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Ummm, how 'bout this neat lil' Carinus? ... does he qualify for this interesting LRB billon-thread? (maybe he's a bit out of the LRB-crosshairs? ... meh, it's a cool enough billon-coin, so here it is!) Carinus Potin/Billon Tetradrachm (below) Date: Year 2 (283-284 AD) Diameter: 18.9 mm Weight: 7.3 grams Obverse: Laureate bust of Carinus Reverse: Eagle between standards Ex-stevex6

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Wow Donna, you are so cool ... you have a lot of cool stuff (I like it!) Ummm, I do have a couple of very cool scarubs (wanna see 'em?) => okay, here they are 2nd Intermediate Period Steatite scarab (below) Circa 1650-1550 BC Diameter: 23 x 16 mm Obverse: Base engraved with an antelope walking right; palm branches in field. A few minor chips and cracks, otherwise intact, part of greenish-brown glaze remaining, pierced for mounting. From the David Hendin Collection 2nd Intermediate Period Steatite scarab (below) Circa 1650-1550 BC Diameter: 21 x 15 mm Obverse: Base engraved with two crocodiles back-to-back. Intact, once glazed, pierced for mounting. From the David Hendin Collection Ummm, meanwhile, we snagged this very cool "antique" tea-cart ... cool enough, right?

I always thought Crispina would have been a bit of a hottie? ... ummm, or maybe it's just me Crispina. Augusta, Æ Dupondius or As (below) 178-182 AD Rome mint. Struck under Commodus, AD 178-182 Diameter: 26 mm Weight: 11.93 grams Obverse: Draped bust right Reverese: Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter Reference: RIC III 680 (Commodus); MIR 18, 13-7a Other: 10h … brown and green patina, bare metal revealed on the high points Ex-stevex6

Nice!! ... those are sweet examples, coin-fellas Here were a couple of my cool Spanish examples ... Cheers olé SPAIN, AE AS CASTULO (LINARES, JAÉN) - Below CRESCENT CASTELE SERIES. SPHINX 180 BC Diameter: 27 mm Weight: 15,77 gm Obverse: Bust diademed right, crescent before Reverse: sphinx right, star before. In exergue legend Iberian Castele Refernce: FAB 702 Other: Very attractive, nice green patina Ex-stevex6 SPAIN, Celsa. Augustus. Æ As (below) L. Baggius and Mn. Flavius Festus, duoviri 27 BC-AD 14 Diameter: 28 mm Weight: 11.40 grams Obverse: Laureate head right Reverse: Bull standing right, head facing Reference: ACIP 3164c; RPC I 273 Other: 1h … Good Fine, brown patina with tan high points Ex-stevex6 … Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection

Fantastic addition, David (congrats) Hmmm, Cappadocia, eh? ... I had one of those ... Nerva AR Didrachm (below) CAPPADOCIA, Caesaraea-Eusebia AD 96-98 Struck AD 98 Diameter: 20 x 22 mm Weight: 6.64 grams Obverse: Laureate head right Reverse: Club set on ground; date in legend Reference: Metcalf, Caesarea 45; Sydenham, Caesarea 153 Other: 12h … sweetly toned Ex-stevex6 ... fantastic snout, right?? => Batter-up!!

