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Hi All, Link: Eagle and crab (on same side this time). PTOLEMY I SOTER (306/305-283 BCE) CYRENAICA, ca 299-294 BCE Æ Hemiobol Size: 17x1 8mm Weight: 3.8 g Die Axis:11:00 Broucheion Collection C-2005-10-12.001 OBV: Ptolemy I diademed head facing right. No centration depression. Dotted border. REV: Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings spread. Legend to left: [ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ]. In right field: IKAEP monogram above IΠAP monogram above sylphium plant above crab. No centration depresion. Dotted border. Refs: Lorber: CPE-B145; Svoronos-70, pl iii, 10-11 [8 ;isted]; Asolati (2011), 39b.; SNG Copenhagen-427; BMC Cyrenaica, p xcli, 5e pl xxviii, 18. - Broucheion

Hi All, ANTONINUS PIUS (10 Jul 138 - 7 Mar 161 CE ) ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Year 08 (144/145 CE) AE Drachma, 'Zodiac Series' Size: 35 mm (max) Weight: 19.7 g Axis: 00:00 Broucheion Collection OBV: Antoninus Pius laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right. Legend: [AVTKTAIΛAΔP]ANTω[NINOCCEBEVC]. Dotted border not visible. REV: Zodiac Series: Zodiac wheel. Three concentric circles: the outermost consists of the Zodiac wheel with Aries at the top. The second consists of the eponymous gods of the days of the week, the planets, in counterclockwise order: Saturn, Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus. The innermost circle has a bust of Sarapis facing left. Dotted border not visible. Refs: Emmett-1708.08; Geissen-UNLISTED; Dattari-2983; BMC-1078; SAN vol 4, no 3 (1972/73); Staffieri "Alexandria In Nummis" #145. Provenance: This coin is ex @PeteB (thanks!) from a NY coin show in 1994. Note: Several sections chiseled away in antiquity, possibly to make a medal out of the inner circle of zodiacal symbols with diameter ~20 mm? - Broucheion

Hi All, M ... Mauretania. JUBA II/CLEOPATRA SELENE (26-20 BCE - 23 AD) MAURETANIA, CEASAREA-IOL (?), after 20 BCE Ar Denarius Size: 18x20 mm Weight: 2.49 g Die Axis: 09:00 Broucheion Collection M-2018-05-20.001 OBV: Juba II diademmed head facing right. In right field: REX IVBA before. Dotted border. REV: Isis headress above crescent. Legend (starts at 5:00): BACI - ΑICC - A ● KΛεOΠ[ATΡA]. Dotted border. Refs: Mazard-331; SNG Copenhagen 574; SGI-6002; MMA-85 (Les Monnaise de l'Afrique Antique). De Luynes 3999. - Broucheion

Hi All, Hi All, K is also for ... KOINON of Cyrenaica The KOINON was the federal reorganization of Cyrenaica under Ecdemus and Demophanes the Megalopolitian philosophers in ca 250 BCE. It was a federation of five cities which came to be known as the Libyan pentapolis. The first literary reference to this federation is in the first century AD (in the works of Pliny), when the component cities were Cyrene, Apollonia, Ptolemais, Taucheira/Arsinoë and Berenice. This federation was short-lived and ended sometime in 240s BCE, when Ptolemy III (Euergetes I) married Berenice and reunited Kyrene to Egyptian rule. Bagnall (1976): After the death of Magas a period of political confusion ensued for several years. A koinon of the Cyrenaica appears to have flourished briefly, and it issued a silver didrachm of Rhodian standard together with a series of bronzes. The only legend on these coins is KOINON except for one bearing a moneyer's monogram. The issues of the Cyrenaic koinon are the last autonomous coins of Cyrene. Note: Lorber's Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire (CPE) does not count this type as Ptolemaic, so it is not listed there. KOINON OF CYRENE (250-246 BCE) CYRENAICA: UNCERTAIN MINT, KOINON Period: ca 250-246 BCE Æ Obol Size: 22x23 mm Weight: 8.17g Die Axis: 0 Broucheion Collection C-2018-05-26.001 OBV: Zeus Ammon diademmed head facing right. Dotted border. REV: Silphium plant. Legend in three lines: [K] - O / I - N / O - N. MA Monogram in central left field: Dotted border not visible. Refs: Asolati (2011) 61Ba; Svoronos-Unlisted; SNG Copenhagen 1278-1279; BMC 29.080, #030-031, pl xxx, 12, Group I; Müller 108-110. - Broucheion

