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Hi @Captch, Here is the listing in Malloy’s Coins of the Crusader States 1098-1291 : - Broucheion

Champagne and brie. I do love them together! All that's missing is the caviar on toast. - Broucheion

Hi All, My latest. PTOLEMY I SOTER (306/305-283 BCE) EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA, SERIES 2D, Subseries i: ca 295-284/283 BCE Æ Dichalkon Size: 14 mm Weight: 2.95 g Broucheion Collection P-2023-06-01.001 OBV: Alexander the Great, diademmed and horned bare head with long , curly hair, facing right. Dotted border. REV: Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings spread. In left field: HP monogram. Legend: [ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ] - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Solid border. Refs: Lorber CPE-B79; Svoronos 239, pl viii, 15-16 [17 listed]; HistMusFrankfurt 34. Prov: From UK eBay. - Broucheion

Hi All, Justinian I (527-565 CE) Egypt, Alexandria Undated: 539 - 543 CE Size: 27 mm Weight: 10.4 g Axis: 6:00 Broucheion Collection B-2010-02-24.001 Obv: Justinian I, diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield decorated with horseman motif; cross to right. Legend: DNIVSTINI - ANVSPPAVG. Dotted border. Rev: Large ΛΓ with cross between. In exergue: AΛЄΞ. Dotted border. Refs: DO-273; Sear Byz-246. Provenance: Ex-CNG eAuction 228, Lot#342. Note - Greirson (1982) : "Justinian's reform of 539 made a brief impression at Alexandria, for there exist rare coins of this mint with facing bust and mark of value lambda gamma. They can probably be dated 539-43, like the heaviest series of folles elsewhere. Some scholars have interpreted lambda-gamma as meaning three litra, the litron being a unit occasionally referred to in papyri, but the more general view is that it is the numeral 33, i.e. 33 nummi, which though not an exact multiple of the dodecanummium was one-third of a hundred and in that way conveniently related to the solidus." - Broucheion

Hi All, JUSTIN I (10 Jul 518 - 01 Aug 527 CE) EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA Undated: after 525/526 CE Æ 12 Nummi Size: 16x1 7mm Weight: 2.38 g Axis: 0 Broucheion Collection B-1998-09-17.001 Obv: Justin diademed and cuirassed bust facing right. Legend: [DNIV]STI - NVSPAVG. Dotted border. Rev: Large IB with cross between. In exerge: AΛЄΞ. Solid border. Refs: Sear Byzantine-112; MIB-0068. Provenance: Ex Wayne C Phillips Note: Bijovski (Gold Coin and Small Change: Monetary Circulation in Fifth-Seventh Century Byzantine Palestine, p 202) : "While the principles of Anastasius’s monetary reform were applied in Egypt, the monetary system based on the follis and its fractions (M, K, I, pentanummium and nummus) was never adopted for local use. When in 525/526 the Fiscal Register from the village of Aphrodito in Low Thebes was recorded, most of the currency was still nummi (Zuckerman 2004:22, 58-59). Reformed coinage was only introduced at the end of Justin I’s reign, when a new local denomination was created specifically for use in Egypt and was minted exclusively in Alexandria: the dodecanummium or 12 nummi, represented by the Greek numeral IB (with a cross between letters)." - Broucheion

