-stevex6

Great coins, Mentor ... actually, all the coins have been amazing (great coin-effort!) Ummm, Magna Graecia, eh? ... here are a few of my old examples BRUTTIUM, Rhegion. AR Litra (below) Circa 445-435 BC Diameter: 13 mm Weight: 0.71 grams Obverse: Facing lion’s scalp Reverse: RECI within wreath Reference: Herzfelder p. 89, B; HN Italy 2485 Other: 3h … toned, some porosity Ex-stevex6 … from the collection of a Southern Pathologist. Ex Antioch Associates CAMPANIA, Cales, Æ20 (below) Circa 265-240 BC Diameter: 19.5 mm Weight: 7.29 grams Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo left; [uncertain symbol to right] Reverse: Man-headed bull standing right, head facing; star above, [uncertain symbol or letter below] Reference: HN Italy 436 Other: 5h … green-brown patina Ex-stevex6 … from the Camerata Romeu Collection Italy Campania Teanum Sidicinum Æ20 (below) Date: 265-240 BC Diameter: 20.5 mm Weight: 7.05 grams Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena left Reverse: TIANO, Rooster standing right, star behind Reference: SNG ANS 626 Other: a splendid example from a rare city. Ex-stevex6

Holy crap, thenickelguy ... here you are again, eh? (man, you continue to post so many coins and so many different coins => I'm lovin' it!!) Ummm, I have a handful of coins that "might" fit into your thread? (I'll post 'em and then I'll let q-geek and the rest of the coin-crowd "yay" or "nay" my examples, okay?) ... thanks for the opportunity to post my old friends Cheers ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin) - below Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. Æ Dirham Mardin mint AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239 Dated AH 599 (AD 1202/3) Diameter: 29mm Weight: 9.09 grams Obverse: Centaur advancing right, head facing, drawing bow at head of dragon emerging from his tail (fricken cool, right??); mint name and AH date around Reverse: Names and titles of Abbasid caliph al-Nasir and Ayyubid overlord in four lines; name of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan in margins Reference: Whelan Type II, pp. 111-2; S&S Type 38.2; Album 1830.2; ICV 1212 Other: 3h … earthen dark brown-black patina, areas of weak strike Ex-stevex6 ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin) - below Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. Æ Dirham Mardin mint AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239 Dated AH 599 (AD 1202/3) Diameter: 29 mm Weight: 13.58 grams Obverse: Centaur advancing left, head facing, drawing bow at head of dragon emerging from his tail; mint name and AH date around Reverse: Names and titles of Abbasid caliph al-Nasir and Ayyubid overlord in four lines; name of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan in margins Reference: Whelan Type II, 61-3; S&S Type 38.1; Album 1830.2; ICV 1212 Other: 10h … VF, earthen dark brown-black patina, areas of weak strike Ex-stevex6 ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk), Zangids (al-Mawsil), Saif al-Din Ghazi II - below Æ Dirhem AH 565-576 / AD 1170-1180 Dated AH 567 (AD 1171/2) Diameter: 30 mm Weight: 13.21 grams Obverse: Draped young male bust facing slightly left, wearing hair in foreknot; above, winged figures flanking; AH date to right and left Reverse: Name and titles of Saif al-Din Ghazi II in five lines and in outer margins Reference: Whelan Type I, 174-5; S&S Type 60.3; Album 1861.1 Other: 7h … brown patina. Ex-stevex6 … from the J.P. Righetti Collection ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Arghun (below) AR Dirham AH 683-690 / AD 1284-1291 Astarabad mint Diameter: 17 mm Weight: 2.75 grams Obverse: Reverse: Hawk type Reference: Diler Ar-173; cf. Album 2149.2; ICV Other: 2h … toned, weakly struck at periphery Ex-stevex6 SELJUQS OF RUM (below) GHIYATH AL-DIN KAI KHUSRU, AE-Fals First Reign: AH 588-597 (1191-1200 AD) Second Reign: AH 601-607 (1204-1210 AD) Diameter: 25 mm Weight: 2.40 grams Obverse: Horseman right carrying spear, two stars in field, dragon? below Reverse: Five line legend Reference: Kufic inscription, Fine, Paris 1647v Other: An unusual variety, perhaps retaining elements of the Byzantine prototype of St. George and the Dragon Ex-stevex6 Seljuqs of Rum, Kaykhusraw II (below) Silver Dirham Konya Mint 1241-1242 A.D. (AH639) Diameter: 23 mm Weight: 2.9 grams Obverse: Sun and Lion Reverse: Other: A-1218 … SLJQ-503 Ex-stevex6 ... ummm, hopefully at least one of them deserves to be in your cool thread? (TBD)

Oh wow, I'm sorry to hear that news, Jango ... man, you've had that great friend for a long time, eh? That is the obvious down-side of adopting a pet ... you usually out-live them (sigh) I have lost a few dogs in my adult life, but last year I lost my spirit animal (Larry ... "she" was an amazing friend) Again, I'm very sorry to hear that news, my ol' coin-friend