Hi All, Next, Forepart of.... Pegasos ! PTOLEMY II PHILADELPHOS (285-246 BCE) CYRENAICA: UNCERTAIN MINT, ca 285-246 BCE BRONZES WITH PORTRAIT OF PTOLEMY I - BRONZE WEIGHT STANDARD 1 Ptolemy I/Pegasus Series Æ HEMIOBOL = 4 CHALKOI Size: 15x16 mm Weight: 3.60 g Die Axis: 00:00 Broucheion Collection C-2018-11-25.003 OBV: Ptolemy I head facing right, wearing diadem and scaly aegis tied by snakes. No centration depression. Dotted border not visible. REV: Pegasos forpart facing right. In left field: ΜΑΓ monogram of Magas; crab control under Pegasos. Legend: [ΒΑΣΙΛΕ ΠΤΟΛΕ]. No centration depression. Dotted border not visible. Refs: Lorber CPE-B351; Svoronos 334, pl. iii, 36 [1 listed, Athens]; Svoronos 335, pl iii, 37 [8 listed]; BMC Cyrenaica 26; SNG Copenhagen 435; Asolati (2011), 56A. Note: Listed in Coryssa database [last confirmed 16 Feb 2020]: https://www.coryssa.org/2538646/ . From Lorber's CPE: "Cyrene produced silver tetradrachms and didrachms with the portrait of Ptolemy I and his standard eagle on thunderbolt reverse, as well as portrait bronzes issued in Ptolemy’s name, with the monogram of Magas in the field. This group of bronzes employ five different reverse types, representing four different series (the Pegasus and horse reverses apparently mark different denominations within a single series). The sequence of these series is not certainly known, but the overstriking of Ptolemy/thunderbolt bronzes with the types of the Cyrenaican koinon may indicate that the thunderbolt was the latest reverse type of this group." NEXT: A full Pegasus. - Broucheion

Hi All, Link....Commodus. COMMODUS (177 - 192 CE), ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT 192 CE (TR P XVII COS VII) AR Denarius Size: 17x18 mm Weight: 2.63 g Axis: 01:00 Broucheion Collection R-2019-04-11.001 OBV: Commodus, laureate head facing right. Legend: MCOMMANTO - [NINVS]MAVGPIVS[TRPII]. Dotted border not visible. REV: Libertas standing facing, head left, holding pileus and long sceptre; star in left field above arm. Legend: LIRAVGRMTRP - [XVIICOSVIIPP]. Dotted border. References: R Bickford-Smith, "The Imperial Mints in the East for Septimius Severus," RIN (1994/1995), p 54, note 7; RIC-Unlisted; RSC-Unlisted. Notes: See great write-up of these types by Doug Smith at https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac74per.html (see bottom of page). - Broucheion

Hi All, J for Joppa (Jaffa) PTOLEMY III EUERGETES (246-222 BCE) PHOENICIA, JOPPA, SERIES 5, BRONZE WEIGHT STANDARD 2 Æ 1/4 OBOL = 2 CHALKOI Size: 15 mm Weight: 2.24 g Die Axis: 11:00 Broucheion Collection P-2007-03-25.001 OBV: Head of Zeus Ammon facing right with ram's horn, wearing taenia with basileion. Centration depression. Dotted border. REV: Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed; Harpa in left field. Legend to left: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ; to right: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Centration depression. Dotted border. Refs: Lorber CPE-B474; Svoronos-819, pl xxiii, 20 [11 listed]: as Ptolemy II; SNG Köln 113. Notes: Svoronos assigned this series of bronzes to Ioppe (Jaffa) because their mintmark, the harpe, was the weapon of Perseus, who according to myth rescued Andromeda in the harbor of Ioppe. These bronzes complement those of Tyre above and thus belong in the latter reign of Ptolemy III rather than that of Ptolemy II, where Svoronos placed them. - Broucheion

Hi @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, So, is the coin still misattributed?🤑 - Broucheion

Hi All, 26 May 2022 Franklin's World Cartoon https://coinsweekly.com/our-cartoon-franklins-world-533/ - Broucheion

Hi All, When this story came out I asked someone who should know about it. They said that the Egyptian government usually uses that generic fake Arsinoe type whenever coins are found. They try not to show exactly what types of coins are found where, to avoid illicit treasure hunting. - Broucheion