Hi All, Link: Ptolemy From Wikepedia: "Ptolemy of Mauretania (Greek: Πτολεμαῖος, Ptolemaîos; Latin: Gaius Iulius Ptolemaeus;[ 13 x 9 BC–AD 40) was the last Roman client king and ruler of Mauretania for Rome. He was the son of Juba II, the king of Numidia and a member of the Berber Massyles tribe, as well as a descendant of the Ptolemaic dynasty via his mother Cleopatra Selene II." PTOLEMY OF MAURITANIA SPAIN, CARTHAGO NOVA, Ca 17/18 CE (see comments) Æ Semis Size: 20x21 mm Weight: 5.51 g Die Axis: 10:00 Broucheion Collection R-2016-01-31.001 OBV: Augustus bare head facing right. Legend reading counter clockwise from 5:00 position: AVGVSTVS - DIVI F. Border not visible. REV: Legend reading counter clockwise from 5:00 position: C LAETILIVS APALVS II V Q. Within diadem (without crescent and lotus): REX/PTOL in two lines within diadem. Diadem without lotus and crescent. Dotted border. Refs: RPC I 172; SNG Copenhagen 494; Mazard-0514; Burgos 590; NAH 996; Vives 131-135, Beltrán 30, GMI 167; L. MULLER-0207 (Numismatique de l'Afrique Ancienne, Copenhagen, 1862); Charrier-0327 (1912). Comments: Fernando López Sánchez 2012 (The Coinage of Carthago Nova and the Roman Fleet of Misenum: Imperial Triumphs and Local Deductiones) : "The RPC1 172/173 coin issues are similar in many ways to the RPC1 169 series, though of course on this occasion it was Ptolemy, and not Juba II, who was being celebrated as a Mauritanian king (Fig. 21). The name Ptolemy, as rex, appears inside a wreath on the reverse of the coin, mirroring the way that the name Augustus, as emperor, appears on the obverse. In contrast to RPC1 169, there is in this issue no precise indication as to whether Ptolemy was named duumvir quinquennalis, or any correlation on obverse or reverse between the Roman lustral symbols and the African-Egyptian ones of the Mauritanian kingdom (which only appear, minimised, in RPC1 172/180). It may therefore be concluded that the authority responsible for these issues was Juba II and not the new royal prince. These coins seem to have appeared immediately ater the presentation of Ptolemy as the successor of Juba II in Caesarea in 5 AD, a hypothesis backed up by most of the scholars interested in these coin issues. If RPC1 172-173 was indeed coined straight ater 5 AD, then it could also be related to the celebration in 6/7 AD of the joint victory of C. Lentulus Cossus and Juba II in Africa, which in turn also explains why the Mauritanian monarchy was at the time interested in Carthago Nova as a settlement town for veterans. Besides, coin series like RPC1 160 seem to have accompanied the settlement of a contingent of soldiers in Carthago Nova, and the character of these coins, even more than in the case of RPC1 172/173, point towards a deductio of former Mauritanian auxiliaries. Out of the three possible time periods for the Carthago Nova series analysed here (5-7, 17/18, and 23/24 AD), 17/18 AD provides the best match for the quinquennial issues of RPC1 169. In 23/24 AD, Juba was already dead or on the point of dying and in this context the RPC1 172-174 series appears to it in well with the presentation of the new princeps, who became rex in 5 AD. The years of 23/24 AD, the transition period in between the kings Juba II and Ptolomy then appear as the only serious proposal for the coin issues RPC1 157, as no Mauritanian royal symbols or Mauritanian names are visible on them. He reverse of this coin type is identical to that of Juba II’s triumphal series (Victoria with palm branch and wreath) except that it includes complete Roman signa on the obverse. For this reason, it is possible that on this occasion the veteran deductio did not include any Mauritanian auxiliaries." - Broucheion

Hi All, @Coinmaster noted one of the four free books by Rasiel Suarez available at http://www.dirtyoldbooks.com/CC/ . They cover Florian, Septimius Severus, Severus Alexander, and Domitian. - Broucheion

