Steve

Oh, and here are two of my ol' favourite Thessaly coin-examples ... 

 

In this corner, fricken hammered, but lookin' pretty => Dionysos

 

Thessaly, Lamia

 

... and in this corner, lookin' macho, and wearing a fricken lion on his head, Herc!!

 

Thessaly, Scotoussa

 

Yah ... man, that's a good fricken coin-tilt!!

 

ahaha ... awesome thread idea, Ryro!!

Man, I love getting snapped on wine, so I'm a huge fan of Dionysos and his party-hardy ways!! (good for him, right? ... I mean who doesn't want to be the God of fricken wine and partying???)

... okay sure, I also admit that it'd be super-cool to be Herakles (Hercules, for fuck's sake!) ... chicks dig Herc, right? ... man, it's a toss-up, but again, I am more of a lover, than a scrapper, so please jot me down as a vote for Big-Dion!!

.... oh yah, and "T" is also for "Troas" ... 

 

 

Lotsa "T-Coins" eh? 

"T" is for my ol' miscellaneous "T-band"

 

=> Tiberius, Titus, Trajan and Tranquillina on rythm guitar

 

=> T-errific!!

"T" is for Thrace

 

"T" is for Thessaly

UNO => another coin

 

LESBOS, Mytilene. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater

Circa 478-455 BC

Diameter: 10 mm

Weight: 2.48 grams

Obverse: Ram’s head right

Reverse: Incuse bull’s head right

Reference: Bodenstedt Em. 27; HGC 6, 954

Other: 12h

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UNO => a coin

UNO => Facing Athena

 

Ionia, Klazomenai. Æ19

Mid-late 4th century B.C.

Diameter: 19 mm

Weight: 4.63 grams

Obverse: Bust of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet

Reverse: KLAΖOME/NIΩN in two lines above, ram walking right; in right field, trophy

Reference: SNG Munich 484; SNG Copenhagen 86

Other: 5 h … Mottled red, tan and green patina. Good very fine

 Ex CNG E222, 555 (part)

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Wow, that's a fricken gorgeous coin!!

... ummm, I also had a fairly cool example ... 

... my dudes are pointed in the opposite direction 

Nice dove-tails, my coin-friend

=> it looks awesome

 

... I like you guys

Cheers

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving 

Oh, and it's also Monday Night Football (sweet!!)

 

 

UNO => Dioscouri ... on the cat-walk!!

 

 ANTONINUS PIUS, Alexandria, Bronze Drachm (below)

138-161 AD

Egypt, Alexandria, year 8, (144-145AD)

Diameter: 33mm

Weight: 23.15 grams

Obverse: Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius facing right

Reverse: Serapis wearing the modius between the Dioscuri, LH in exergue

Reference: Reference: Dattari 1109

Other: Rare

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"S" is for a few random S-Folks ... Sabina, Salonina and lil' Saloninus 

 

Sabina (below)

 

Salonina (below)

 

Saloninus (below)

"S" is for Sicily

 

Sicily, Syracuse AE Drachm – 60 Onkia (below)

Time of Dionysos I 405-367 BC
Diamerter: 28mm
Weight: 27.22 grams
Obverse: YPA, Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with wreath
Reverse: Sea-star between two dolphins.

SNG ANS: 455, Calciati 62.

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Sicily, Syracuse Æ Litra / Athena / Hippocamp (below)

12 Onkia
Date: Circa 390 BC

Measure: 20.3 mm

Weight: 7.11 grams
Obverse: Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet
Reverse: Bridled hippocamp left, trailing reins
Attribution: SNG ANS 435
Notes: A very nice example with bold detail

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SICILY, Akragas. Æ Hemilitron (below)

Late 5th century BC

Diameter: 28 mm

Weight: 14.71 grams

Obverse: Eagle standing right, tearing at hare

Reverse: Crab; six pellets around, crayfish below; c/m: head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin, within circular incuse

Reference: For undertype: cf. HGC 2, 136; for c/m: CNS 107 CM

Other: 11h .... Coin Near VF, countermark VF, green patina. Well preserved undertype.

