Celator

I have only the one.

John II Comnenus
Billon Aspron Trachy
1122 to 1137 AD
Obvs: IC XC, Facing bust of Christ Pantocrator
Revs: Crowned facing bust of John, holding cruciform scepter and globus cruciger; six jewels on collar
29x30mm, 3.61g
Constantinople mint
SB 1944

Hello my old friend, glad to see you made it over here. Did you buy a house? 

Always liked the portrait on that Megas.

#10 Antiochus III - 223 to 187 BC

Antiochus III
Mint: Antioch on the Orontes
Series I
223 to 187 BC
Obvs: Laureate head of Antiochus as Apollo right. Dotted border.
Revs: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos testing arrow and resting left hand on grounded bow. Control mark ¥ outer left.
AE 23x24mm, 11.96g
Ref: SC 1048.1a; HGC 9, 466(R2)

I know there are some examples of this ruler out there, so post them here!

I was playing with my daughter and made this 100% accurate and to scale Seleucid mahout. I know what you are thinking, this must have taken hundreds of hours of work to make this painstaking replica. 

what inspired this pièce de résistance was a coin I purchased earlier this year. 

It was these elephants that played a crucial role in the victory at Ipsus for Seleucus. They had groupings anywhere from 2 to 64 as a formation and had towers (howdahs) on their backs. They were heavily armored and had spear throwers and archers atop the animals. Seeing the success the Seleucid war elephants were having, Ptolemy IV started his own elephant corps. By the reign of Antiochus IV use of war elephants were on the decline, but still an intimidating force.

Antiochus IV
Mint: Ecbatana
Denomination B
175 to 164 BC
Obvs: Obvs: Elephant right with mahout, dotted border. Control on right.
Revs: BAΣIΛEΩΣ on right ANTIOXOY on left, Nike advancing right holding fileted wreath. Control inner right and Π in exergue.
AE 23mm, 8.21g
Ref: SC 1554.2a; HGC 9, 677(R2)

Please share your creations, muses, elephants, or other inspirations.

6 minutes ago, Nerosmyfavorite68 said:

The ones I'm wondering about are new additions to London Ancient coins.  However, my interest is greatly reduced if they're probably not from Italy.  Some seem to have a bona fide helmet or crown, others seem to be busts, at least to my eyes.

I'm trying to decide what to get for my regular buy.

I'd kind of like a Siliqua of Honorius, but the non-clipped (or lightly clipped) offerings are quite pricey.

If you want one from Rome it will need to be a P or R.

Weights vary because they were supposedly made over 2 centuries starting as a commemorative in the 4th century, the later looking cruder and weighing less. I would like to see more information these.

Justinian I
530 AD
Mint: Constantinople
AR Scripulum or 1/3 Siliqua
Obvs: Helmeted, draped, and cuirassed bust of Constantinopolis right.
Revs: Large TX monogram.
11x14mm, 0.51g
Bendall, Anonymous Type 12

And a related issue

Commemorating Constantinople
5th/6th c. AD
Mint: Constantinople
AR Scripulum
Obvs: Helmeted, draped, and cuirassed bust of Constantinopolis right.
Revs: Large K.
13x15mm, 1.07g
Bendall 8c

1 hour ago, Severus Alexander said:

Thanks, I'm sorry I edged you out! As it happens you, in turn, edged @Valentinian out. We Byzantine fans make a small world! 😆 I'm sure you'll both snag one eventually, and @Simon too!  I hope you all get a bargain!

@Simon, thanks for that link. At the bottom of p.4 there's an old one from 1992 which, at that time, they attributed to the Crusaders at Edessa, as some kind of mule. It's noted as being overstruck on a Baldwin I follis. Mine is also overstruck. I discussed this with @Valentinian, and we decided the overstrike was on a Class I.  Here's the full-size photo from the auction (the coin is a lot darker in hand):

The overstrike does fit somewhat with a Class I, but as I noted to Valentinian, it's not a perfect fit for these three dots:

The Chris Lightfoot link made me wonder about this again.  Might my coin be an overstrike on an Edessa follis, something like these from the very beginning of the 12th century (Baldwin II)?

There's even a bit of curlicue there perhaps corresponding to the RHS of the photo above. And is that the bottom of his chain mail you can see at the left edge of my coin's reverse?

My coin's weight is 5.7g, more typical for a Class I but still compatible with an Edessa follis. (The particular one above is usually in the 3-5g range though.)

What do you guys think? Class I undertype, Edessa, or something else?

I would say class I as well and gospels visible at 9 o'clock on the reverse making it a flip over os.

Any silver Tryphon is impressive especially that one.

Antiochus X
Antiochon the Orontes
94 BC
AR Tetradrachm
Obvs: Diademed head of Antiochus right with short sideburn.
Revs: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOV EVΣEBOYΣ ·I·IΛOΠATOPOΣ, Zeus Nikephoros seated left, holding lotus-tipped scepter; Σ monogram and A to outer left, Π below throne; all within wreath.
26x27mm, 14.91g
Ref: cf. SC 2428a; cf. HGC 9, 1287(R1)
Note: Unpublished with neither lack of nor long sideburn, but a "short" sideburn.