My, oh my => dems some very cool lookin' owls!! ... great effort, coin-gang Ummm, here are a few of my sweet ol' owls ... Athenian Attic Owl AR Tetradrachm (below) After Circa 413 B.C. Mint: in imitation of the contemporary coinage of Athens (Egypt or Syria) Diameter: 26.4 x 22.2 mm Weight: 15.2 grams Obverse: head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with three olive leaves along the front edge, palmette on bowl, and spiral behind ear, her hair drawn across forehead in parallel curves Reverse: AΘE (the first letter represented as a triangle) before owl standing right, head facing, in erect posture, olive sprig and lunar crescent in upper field to left, all within incuse square Reference: cf. Kraay (Archaic and Classical Greek Coins) pp. 73-74 and pl. 12, 204 Other: two deep test cuts on owl’s head and wing Ex-stevex6 CALABRIA, Tarentum. AR Drachm (below) Circa 302-280 BC Diameter: 16 mm Weight: 3.23 grams Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right, helmet decorated with Skylla throwing stone Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing; ZOP and olive branch to right Reference: Vlasto 1047; HN Italy 975 Other: 12h … toned, struck with worn reverse die Ex-stevex6 SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA (below) Kleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII 125-121 BC - Dated SE 190 (123/2 BC) Antioch mint diameter: 19 mm weight: 7.21 grams obverse: Diademed head of Antiochos VIII right reverse: Owl standing right, head facing, on fallen amphora; IE to inner right, P(retrograde)P (date) and piloi in exergue reference: SC 2263.2g; HGC 9, 1189; DCA 264 other: 1h, black patina with some earthen highlights Ex-stevex6 PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king (below) AR Twenty-fourth Shekel Circa 393-311/0 BC Diameter: 7.2 mm Weight: 0.46 grams Obverse: Dolphin leaping right Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail in background Reference: E&E-T Group III.1.2.d, 1655-1710; HGC 10, 329 corr. (denomination) Other: 6h … toned, minor porosity. Choice for issue Ex-stevex6 PONTOS, Amisos. AR Siglos (below) 3rd-2nd centuries BC Diameter: 17 x 15mm Weight: 3.98 grams Obverse: Head of Hera right, wearing turreted crown Reverse: Owl standing facing, wings spread Reference: PCW-G4116-PONTOS, Cf. RG 11; Cf. SNG BM Black Sea 1118-9 Other: Well struck on a nice full flan … well-centered. Couple of small natural deposit spots on reverse field Ex-stevex6 TROAS, Sigeion. Æ20 (below) 4th-3rd centuries BC Diameter: 20 mm Weight: 8.03 grams Obverse: Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple crested helmet and necklace Reverse: Double-bodied owl standing facing; crescent to right Reference: SNG München 304-6; SNG von Aulock 1570; SNG Copenhagen 493 Other: 12h … rough brown surfaces Ex-stevex6 ... owls are very cool birds and they are a favourite on coins (they are always very sought after)

Sweet!! => Hey David, congrats on snagging that fantastic Hippo coin (great addition) Here is a sweetie from my old collection ... one of my favs Otacilia Severa. Augusta, Æ Sestertius (below) AD 244-249 Secular Games issue., 4th officina. 9th emission of Philip I, AD 248 Rome mint Diameter: 28 mm Weight: 15.99 grams Obverse: Draped bust right, wearing stephane Reverse: Hippopotamus standing right Reference: RIC IV 200a (Philip I); Banti 13 Other:12h … Good VF, dark brown patina, with some red Ex-stevex6 … from the Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection ... big-n-lovely (that's what Philip the Arab called her)

Very impressive examples, coin-gang ... great coins! Ummm, I have a couple of sassy examples ... Sassanian Kingdom, Peroz I AR Drachm (below) Date: 459-484 AD Diameter: 28.1 mm Weight: 4.1 grams Obverse: Bust of Peroz Reverse: Fire altar with attendants at sides 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

Those are some sweet coins and awesome tunes, Gandalf ... keep that shit up! Gilligan's Island Theme Song - Bing video Clip - The Ballad of Gilligans Island, Gilligans Island opening and closing credits _0001_xvid.avi - Bing video Allectus. Romano-British Emperor, AE Quinarius (beow) “C” mint AD 293-296 Diameter: 19 mm Weight: 2.72 grams Obverse: Radiate and cuirassed bust right Reverse: Galley left, with mast; waves below; QC Reference: RIC V 124; Rogiet 1027; Burnett, Coinage 1027 Other: 6h … black patina, minor deposits Ex-stevex6