Hi @Ed Snible, I stand corrected. - Broucheion

Hi @Ed Snible, Your coin is #349 from that auction. https://archive.org/details/auctionsalexivma00mall/page/n9/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/auctionsalexivma00mall/page/16/mode/2up - Broucheion

Hi All, There’s the Alpha Bank Collection. https://www.alphapolitismos.gr/en/02-Numismatic-Collection - Broucheion

Hi @thenickelguy, The top one is dated 1954 AD/1273 AH. The bottom coin is dated 1984 AD/1404 AH. - Broucheion

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Hi All, M for Marcus Antonius CLEOPATRA VII & MARCUS ANTONIUS (44-31/30 BCE) SYRIA, ANTIOCH (?), before Sep 33 BCE, probably ca 34 BCE Ar STATER (TETRADRACHM) Size: 27 mm Weight: 13.9 g Die Axis: 00:00 Broucheion Collection P-1984-03-03.001 Obv: Cleopatra VII diademmed and draped portrait bust with earings and necklaced, facing right. Legend: [ΒΑςΙΛΙςςΑ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑ ΘΕ]Α ΝΕ[ωΤΕΡΑ]. Dotted border. Rev: Marcus Antonius bare-headed portrait head facing right. Legend: ΑΝΤωΝΙΟς ΤΡΙΤΟΝ ΤΡΙωΝ ΑΝΔΡωΝ. Dotted border. Refs: RPC I-4094; Svoronos-1897, pl lxiii, 22-23 [64 listed]; SYRIA: CITIES-129; BMC 20. 158, #053, pl xix, 3. Provenance: Ex-Harmer Rooke Galleries Auction #17, Lot #459 (30-Mar-1984) unsold. [Possibly Ex-Knobloch Fixed Price List #29 (Nov 1965).] - Broucheion

Hi All, I'm tracking down a provenance for my one and only BCD coin (below). The coin was originally purchased by BCD in Jan 1997 from "Thr.S." . I assume it's a Swiss dealer, since we have a price of Swiss Francs 50. Any idea who that seller might be? (Sorry for the dark image.) PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR (222-205 BCE) GREECE, ARSINOE IN THE PELOPONNESUS (METHANA), ca 221-203 BCE Group 1, of fine style Æ TRICHALKON Size: 18x19 mm Weight: 4.67 g Die Axis: 0 Broucheion Collection P-2016-12-18.001 Obv: Arsinoe Philadelphus head (assimilated to Aphrodite) wearing broad diadem and stephane, facing right. No border visible. Rev: Nude helmeted warrior standing advancing to right, holding spear with his extended right hand and resting left on shield. In left field: A over P; In right field: [Σ over I]. Hint of a dotted border visible. Refs: Lorber CPE-B520; Svoronos-Unlisted, but see pp 397-400.; SNG Copenhagen-147; McClean-6905; Gill (1997) Type A; BMC Crete, p 13, 1-2; Svoronos (1890), p 30, 1. Provenance: Ex-Auctiones eAuction 54 (18 Dec 2016) Lot #51; Ex-BCD Collection via LHS Auction 96 "The BCD Collection" (8-9 May 2006), Lot #1331.3. Previously, Ex-Thr.S., Jan 1997. Published in Meadows (2017) "The coinage of Arsinoe-Methana", Dies A1/P2, coin 2c (this coin). Thanks for your help! - Broucheion

Hi All, A closer look at this and now I’m convinced the Aλ' is mirror image as is the Misr which of course makes sense. - Broucheion

Hi @ValiantKnight, I'm not sure. I see a smudge but can't make out what it is. - Broucheion

Hi @seth77, Thank you! I wondered about the silver coin when I bought it. It was a knowing gamble but, with the price so low, it would not hurt if it was a fake. I'm a bit surprised the AE would be faked as well. It shows I should stick to the coin types I know and not venture out into uncharted waters without more background. I hope my post and your reply serves as an aid to help others. Both coins came from different UK dealers who may or may not have known they were fakes. - Broucheion