I am putting all of my money on the Tampa Bay Lightning to win the Stanley Cup (although, Colorado are fricken awesome as well) ... sadly, I am a Vancouver Canucks fan, so there's that 😐 Oh sorry, that's NHL hockey ... yah, I have as much interest in bit-coin as you guys probably do in NHL hockey, eh? 😉

Nice addition, thenickelguy (wow, you're really collecting at break-neck speed, eh? ... nicely played) I had a similar coin ... Salonina AR Antoninianus (below) Date: 257-258 AD Diameter: 23.6 mm Weight: 3.3 grams Obverse: SALONINA AVG - Diademed and draped bust of Salonina Reverse: FELICITAS PVBLICA - Felicitas seated, holding caduceus and cornucopiae References: RIC 6 Ex-stevex6

Holy crap, you guys have absolutely amazing copper coins!! (outstanding!!) I have proof one-cent pieces for every year since the early 60's, but that probably isn't too impressive to likes of you copper collectors, eh? Ummm, but I do have a few fairly cool copper error-coins ... are they allowed to rub-shoulders with your sweet coins? ... oh, and I also have this very cool Centennial Bunny that was struck on a foreign copper planchet ...

Takin' Care of Byz-ness!

Sweet addition, thenickelguy ... that's a great new Alex-III Oh, and you other coin-fellas also have some fantastic examples (very yummy, kapphnwn) Pretty sure I only had this one example of Alex-II (lifetime) ... I always loved the patina on this baby Alexander III the Great AE19 336 - 323 BC Diameter: 19 mm Weight: 5.99 grams Obverse: Head of Alexander as Herakles in Nemean lion scalp headdress to right Reverse: Alexander between club and bow with bow case and quiver, cluster of grapes and monogram above Other: A handsome coin, nicely centered with a pretty patina Ex-stevex6

Thanks for the kind comments, J-Acre ... ahaha, yah, I tried to sneak Chuck the Bald in there, but you caught me (I loved that sweet coin ... I recall that it wasn't cheap) 😉

Sweet!! ... those are some amazing Byzantine examples, gang ... I had several cool types (NOTE: I will update the coin-info when I get a chance ... I'm busy-byzy at the moment) => please enjoy my coin-randomness!! Justinian I AE Follis (below) Date: Year 32 (558-559 AD) Diameter: 30.7 mm Weight: 17.3 gr Obverse: Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian I, holding globus cruciger and shield Reverse: Large M Ex-stevx6 Justin II AE Pentanummium (below) 565-578 AD Diameter: 14.7 mm Weight: 1.9 grams Obverse: Monogram Reverse: Large E; K right (Cyzique Mint) Ex-stevex6 Maurice Tiberius Æ Follis (below) Theoupolis (Antioch) mint 582-602, Dated RY 9 (590/1) Diameter: 28 mm Weight: 11.34 grams Obverse: Crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped scepter Reverse: Large m; cross above, A/N/N/O Ч/IIII; τHЄЧP’ Reference: DOC 160; MIBE 95Ab (Arditarion from CNG later corrected this and stated that it is actually a 95Cb); SB 532 Other: 6h … brown patina Ex-stevex6 Byzantine Empire, Sassanian occupation of Egypt Æ 12 Nummi / Khusro II (below) Date: Circa 618-628 AD Measure: 19.66 mm Weight: 8.26 grams Obverse: Cuirassed bust of Khusro facing, wearing crown with simple cross, star to left, C to right Reverse: Cross on globe between I-B, AΛEΣ in exergue Attribution: DOC 191; SB 855 Notes: A very nice example of this scarcer type Ex-stevex6 Heraclius. Æ follies (Countermarks) - below 610-641 AD ca. 616/7-621/2 Sicilian mint Diameter: 29 mm Weight: 12.77 grams Obverse: Crowned bust of Heraclius facing; to right, monogram; all within circular incuse Reverse: SCLs within circular incuse Reference: DOC 241b; MIB Km 4; SB 882 Other: Brown patina. Overstruck on a follis of Justin I from Constantinople, SB 63. Countermark very fine, coin near fine Ex-stevex6 HERACLIUS AE 40 nummi follis. Struck at Syracuse, Sicily (below) Overstruck on a large follis of Anastasius from Constantinople circa 622 AD or earlier Diameter: 33.5mm Weight: 13.6g Obverse: Facing bust of Heraclius, monogram-cross beside, all within 9mm countermarked circle, bust of Anastasius clearly identifiable underneath Reverse Large M from original undertype, mintmark CON overstamped with SCLS mintmark. HOST COIN - ANASTASIUS I AE 40 nummi follis. Constantinople mint, circa 512-517 AD. D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Reverse - Large M, star to left, cross above, star to right, A below. Mintmark CON. SB 16, DOC 20a. Countermark S 884 Ex-stevex6 Umayyad, Anonymous AE Fals (below) Date: 730-740 AD Diameter: 14.3 mm Weight: 2.6 grams Obverse: Pentagram Reverse: Legend References: Ex-stevex6 Constantine V with Leo IV. Æ Follis (below) Mint: Struck in Syracuse Reign: AD 741-775 Diameter: 20 mm Weight: Obverse: Constantine V, bearded, on left, and Leo IV, beardless, on right, each standing facing, wearing crown and chlamys and holding akakia; between their heads, cross Reverse: Leo III, bearded, standing facing, wearing crown and chlamys and holding cross potent Reference: Sear 1569 Other: Virtually full reverse legend Ex-stevex6 CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). As Charles II, King of West Francia, AR Denier (below) 840-877 AD Diameter: 20 mm Weight: 1.56 grams Obverse: Without mint signature (Orléans). + CΛRLVS REX FR, cross pattée with pellet in each quarter Reverse: XPISTIΛNΛ RELIGIO, temple Reference: Coupland, Early group D, pl. 23, 43-7; M&G 1159; MEC 1, 846-9 Other: 6h … attractively toned Ex-stevex6 Leo VI the Wise. Æ Follis (below) Constantinople mint Struck 908-912 AD 886-912 AD Diameter: 25 mm Weight: 6.40 grams Obverse: Crowned bust facing, holding akakia Reverse: +LЄOҺ/ ЄҺ ӨЄO ЬA/SILЄVS R/OmЄOҺ in four lines Reference: DOC 8; SB 1729 Other: 6h ... rough red-brown surfaces Ex-stevex6 Anonymous Folles, Basil II & Constantine VIII Æ26 (Class A3) - below Constantinople mint circa 1020-1028 Diameter: 26 mm Weight: 7.04 grams Obverse: Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator Reverse: Legend in four lines; ornament above and below Reference: DOC A2.40; SB 1818 Other: 6h … dark gray-brown and red-brown patina Ex-stevex6 Andronicus II BI Trachy (below) Date: 1282-1328 AD Diameter: 24.2 mm. Weight: 1.5 gr Obverse: Six pointed star. Reverse: Andronicus flanked by two large B Ex-stevex6 Isaac II BI Trachy (below) => “or” Theodore 1, Nicaea (S.2062) Date: 1185-1195 AD Diameter: 28.1 mm Weight: 3.5 grams Obverse: Mary, nimbate, seated, holding the nimbate head of infant Christ. Reverse: Isaac holding cross-headed sceptre and akakia, crowned by hand of God in upper right field Ex-stevex6 Byzantine, Anonymous AE Follis Class G (below) Date: 1068-1071 AD Diameter: 26.5 mm Weight: 10.2 grams Obverse: Bust of Christ facing Reverse: Facing bust of the Virgin, nimbate Ex-stevex6