WOW!! ... those last two coins from Gandalf and jdmKY are absolutely amazing!! (actually, all of the coins in this sweet thread are amazing!!) Ummm, I have a few more Syracuse stragglers ... hopefully they're allowed to mingle with your Sicily-gems?!! HERACLIUS AE 40 nummi follis (below) Struck at Syracuse, Sicily. 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 Heraclius overstruck 40 nummi folles on earlier coinage, dating from the time of Anastasius to Justin II, at Syracusae, Sicilia, as part of a renewed focus on the island's importance as a strategic base. Ex-stevex6 SICILY. Syracuse, AE Hicetas (below) 288-279 BC Diameter: 22 mm Weight: 8 grams Obverse: Laureate head of young Zeus Hellanios left Reverse: Eagle with spread wings standing left on thunderbolt. “A” in left field Other: sweet sprue! Ex-stevex6 SICILY - SYRACUSE – HEMILITRON - 6 Onkia (below) TIME OF DIONYSIOS I Diameter: 16 mm Weight: 3.4 grams Obverse: ARETHUSA Reverse: WHEEL OF FOUR SPOKES , DOLPHINS Reference: sng ans 404 other: good vf Ex-stevex6

That's a sweet coin, Ed ... Hi, stevex here Hey Ed, I still can't thank you enough for finding that amazingly awesome Pontos coin, which completed my neat mini-set (Pontos Laodikia) ... man, it was a beauty, eh? => Thanks again ... so cool (it killed me to break-up and sell-off that sweet set ... sigh) Yikes ... sorry I interrupted this cool Thasos thread (my bad) ... I just got excited and nostalgic when I saw Ed's face! Cheers to all

Great coins, gang Yup, ya gotta love the fun lovin' times that the sensitive Satyr is having with the playful and willing Nymph (they're obviously in love ... it's so nice to see ancient love stories depicted on coins) Thasos, AR Archaic Stater. Satyr & Struggling Nymph (below) Islands off Thrace, Thasos c.525 - 463 BC Diameter: 21.5 mm Weight: 8.60 grams Obverse: Satyr carrying off a struggling nymph, who raises her arm in protest Reverse: Quadrapartite incuse square Reference: SNG Cop 1010 Other: Nice metal with good facial detail. A classic archaic Greek type! Ex-stevex6 Hopefuly everybody is having a nice Friday afternoon (I am relaxing after a day of yard-chores) ... I'm now having a glass o' vino and livin' the dream Cheers

Here is a tune for the time that I bought the fake Claudius ... luckily, I ended-up getting my money back and I got to keep the fake, so it was actually kind of a win in the end, eh?

Hmmm, apparently I'm in a YES mood ... good wine on date night Galeria Valeria. Augusta, Æ Follis (below) Cyzicus mint, 4th officina Struck circa AD 308 293(?)-311 AD Diameter: 26 mm Weight: 6.34 grams Obverse: Diademed and draped bust right Reverse: Venus standing facing, head left, lifting dress and holding apple; MKΔ Reference: RIC VI 38 Other: 1h … dark brown to black patina Ex-stevex6

Wow ... apparently I had a bit too much to drink on date-night tonight, if I'm posting these ol' favourite tunes from the early 80's, eh? Jon & Vangelis - The Friends of Mr. Cairo [Official] - Bing video 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

KINGS of BITHYNIA. Prousias II Kynegos. Æ21 (below) Nikomedia mint 182-149 BC Diameter: 21 mm Weight: 6.34 grams Obverse: Wreathed head of Dionysos right Reverse: Centaur advancing right, playing kithara; monogram below raised foreleg Reference: RG 26; HGC 7, 629 Other: 12h … attractive dark green patina with light earthen highlights Ex-stevex6 … from the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection ... (Ummm, but I'm pretty sure that I sold this lil' gem to TIF?)