Ex-stevex6 … From the Edgar L. Owen Collection

 

SICILY, Akragas, Æ Onkia (below)

Circa 425/0-410/06 BC

Diameter: 14 mm

Weight: 1.65 grams

Obverse: Crab

Reverse: Head of eagle right

Reference: CNS 87; HGC 2, 153

Other: 11h … dark green patina, some cleaning marks

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SICILY, Akragas Æ Cast 1-Onkia (below)

Circa 450-440 BC

Diameter: 19 mm

Weight: 4.62 grams

Obverse: Eagle's head left

Reverse: Crab claw left

Reference: CNS 8; SNG ANS 1020

Other: 6h … a sweet example

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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

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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  … sweet brown surfaces

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Sicily - Syracuse - Hemilitron - 6 Onkia (below)

Time of Dionysios-I

Diam: 16 mm

Weight: 3.4 grams

Obverse: Arethusa

Reverse: Wheel of four spokes, dolphind

Ref: sng ans 404

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Heraclius AE 40 nummis 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

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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, Near VF, 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

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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

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Sicily, Syracuse: AR Litra – 12 Onkia (below)

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

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Sicily, Syracuse, Pyrrhus AE (below)

278-276 B.C.

24 mm

10.6 gm

Obverse: Head of Heracles left, wearing lion skin

Reverse: CYPA-KOCIWN; Athena Promachos in archaic dress, walking right, holding shield and thunderbolt

Reference: SNG ANS 813-850?; Calciati II pg. 321, 175-176?; SNG Copenhagen 809-813?; Favorito 66-67?; Laffaille 248-249?; Virzi1808-1810

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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, Good VF, 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
 

 

SICILY, Selinos Cast Æ Tetras - 3 Onkia (below)

Circa 450-440 BC

Diameter: 21 mm

Weight: 11.64 grams

Obverse: Facing Gorgoneion

Reverse: Selinon leaf; three pellets around

Reference: Price, Selinus, Group IIB; CNS 3 (Trias); Thurlow & Vecchi 310; SNG Morcom –; SNG ANS –; SNG Lloyd –; HGC 2, 1232

Other: 12h … Good VF, dark green patina

Ex-stevex6 … From the L.C. Aes Grave Collection.
 

 

Sicily, Syracuse AE Hemilitron – 6 Onkia (below)

Attribution: BMC 301
Date: 357-344 BC
Obverse: Female head left (Arethusa), with hair in sphendone, olive sprig behind
Reverse: Dolphin leaping right above scallop shell, ÓYPA below dolphin
Size: 17.2 mm
Weight: 2.57 grams
Description: Choice detail style and patina

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Cool thread-idea, kevikens

 

=> here are a few neat examples from my sweet ol' collection ... 

 

D. Junius Brutus Albinus (below)

AR (Silver) Denarius

Struck 48 BC => The year Caesar defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and becomes sole dictator of Rome, calling himself "Imperator"

Rome Mint

Diameter: 18mm

Weight: 3.60 grams

Obverse: Head of young Mars right, wearing a crested helmet

Reverse: BRVTI F ALBINVS, two gallic trumpets (carnyces) in saltire, oval shield above, round shield below

One footnote — the word "Gallic" relates to Gaul, the Roman name for France, and therefore means "French", and not a Scottish or Irish language

The word “carnyx” is derived from the Gaulish root, "carn-" or "cern-" meaning "antler" or "horn," and the same root of the name of the god, Cernunnos (Delmarre, 1987 pp. 106–107). This is the name the Romans gave to the instrument. The original Celtic name is unknown. Even under torture, Carnyx players would not reveal the Celtic name of the instrument to the Romans

Reference: Postumia 11; Cr450/1a; Syd 941

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Sestus, Thrace AE bronze (below)

'after' 150 BC

diameter: 16.2 mm

Weight: 2.34 grams

Obverse: Hermes head left

Reverse: Lyre

Reference: Weber 2465

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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 … Good VF, attractive dark green patina with light earthen highlights

Ex-stevex6 … From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection

"R" is for "Roosters, Rats, Rhinos ... ummm, and Road-Runners??"