Hi @David Atherton & @Edessa, Here are my two. DOMITIAN (81 - 96 Sep 18 CE) ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Year 03 (083/084 CE) Æ Diobol Size: 25 mm Weight: 7.92 g Axis: 0 Broucheion Collection R-1995-09-22.001 Refs: Emmett-281.03; Geissen-331 to 332; Dattari-584; RPC II-2492 Online; Milne-474 to 475; SNG Copenhagen 199; BMC-320; Freiburg: 12761. Provenance: Ex-Frank Robinson (Sale 33, 1995); Ex-Palladium Numismatics (CA, USA); Ex-Malter II (23-24 Feb 1978), Lot #321 (realized $120). Note: Smoothed/tooled. AELIUS CAESAR (Under HADRIAN: 137 CE) ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT 2nd Counsulship (137 CE) AE Diobol Size: 25 mm Weight: 8.95 g Axis: 0 Broucheion Collection R-xxxx-xx-xx.026 Obv: Aelius Caesar bare headed draped bust facing right. Legend: ΛAIΛIOC - KAICA[P]. Dotted border. Rev: Homonia standing looking to left. Outstretched right hand holds patera (libation dish). Left arm cradles two stalks of grain. Legend: ΔHM•Є - ΞOY - YΠAT•[B] (= TR POT COS II). Dotted border. Refs: Emmett-1353.ud; Geissen-1272 var: Rev legend arrangement; Dattari-2078; Milne-1556 Provenance: Ex-Antioch Associates, who apparently got it from Frank D Arnold (CA, USA) in April 1993 (their ticket included). Notes: Aelius is also the only one whose Alexandrian coinage uses the Roman system of dating on the reverses, but in Greek of course: ΔHM•Є - ΞOY - YΠAT• (= TR POT COS II). - Broucheion

Never mind. My error. - Broucheion

Hi @kirispupis, You will see in CPE that Kleomenes minted silver hemiobols and AE chalkous that look very different than Ptolemaic coinage. CPE was published three years later than the Sheedy article so CPE’s conclusions are a bit more up to date, but of course new research could confirm or counter the current thinking. - Broucheion [Edit: The silver and AE are attributed to either Kleomenes or Ptolemy as Satrap.]

Hi @kirispupis, Great coin and good write-up but to be clear, Lorber’s CPE makes this issue the first silver one by Ptolemy in Egypt. It is CPE-4. The rose issues go from CPE-5 to CPE-22 (excluding a few gold issues in that group). “The display of Amun's head in a recognizably Egyptian form on Ptolemy's first issue of coinage announced the succession of the new king, Philip Arrhidaeus, within the Egyptian tradition. Ptolemy later proceeded to add a shrine to Philip in the temple of Amun at Karnak.” - Broucheion

Hi All, A very interesting article on the circle-pillar object on the reverse of these standing caliph coins by Stefan Heidemann titled “The Standing Caliph-Type - The Object on the Reverse” on Academia.edu. - Broucheion

Hi @Nerosmyfavorite68, It's just an LA at an angle to the rest of the legend. - Broucheion

Hi All, A good read about these coins is Roger Bland's "The coinage of Vabalathus and Zenobia from Antioch and Alexandria", Numismatic Chronicle 171, 2011 available from Academia.com . The dating is interesting. Quoting Bland: "Aurelian’s reign began with a small issue of coins in his sole name dated Year 1 (Sep - c Dec 270), and was succeeded by an issue with year one of Aurelian and no regnal year for Vabalathus (c Dec 270 - c Mar 271), followed by another in the names of Aurelian & Vabalathus dated Years 1 & 4 (c Mar 271 - 28 Aug 271. This was succeeded by another issue for Aurelian & Vabalathus of about the same size dated Years 5 & 2 (29 Aug 271 - c Mar 272, and then by a much smaller issue in the names of Vabalathus Augustus & Zenobia from the same year (c Mar - c Jun 272)." Here's one of the early issues. AURELIAN AND VABALATHUS (270 - 271 CE) ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Year 01 (Dec 270 - Mar 271 CE Bi Tetradrachm Size: 20x21 mm Weight: 7.76 g Axis: 11:00 Broucheion Collection R-2018-01-07.001 Obv: Aurelian laureate cuirassed bust facing right. Legend: AVTKΛΔAV[PHΛIA]NOCCЄB. In left field: L; In right field: A. Dotted border. Rev: Vabalathus laureate draped cuirassed bust facing right. Legend: IACOVABAΛΛAΘOCAΘHNOVA[VTCPω]. No date in fields. Dotted border. Refs: Emmett-3914.01; Geissen-3053; Dattari-5421 var, pl vi; Milne-4303; SNG Copenhagen-897; Mionnet 3526; Turin 8514 (corr.); Berne 292, pl vii; Staffieri 'Alexandria In Nummis' #244 Note: Seller's photos. - Broucheion