Hi All, My Bi Tornese followed by an Æ Politikon. ANONYMOUS PALAEOLOGUS CONSTANTINOPLE? PHASE IV: ca 10 Dec 1354 - Oct 1376 Bi DERNIER TORNESE Size: 17 mm Weight: 1.58 g Axis: 7:00 Broucheion Collection B-2018-05-12.001 Obv: + ΠΟΛ[ΙΤΙΚΟΝ] surrounding cross within circle. No border. Rev: Castle with four towers within city walls. Cross above. No border. Refs: DO V 1209 (Class VII); SB 2578; LPC 184 (S Bendall & PJ Donald, Later Palaeologan Coinage); PCPC-362 (S Bendall, A Private Collection of Palaeologan Coins). ANONYMOUS PALAEOLOGUS CONSTANTINOPLE? PHASE IV: ca 10 Dec 1354 - Oct 1376 Æ Size: 18x19 mm Weight: 2.22 g Axis: 00:00 Broucheion Collection B-2019-01-05.001 Obv: + ΠΟ - ΛΙΤΙ - ΚΟΝ within circle of dots. Rev: Three keys with three dots between each key and between top and bottom key and the border of dots. Refs: DO V 1218-1221 (Class X); SB 2581; Grierson-1334, pl 83; LPC, p 186, 10 (S Bendall & PJ Donald, Later Palaeologan Coinage); PCPC 365 (S Bendall, A Private Collection of Palaeologan Coins). - Broucheion

Hi @kevikens,Not an exact match, but This coin of Caracalla looks similar to mehttps://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7548831 - Broucheion

Hi All, This G is for Grypus. Cleopatra Thea tags along (till he terminates her ride). CLEOPATRA THEA & ANTIOCHUS VIII GRYPUS (COREGENCY: 125-121 BCE) UNCERTAIN MINT 115: PROB NORTHERN SYRIA: DAMASCUS? 122-121 BCE (?) Æ Denomination B (Double), Royal bronze coinage Size: 21 mm Weight: 9.28 g Die Axis: 12:30 Broucheion Collection S-2008-01-12.001 Obv: Jugate busts facing right: Cleopatra Thea, vieled, diademmed and weearing stephane, with Antiochus VIII, diademmed. No legend. Dotted border. Rev: Nike standing, facing left holding wreath. Legend in four lines: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΘΕΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ. In lower left field: palm branch. Plain border. Refs: SC-2265.2b; BMC.01.008 & BMC.04.086, 007 var; HGC 9, 1190; Sear-7138 Provenance: Ex-Arthur Houghton Collection sold directly by him via eBay. Note 1: An example of this type is known to have been overstruck by Tigranes II, whose overstrikes are mostly over issues of Damascus. Usual commercial sources are: Lebanon & Jerusalem. Note 2 from CSE Coll A Houghton pt II: "Cleopatra Thea initially seized power in her own name in 125, but later in the same year she raised her teenaged son Antiochus VIII to be her co-ruler after slaying Antiochus' elder brother Seleucus when he attempted to succeed Demetrius II as sole Seleucid monarch. With military support from Ptolemy VIII Euergetes, who had become disenchanted with his creature, Alexander II Zabinas, Cleopatra Thea and Antiochus VIII crushed the pretender in 122. This victory expanded their authority from their base at Ptolema'is (Ake) to include some parts of Phoenicia and Coele Syria, Syria Seleucis, and Cilicia. However, the relationship between mother and son was strained and ended in violence when Cleopatra was forced to drink poison. It is said that she had initially prepared the deadly cup for her son, but it is just as possible that Antiochus VIII killed her for reasons other than self-defence. He is known to have had a keen interest in poisons, which he occasionally expressed in poetry." - Broucheion

Hi All, Here's a coin for the very last year Cleopatra reigned. CLEOPATRA VII PHILOPATOR THEA NEOTERA (51-31/30 BCE), EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA COREGENCY WITH CAESARION, 37/36-31/30 BCE Year 22 (31 Aug 31 - 30 Aug 30 BCE) Ar STATER (TETRADRACHM) Size: 23x25 mm Weight: 9.34 g Die Axis: 11:00 Broucheion Collection P-2018-10-12.001 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: [ΠΤΟΛΕ]ΜAIOY, in left field: LKB above headress of Isis; to right: BA[CIΛEωC], in right field: ΠΑ. Dotted border. Refs: Svoronos 1835, pl lxi, 19 [10 listed]; SNG Copenhagen 417; Morkholm, ANS MN 20, pl vi, 6.; Sear-7953 Provenance: Based on the coin envelope this came in, this is Ex-The Reverend Willis McGill Collection. (McGill was an American missionary stationed in Egypt, who started collecting there during World War I). See https://www.cointalk.com/threads/any-numerian-coins-out-there.358905/#post-4403872 [verified 22 Jun 2020] for a similar coin envelope. Next, a coin from the LAST year of someone's rule. - Broucheion