 

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: EF/EF … a splendid example from a rare city.

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GENS QUINCTIA. Ti Quinctius AR Denarius (below)

112-111 bC

Diameter: 16.5 mm 

Weight: 4.0 grams

Obverse: Bust of Hercules left, wearing lion's skin headdress, club over shoulder

Reverse: Desultor, on horseback, left, a second horse beside, K behind, TI Q and rat below. D dot S dot S, incuse on tablet, in exergue

Reference: Crawford 297/1b.  South of Italy mint

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Trajan, AE Dichalkon (below)

98 - 117 A.D.

Struck: Alexandria mint (29 Aug 113 - 28 Aug 114 A.D.)

Diameter: 13.7mm

Weight: 1.23 grams

Obverse: no legend, laureate head right

Reverse: rhinoceros walking left, L I-Z (= year 17) above

Reference: Emmett 719 var (rhino right) , BMC -, Dattari -, Milne

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Troas. Dardanos, Æ14 (below)

Date: 4th century BC

Size: 14.32mm
Weight: 1.91 grams

Obverse: Warrior riding horse right; monogram below
Reverse: ΔΑΡΔΑ, rooster standing right

Refernce: cf. SNG von Aulock 1504
Other: A neat type with a reverse of the road runner at full throttle

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Gorgeous Hadrian additions, Donna ... those are both beauties!! (congrats)

Hmmm, I didn't have any "AE" Tets, but I did have this cool AR Tetradrachm ... man, I loved this sweet coin

 

 

Oh, but I did have a couple of cool AE Alexandrian Hadrian examples (wanna see 'em?)

 

AE Drachm (below)

 

AE Obol (below)

 

Hi

 

"R" is for Rhodes

Ummm, here are some of my ol' elephant examples ... like you, I'm a big fan of elephants

Oh, and the Faust reference is very fun and interesting (thanks for that tidbit)

Cheers

Thanks Jean ... man, that is cool, eh?

    

 

Ummm, congrats again & again on your sweet OP-elephant-addition (sorry to derail your thread)

 

 

 

Ursus, congrats on scoring that very cool medieval elephant (I'm jealous of that sweet addition)

🤩

 

Ummm, here is one of my ol' medieval coins from that same time period ... it's also very cool, right?

 

The Duke of Milan, Bernabo and Galeazzo II Visconti, AR Grosso or Pegione

1355-1378 AD

Diameter: 25 mm

Weight: 2.50 grams

Obverse: Snake with maiden in its mouth between B G; above (an eagle) a aquiletta R/S

Reverse: Ambrose on the throne

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Ursus => congrats again on adding that cool OP-addition

Cheers

"crystal formations on coin"

 

All of these ol' beauties had crystalization ... very cool 

 

NEXT => Sheep

awwww, crap ... sorry ... apparently, I forgot to add a "NEXT"

 

NEXT => it's been 6 hours, so whatever you want (maybe a snake?)

sorry, again (that was poor coin-manship on my part)

"artful"

Ummm, is this artsy enough for ya?

ANTONINUS PIUS Æ DRACHM, ALEXANDRIA

151-152 AD

Diameter: 34 mm

Weight: 27.15 grams

Obverse: AYT K T AIL ADP ANTWNEI NOC CEB EYC. Portrait head with laurel wreath to the right. Perlkreis

Reverse: Tyche with Kalathos (A kalathos is a vase in the form of a top hat, used to hold wool or fruit, often used in ancient Greek art as a symbol of fertility. The kalathos has traditionally been interpreted as a fertility symbol, reserved for goddesses or their priestesses) on Lectisternium (Lectisternium, is a religious rite of ancient Greece and Rome marked by the placing of images of gods on couches and the spreading of food before them) laden with garland resting, holding a rudder in her right hand

Reference: BMC 1077 var.; vgl. Dattari 2892

Other: Beautifully colourful tones (even better in hand)

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