Man, those are great examples, coin-gang ... winners Here are a few of my old coins (I will update the info after I get back from date-night) Hi Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol (below) Date: 600-480 BC Diameter: 6.51 mm Weight: 0.23 grams Obverse: Tunny fish right Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square References: Other: Some deposits Ex-stevex6 … but now it’s a Doug Smith/Mentor coin Lydia AR Siglos (below) Date: 545-520 BC Diameter: 15.6 mm Weight: 4.9 grams Obverse: Confronted lion and bull. Reverse: Two incuse square punches Ex-stevex6 ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos (below) AR Sixteenth Stater – Hemiobol Circa 500-480 BC Diameter: 8 mm Weight: 0.56 grams Obverse: Two dolphins swimming in opposite directions; pellets around Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square Reference: Le Rider, Thasiennes 9; HGC 6, 337 Other: toned, light porosity Ex-stevex6 Thasos, AR Archaic Stater. Satyr & Struggling Nymph (below) Islands off Thrace, Thasos c.525 - 463 BC Diameter: 21.5 mm Weight: 8.60 grams Obverse: Satyr carrying off a struggling nymph, who raises her arm in protest Reverse: Quadrapartite incuse square Reference: SNG Cop 1010 Other: Nice metal with good facial detail. A classic archaic Greek type! Ex-stevex6 Troas, Assos (below) AR Obol? => Hemiobol? => Tetartemorion? Date: 500-450 BC Diameter: 6.92 mm Weight: 0.23 grams Obverse: Griffin Reverse: Head of lion Reference: Other: Awesome Ex-stevex6 IONIA, Ephesos, AR Tetartemorion (below) Circa 500-420 BC Diameter: 5 x 8 mm Weight: 0.17 grams Obverse: Bee Reverse: Head of eagle right within incuse square Reference: Karwiese Series IV; SNG Kayhan 126–34 Other: 12h … toned, Exceptional for issue Ex-stevex6

Wow, Donna => that's a fantastic new Macrinus addition ... congrats Actually, all of the coins you posted are total winners I only had one Macrinus coin ... here it is Macrinus. AR Denarius (below) Rome mint. 3rd emission March-June AD 218 217-218 AD Diameter: 19 mm Weight: 2.95 grams Obverse: Laureate and draped bust right Reverse: Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopia Reference: RIC IV 53; Clay Issue 3; RSC 2 (Antioch) Other: 6h … lightly toned, minor porosity Ex-steve6

That's very cool ... great effort! Hi, Gil-galad (stevex6 here)

Ummm, it's a dude's butt ... but still a butt MYSIA, Kisthene, Orontes, Satrap of Mysia, AR Half Siglos or Tetrobol Circa 357-352 BC Diameter: 13 mm Weight: 2.75 grams Obverse: Nude hoplite crouching left behind shield, spear at ready Reverse: Forepart of winged boar right Reference: Troxell, Orontes 4; SNG France 1164A (Lampsakos); SNG von Aulock Other: 12h … bright surfaces, porous Ex-stevex6 (ummm, I think I sold it to TIF?) NEXT => way more butts ... butt-butt-butts!!

"Next: Biga on a Greek coin" This coin depicts two geese pulling a chariot (chariot slightly off flan) MACEDON, Eion, AR Obol? (Tritartemorion?) Circa 460-400 BC Diameter: 10 mm Weight: 0.37 grams Obverse: Two geese standing right; ivy leaf and H to left Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square Reference: SNG ANS –; SNG Copenhagen 181 Other: toned, typical porosity Ex-stevex Next => another/an actual real Biga on a Greek coin

Hey, thenickleguy => that's a cool new Licinius addition (I like it) Ummm, I had one of those sweet examples too ... and here it is Licinius I, Æ Follis (below) A.D. 308-324 Heraclea A.D. 313 Diameter: 20 mm Weight: 3.29 grams Obverse: IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head of Licinius I right Reverese: IOVI CONSER-VATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing facing, head left, holding Victory on globe, and scepter; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak; Δ//SMHT Reference: RIC 73 Other: 6 h … sweet gree/brown patina Ex-stevex6 Coins Rock!