Hi All, Ptolemy V Epiphanes was elevated to the throne at the age of 5 in 205/204 BCE upon the suspicious death of his parents. By the end of of the Fifth Syrian War (202-198 BCE) he would have been in his teens. PTOLEMY V EPIPHANES (205/204-180 BCE) UNCERTAIN MINT: PHOENICIA AND PALESTINE Fifth Syrian War Coinage AR STATER (TETRADRACHM) Size: 24x2 5mm Weight: 13.99 g Die Axis: 11:00 Broucheion Collection P-2017-05-11.001 Obv: Ptolemy V portrait bust diademmed, with barley ear on diadem and wearing chlamys, facing right. Dotted border. Rev: Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed. Legend: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ; to right ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Between the eagle's legs: NI. Dotted border not References: Svoronos 1271, pl xlii, 3 [5 listed]; Mørkholm (1979), Issue XII, obverse dies A11, A14, A15 (= A20); Giessener Münzhandlung 31, 24 April 1985, 222 (from Mørkholm’s obverse die A3). Obverse die link (through A3) with CPE 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, and tetradrachms of Berytus, CPE 1079, 1081; second obverse die link (through A11) with CPE 1065, 1066, 1069; third obverse die link (through A14) with CPE 1059, 1069, 1073; fourth obverse die link (through A15 = 20) with CPE 1043, 1046, 1066, 1072, 1073. APPEARANCE: Reverse, left field: Traces of erased letter M visible. Reverse, right field: Traces of erased symbol with one or two horizontal strokes. This could be for Tripolis (letter A) or Berytus (trident). Die break between eagle's lower beak and chest. Evidence of clipping during manufacture from 11:00-1:00. Provenance: Ex-Peuss 318 (7 May 1987), Lot #1410; MA-ID: 181100194; Ex-Schulman Sale 227, (1984), Lot #502. Die information comes from Carlen & Lorber "The Fifth Syrian War portrait coinage. A die study" (RNB vol CLXV, 2019). This coin listed as Main Series with Portrait of Ptolemy V, page 201, #13. Notes (due to Lorber) : "The portrait coinage of Ptolemy V was associated with the Fifth Syrian War by Svoronos (1904, Vol I, cols τμζ-τμθ; 1908, IV cols 263-265). In a series of three papers, O Mørkholm developed this theme, citing a large hoard found in Syria in 1981 (CH VII, 90 = CH VIII, 339 = EH 1, 105) which, however, also contained coins of the four preceding Ptolemies. Mørkholm further drew attention to die links, control links, and stylistic affinities which indicate that a number of different mints collaborated to finance the Lagid war effort." Next: Another coinage issued during wartime. - Broucheion

Hi All, This one's reverse always reminded me of a snake-headed man. HERACLIUS (5 Oct 610 - 11 Jan 641 CE) EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA, Undated: ca 5 Oct 610 - 11 Jan 641 CE Æ 6 Nummi Size: 15x16 mm Weight: 2.76 g Axis: 10:00 Broucheion Collection B-2010-01-25.001 Obv: Cross on two steps. Indistinct legend. Solid border. Rev: Large numeral S. Solid border. Refs: Sear-862; DOC II.1, 198; MIB 3, 210; BNP, 69-76 Notes: Goodwin (Some Aspects of 7th C Egyptian Byzantine Coinage) : “The first dodecanummia issued under Heraclius show the emperor with his son Heraclius Constantine and therefore cannot be earlier than 613, the year that Heraclius Constantine was crowned. This leaves a surprising gap of at least 3 years at the start of the reign with apparently no Egyptian coinage. However, there is a[...] possibility for closing the gap at the start of the reign of Heraclius. The first type of Heraclian hexanummium [...], is often found overstruck on lightweight profile bust imitations. It is usually considerd as contemporary with the first dodecanummium and the legend is given in almost all catalogues as ddm hЄRACL… or similar, indicating two domini and therefore a date of 613 or later. However, the legend is almost always heavily blundered and in examining over 30 examples where the first part of the legend is visible I have been unable to find a single one which definitely begins ddm." - Broucheion