Antiochus IX
Mint: Samaria
AR Obol
114 to 95 BC
Obvs: Diademed head of Antiochus right, dotted border.
Revs: BAΣI on right, AN ΦI on left, Athena standing left, holding Nike in right hand and resting left on shield set on ground; spear resting in crook of left arm.
8mm, 0.53g
Ref: SC 2394; HGC 9, 1245(R2)

Antiochus Son of Seleucus IV
Mint: Tarsus
AR Drachm
October/November 175 BC
Obvs: Diademed head of the child Antiochus right, dotted border.
Revs: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on right ANTIOXOY on left, Apollo seated left on omphalos testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow with grip marked by 3 pellets. ΣA outer left above, club outer left below. ΠA monogram outer right.
17mm, 4.12g
Ref: SC 1367; HGC 9, 611(R3)

The posthumous piece is quite special, I would say it's a reasonable price. 

20 minutes ago, Ryro said:

THIS did NOT happen:

THIS and things much WORSE did:

Are they drinking Coronas with pizza 

A poor attempt at a trishekel of Hannibal. I came across a silver one ten years ago from a Spanish seller. 

#9 Achaeus - 220 to 214 BC

Cousin of Antiochos III and Seleucus III

Achaios, he is best known for his rebellion against Antiochos III, which allowed him to become king of a short-lived 

Achaios

Mint: Sardes

220 to 214 BC

Obvs: Laureate head of Apollo right. Revs: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AXAIOY, Eagle standing right, palm branch over shoulder. M right.

AE 17x19mm, 6.00g

Ref: cf. SC 955.2; HGC 9, 435(R2)

Note: Unpublished with missing control in outer left. Post any any examples you have of the ruler.

Vabalathus as King
Mint: Antioch
267 to 271 AD
AE billon Antoninianus
Obvs: VABALATHVS V C R IM DR, bust of Vabalathus facing right.
Revs: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, bust of Aurelian facing right.
21mm, 3.4g
Ref: RIC 381

30 minutes ago, dougsmit said:

I am curious if my pages read properly with Windows 11 and whatever the latest Apple OS is.

Here is one free emulator, there are others. This is what it looks like on a 24 inch monitor. 

5 hours ago, dougsmit said:

I assume you have some program that scans for problems. I need that. 

 

 

All browsers have that ability. This one is for firefox and shows all the errors with js, html, css etc. in the web console.

Reminds me of this post

There must be lots of these museum coins circulating about.

Here is a bridge to somewhere. 

Commemorative Series
Mint Constantinople
330 AD
Obvs: POP ROMANVS, Draped bust of genius left, cornucopia over shoulder.
Revs: Bridge over river, CONS ϴ above.
AE 15mm, 0.98g
Ref: RIC VIII.21

4 hours ago, Helvius Pertinax said:

These coins are so incredibly, incredibly cool! I had the pleasure of seeing one at the Dresden Royal (Saxonian) Cabinet this summer. The relief is crazy, especially the eyes were very deep and the hair stood out at least 1mm or two! My pictures are terrible, unfortunately, but this is one of the coins one just has to see in person!

 

At the ANA summer seminar they took out theirs and passed it around the class and we each spent as much time as we wanted handling it. A nice perk in addition the excellent instructors in the class.

#8 Molon - 222 to 220 BC

This is the first Seleucid that I do not have. He was an Usurper and satrapy of Media that rebelled against Antiochus III. He raised a large army that defeated two of Antiochus's generals but ultimately his army began to desert once Antiochus himself lead an opposition. Molon committed suicide on the battlefield near Apollonia. 

I have never seen one at auction, but several examples can be seen in museum collections. 

Poor photo from the early days. I sold it in 2003.

And then there was this one.

Don't have the photo available but had a Hannibalianus, few Marc Antony denarii, a tribute Penny, some unpublished Byzantines.

Like everything these have also gone up in price.

Ptolemy III Euergetes
246 to 222 BC
Mint: Alexandria Phase 2, Series 1
AE Oktobol
Obvs: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right.
Revs: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. No control marks.
45mm, 93.26g
Ref: Svoronos 412; SNG Copenhagen 141

I originally used a Nikon to take images, but found the process too time consuming to take photos of hundreds of coins. Then I went to a scanner for many years to my regret. It was fast and easy but I found the resolution and images to be sub par. I eventually went back to my early 2000's Nikon and had to retake all those photos from years previous, but I and am happier with the results. 

#7 Seleucus III Ceraunus - 226 to 223 BC

He was the oldest son of Seleucus II and was given the western provences while the younger Antiochus III took the Eastern. While trying to take back Asia Minor he was murdered by 2 of his officers.

Seleucus III
Mint: Antioch
AR Tetradrachm
226 to 223 BC
Obvs: Diademed head of Seleucus III r., with long sideburn, dotted border.
Revs: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r., ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ on l., Apollo, slight drapery on r. thigh, seated l. on omphalos, testing arrow and resting l. hand on grounded bow. Control marks in outer left and right fields
25mm, 16.82g
Ref: SC 921.1; HGC 9, 414c(C-S)
Note: Graffiti A inscribed in left field below control.

Post your examples of Seleucus III!