I love this thread ... I love coins and I love cool tunes => cha-ching (I like all types o' music) Ummm, here is a classic from my/our youth ... Roman Republic Anonymous, Æ AS (below) Date: 169-158 BC Size: 33.61 mm Weight: 32.89 grams Obverse: Head of Janus Reverse: Prow right, above, griffin right Attribution: Crawford 182/2 Other: scattered hard green verdigris Ex-stevex6

🙃 Holy Crap!! ... you guys are fricken awesome!! Man, I love coins from Sicily (probably my favourite ... ummm, along with Thessaly as well ... ummm, and Alexandria ... and ... and ) ... anyway ... => here are a bunch of my ol' Sicily coins!! (I hope you guys are all enjoying owning them and/or seeing them?) SICILY, Messana. AR Drachm - 60 Onkia - (below) 445-439 BC Diameter: 18 mm Weight: 3.59 grams Obverse: Charioteer driving biga of mules right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; olive leaf and berry in exergue Reverse: Hare springing right within wreath, ΜΕΣΣΑ-ΝION Reference: Caltabiano Series IX, 388 (D175/R168); HGC 2, 807; SNG Lloyd 1111; SNG Lockett 820; Boston MFA 288; Jameson 651; Pozzi 487; Rizzo pl. 27, 11 (all from the same dies) Other: 10h … toned, rough surface, scratches, scuffs. Very Rare (R2) Ex-stevex6 … from the Continental Collection SICILY, Selinos Cast Æ 1 Onkia (below) Circa 450-440 BC Diameter: 15 mm Weight: 4.14 grams Obverse: Kantharos; pellet (mark of value) above Reverse: Selinon leaf Reference: Price, Selinus, Group IIIC; CNS 10; Puglisi 282; HGC 2, 1237 Other: 12h … dark green patina Ex-stevex6 SICILY, Syracuse. Hiketas II. Æ24 (below) 287-278 BC Diameter: 23.5 mm Weight: 11.52 grams Obverse: Wreathed head of Kore left; grain ear to right Reverse: Nike driving biga right; star above Reference: BAR Issue 38; CNS 123; HGC 2, 1446 Other: 12h … brown surfaces Ex-stevex6 Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron I AR Tetradrachm (below) (240 Onkia) 478-466 BC Struck circa 478-475 BC Diameter: 24 mm Weight: 16.90 grams Obverse: Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses Reverse: Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around Reference: Boehringer series IXa, 190 (V86/R130); SNG ANS –; Randazzo 356 (same dies) Other: 2h, toned, test cut on reverse Ex-stevex6 ... from the Robert and Julius Diez Collection, Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1132 SICILY SYRACUSE HIERON II AE 21 (below) C. 275-216 BC Diameter: 21 mm Weight: 9.02 grams Obverse: Diad head of Poseidon left Reverse: Trident flanked by dolphins Reference: SNG Ans 965 Other: Good metal and surfaces Ex-stevex6 Sicily, Syracuse: Agathokles Æ24 (below) 317-289 BC Diameter: 23.9mm Weight: 9.26gm Obverse: Diademed head of the young Herakles left, ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ before Reverse: The Nemean lion striding right, club above, ΣΩ in exergue Reference: Calciati II, p290, 150, R1 7; c.f. SNG ANS 733ff Other: superior portrait with sculpted features usually represented by simpler forms Ex-stevex6 Sicily, Syracuse: AR litra – Arethusa/Octopus (below) (12 onkia) 466-460 BC Diameter: 13.1 mm Weight: 0.67 grams Obverse: Pearl-diademed head of Arethusa right; ΣVPA before Reverse: Octopus. Reference: SNG Copenhagen 641; SNG ANS 137ff Ex-stevex6 Sicily, Syracuse Æ Hemidrachm (below) Timoleon and the Third Democracy (30 Onkia) 344-317 BC Timoleontic Symmachy coinage. 1st series, circa 344-339/8 BC Diameter: 24 mm Weight: 16.94 grams Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right Reverse: Upright thunderbolt; to right, eagle standing right Reference: Castrizio series I, 1γ; CNS 72; SNG ANS 477-88 Other: 9h, red-brown patina, a few areas of roughness, some cleaning marks Ex-stevex6 ... from the Robert and Julius Diez Collection, Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1227 ... they're fuckin' awesome, right?!! Hi