Hi All, It can be done. CLEOPATRA VII PHILOPATOR THEA NEOTERA (51-31/30 BCE) EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA, Year 20 (31 Aug 33 - 30 Aug 32 BCE) Ar Stater (Tetradrachm) Size: 23x2 4mm Weight: 13.85 Die Axis: 11:00 Broucheion Collection P-2023-05-06.001 OBV: Ptolemy I head facing right, wearing diadem. Scaly aegis tied by snakes not visible. Dotted border. REV: Eagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed with palm branch over right shoulder. To left: [ΠΤΟΛΕΜAIO]Y, in left field: LK above headdress of Isis; to right: BACIΛE[ΩC], in right field: ΠΑ. Dotted border. Refs: Svoronos-1834, pl lxi, 18 [17 listed]; SNG Copenhagen-416; Sear-7953 var: year 22. Provenance: Bought From eBay 05-May-2023 for $82.56 (= winning bid $71 + $5.00 Shipping + $6.56 Tax). Note: Seller's INCORRECT DESCRIPTION: "80-58 BC ~ AR TETRADRACHM ~ PTOLEMY XII OF EGYPT ~ 1ST REIGN ~ GREEK" Final thoughts: I suppose the dark spots will clean up with some lemon juice. It pays to be able to tell Ptolemy XII from his daughter Cleopatra. - Broucheion

Hi All, Here's my latest. CLEOPATRA VII PHILOPATOR THEA NEOTERA (51-31/30 BCE) EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA, Year 20 (31 Aug 33 - 30 Aug 32 BCE) Ar Stater (Tetradrachm) Size: 23x2 4mm Weight: 13.85 Die Axis: 11:00 Broucheion Collection P-2023-05-06.001 OBV: Ptolemy I head facing right, wearing diadem. Scaly aegis tied by snakes not visible. Dotted border. REV: Eagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed with palm branch over right shoulder. To left: [ΠΤΟΛΕΜAIO]Y, in left field: LK above headdress of Isis; to right: BACIΛE[ΩC], in right field: ΠΑ. Dotted border. Refs: Svoronos-1834, pl lxi, 18 [17 listed]; SNG Copenhagen-416; Sear-7953 var: year 22. Provenance: Bought From eBay 05-May-2023 for $82.56 (= winning bid $71 + $5.00 Shipping + $6.56 Tax). Note: Seller's INCORRECT DESCRIPTION: "80-58 BC ~ AR TETRADRACHM ~ PTOLEMY XII OF EGYPT ~ 1ST REIGN ~ GREEK" Final thoughts: I suppose the dark spots will clean up with some lemon juice. It pays to be able to tell Ptolemy XII from his daughter Cleopatra. - Broucheion