Ummm, silvering? ... I only had two Gallienus-examples, so I'll let you guys be the judge ... GALLIENUS, AE ANTONINIANUS (below) 253-268 AD Struck circa 267-268 AD Diameter: 21 mm Weight: 3.56 grams Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG Radiate head right Reverse: APOLLINI CONS AVG Centaur advancing right, drawing bow; Z (retrograde) Reference: RIC 163; C. 72 Other: pretty cool Ex-stevex6 Gallienus, AE Tetradrachm (below) Egypt-Alexandria 264/265 (Year 12) Diameter: 22 mm x 23 mm Weight: 8.72 grams Obverse: Laureate, cuirassed bust right Reverse: Eagle standing facing, head left, holding large wreath with spread wings L IB in upper field Reference: Emmett 3809 (corrected); Milne 4110; Curtis 1596; BMC 2237 Other: slightly rough. Neat dramatic reverse Ex-stevex6 … Ex Keith Emmett Collection; Ex Frank Robinson, June 1993

Wow, there are several amazing coins in this thread already ... here are a couple of my humble ol' Julian-II examples (enjoy) Julian II AE3 (below) (Rome mint) Date: 361-363 AD Diameter: 19.8 mm Weight: 3.1 grams Obverse: D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG - Helmeted, diademed, cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield Reverse: VOT/X/MVLT/XX within wreath. VRB ROM B in ex. References: RIC 329 Ex-stevex6 JULIAN II AE1 - Double Maiorina - (below) A.D. 362 – 363 Arelate mint, 1st Office Diameter: 26 mm Weight: 9.2 grams Obverse: DN FL CL IVLIANVS PF AVG. Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust at right Reverse: SECVRITAS REIPVB. Bull standing right, 2 stars above, wreath at end of legend. PCON in exergue Reference: Originally stated as being an RIC VIII 316 However => Doug Smith states => “You should continue to be happy to have that coin which is not bad as just a generic Julian bull but is really special as an R3 that seems actually to deserve that rating. RIC 313 (VIII Arles) variations” Other: full details in both sides … precious black patina ... scarce in this condition … better in hand Ex-stevex6 ... very cool patina, right? (sweet)