Hi @Furryfrog02, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! AUGUSTUS (16 JAN 27 BCE - 19 AUG 14 AD) CYPRUS, UNCERTAIN MINT, 26 CE Æ Size: 20x21 mm Weight: 6.85 g Die Axis: 01:00 Broucheion Collection RI-2000-10-23.001 OBV: Augustus head facing right. Legend (starting 1:00 positiion): AVGVSTVS - DIVIFIMPCAESAR. Dotted border. REV: Nike advancing to left. Legend: COSOCTA - V - ODESIG IX. Dotted border. Refs: RPC I-3904, BMC-0001, FITA 80-1, Amandry 1a (Paphos?); ANS 1952.142.248 & ANS 1952.142.249; Parks 2004, 1. Notes: Amandry observes there are two legend varieties paired with two different styles of portrait for RPC 3904 and 3905. To Amandry, this suggests two mints. Armandry in Cypriote coinage under Roman rule (30 BC-3rd century AD), from https://kyprioscharacter.eie.gr/en/scientific-texts/details/numismatics/cypriote-coinage-under-roman-rule-30-bc-3rd-century-ad [as of 15 May 2023]: "In 30 BC, after the death of Cleopatra and Marc Antony, Cyprus fell under the direct control of Octavian. But in 22 BC, Augustus ceded the island to the Senate to be governed by proconsuls of praetorian status. They were generally unpromising senators who rarely reached higher status after their service in Cyprus." ... "The first coinage issued after 30 BC was struck in honour of Augustus: it is precisely dated to 26 BC, as the reverse legend bears COS OCTAVO DESIG IX. The reverse type Nike on globe holding wreath and palm - echoes the Victory type struck in Rome after Actium. The attribution to Cyprus is certain, as these coins frequently occur on the island and nowhere else. The official who ordered this provincial issue (featuring all the characteristics of an imperial one) was certainly the legatus of Cyprus. Probably at the same time, coins of the CA series, whose nuclear mint was in Asia, were produced in Cyprus, in a branch mint. To refer to M. Grant’s terminology, these coins were part of a 'supra provincial' coinage." - Broucheion

Hi All, VESPASIAN (1 Jun 69 - 23 Jan 79 CE) ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Year 06 (073/074 CE) Obol Size: 20x21 mm Weight: 6.69 grams Axis: 11:30 Broucheion Collection R-1997-01-21.001 Obv: Vespasian laureate head facing right. Legend: [AVTOK]KAIΣEB[AOYΣΠAΣIANOY].Dotted border. Rev: Horus hawk standing facing right, wearing double crown. In left field: L[Ϛ]. Dotted border. Refs: Emmett-222.06; Geissen-298; Dattari-417; RPC II-2443 Online; Milne-436; BnF-1065 to BnF-1066 Next: Another hawk or falcon (not eagle) on a coin. - Broucheion

Hi @CPK, Did you look at https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=siglos ? - Broucheion

Hi @dougsmit, I think you are seeing [A]ΦΡO so I would vote for Aphrodisias-Plarasa in Caria. The coin looks like BMC Caria, page 25, #3, (pl V, #3 at http://snible.org/coins/bmc/caring/V.jpg) but the image is very blurry. - Broucheion

Hi All, RHODES, ca 229 - 226 BCE and afterwards Æ Hemiobobl Size: 19 mm Weight: 5.41 g Dies Axis: 0 Broucheion Collection G-2014-10-08.001 Obv: Laureate head of Zeus facing right. Solid border. Rev: Rose with bud to right. Left field: monogram (MI ???). Ρ - Ο to either side of rose stem. Border not visible. Refs: SNG Copenhagen-759 var; Sear 5075 var: monogram. Prov: ex Muenzen & Medaillen (MA-Shops) Notes: Ashton links this and several related coinage issues to the period immediately after the great earthquake that struck Rhodes circa 229-226 BCE. The city and port were devastated, and the great bronze Colossus beside the harbor was demolished. Greek states all over the eastern Mediterranean shipped in relief supplies, with Ptolemy III of Egypt being particularly generous. The Zeus head may reflect an Egyptian connection - the Rhodians honoring their benefactors. The group 3b monograms are all similar and could perhaps be variants of a single monogram. They are not dissimilar from the monogram found on some of the earlier Rhodian Alexander tetradrachms. It is tempting, though in the absence of other evidence dangerous, to suggest that this monogram has the same reference as the group 3b monograms. - Broucheion

Hi All Did you try looking for the pages at archive.org? - Broucheion