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@Kamnaskires....Thanks for the link Bob.....I remember this one and a very useful tool indeed!

More than 2 years to pick up this ruler.... Uccala (Uchchala) (1101-11 A.D.) Copper Kaserah or Punchshi 17.5mm (5.76gr) Obverse- Goddess Ardochsho/Lakshmi seated facing in half lotus position, with Nagari legend '(U) chcha' to left 'la' to right Reverse- King standing facing and sacrificing at altar holding trident. Next...A southern Indian bronze.

No..67 My first ever Sestertius...Wow these coins are nice in hand.. ANTONINUS PIUS. 138-161 AD. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.75 g.) Struck 159/160 AD. Obverse..ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXIII, laureate head right Rev. PIETATI AVG COS IIII SC, Pietas standing left holding globe, Faustina Junior as Pietas standing left, between Faustina Minima, Lucilla & holding baby Fadilla. RIC III 1031

@expat....Lovely looking coin!... The toning seems to have followed the reverse landscape with the blue sky and green vegetative mountain.. Cool coin . @Steve....Great coin, look at the detail on the hand!....Nice avatar, a friend?🙂

Alas I never met my father as apparently he disappeared when I was 3 months old☹️.... Here's to you dad wherever you are? On a happier note "my" son is a wonderful young man who buys me coins.🥰

Thanks I hadn't noticed this... The Cupro-nickel coins from India certainly are prone from a bad mix as per my 8 anna here's a 2 Anna...Like @Paddy54 I find them quite appealing..

Thanks Bob.. This coin along with others were bought from Stephen Album by Pankaj at Coin India a few years back...I've been picking them off one by one...I'll do some searching and see what I can find. Thanks again.

Sussala deva...Thrilled to add this one coming from the Spengler collection...Nice patina and decent detail... Obverse Ardochsho (Lakshmi) seated cross-legged facing in lalitasana (with right leg folded under and left leg hanging down), holding diadem in right hand and long-stemmed lotus in left hand, legend in Sharada script, at left: su, at right: ssala Reverse Highly stylized King standing facing, sacrificing at altar at left, legend at right in Sharada script: deva Date 1112-1120 CE Weight 6.16 gm. Diameter 18 mm. Die axis 1 o'clock Reference MNI 190 var Comments Rare not listed in Mitchiner. Ex-William Spengler. Anyone know what the yockers collection refers to?

Phoenicia, Arados 2 B.C Aradus mint, year 258 (local Era) = 2/1 BC. 8,9 g - 20mm Obverse: Bust of Astarte-Europa right with smaller head of Augustus in front. Reverse: Humped bull galloping left, head facing, Phoenician letters beth (B), taw (TH), zayin (Z) & aleph (´) above, Aradian era date 258 (ΣNH) below. RPC I 4483. Next..Dual portrait facing the same way.

Apparently due to the mix of metals..

I'm confused 🥴....Where are we😂

Constans, 337-350 AD. AE Follis (1.70 gm, 15mm). Antioch mint. Struck 337-347 AD. Obv.: CONSTANS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev.: GLORIA EXERCITVS / SMANI, two soldiers standing facing each other, each holding inverted spear in his outer hand and placing his inner on shield set on ground; between them, signum. RIC 47. gVF. Next...Signum

Licinius I AE Follis. 20mm dia/ 3.2gr Obverse- IMP LIC LICINIVS PF AVG, laureate head right Reverse- IOVI CON-SERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, holding victory and sceptre, eagle at foot with wreath in its beak,gamma to right. Mintmark SIS. RIC VII 8G (Siscia oficina3) Next...His son.

Next.. Chocolate brown patina. Edit...Too late .. Continue with... Next: Someone holding a shield set on the ground.

No...103 Liked the hairstyle... AE3 (19mm, 3.30g). Struck 326-327 AD Obv- FL HELENA AVGVSTA, Diademed and draped bust right. Rev- SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE, Securitas standing left, holding olive branch in extended right hand.raising hem of robe with left hand. Mintmark dot ΓSIS dot. RIC VII Siscia 204; Sear 16609

@airhead1983... Lovely looking Croc!...... I only have one and it's not as nice as yours... Antoninus Pius, 138 - 161 AD Billon Tetradrachm, Egypt, Alexandria Mint, 23mm, 11.94 grams Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Antoninus right. Reverse: Nilus reclining left holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges Nilus, crocodile below. Emmerr 1413.13 // Dattari 2294 // Koln 1594 // K&G 35.426

@Restitutor....Wonderful looking coin!....Reverse has great detail right down to the facial features of Trajan..Really enjoyed the write up thanks... Trajan ar Denarius 98-117AD 20mm/2.66gr (Minted 103-111AD) Obverse-IMPTRAIANO AVG GER DAC PMTRP laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder Reverse-COS VPPS PQR OPTIMO PRINC Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. RIC II# 118

@Parthicus...A very nice looking coin with clear date and mint.. Interesting provenance which does seem to be quite feasible.... Here's one from his last year of reign RY12 (590AD) mint WYHC Fars...

Spain - Castulo, Cazlona (Jaen), Ae Semis - 19 mm / 3.45 gr.Ob...Beardless male head right, often referred to as the "Pinocchio type", diademed with letter Ka before. Rev...Bull standing right, L crescent above; on exergue line city name..'CaSTeLE'. Castulo is now modern-day Linares located in the province of Jaén. Castulo played a large part of the Roman conquest of Spain. It was here in 213 BC that the Carthaginian commander, Hasdrubal Barca, decimated Roman soldiers with his army of 40,000. In a turn of events however, through the pressure of the Roman general Scipio Africanus, the people of Castulo betrayed the Carthaginians and became a Roman occupied territory.

I love this coin ... Next....his brother in bronze

Galerius Maximianus as Caesar AE Follis minted 297 AD. 11,46 g. 25 mm. Obv: GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES. Laureate Head right Rev: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI/ (crescent)/ D// ANT. Genius standing left, holding cornucopiae and patera. RIC VI 49b Antioch From an old collection formed in the 1920s. Ex Münzhandlung Kallai, Vienna. Next....His wife Edit...Too slow!....Carry on with dolphins...

Yes I agree with Phil....If the coin has a slight irregularity in diameter I just write "maximum diameter" xxxx which allows the viewer to roughly assess.

Very nice @David Atherton.. This one I particularly like... Kshemagupta 950-957/8 AD Copper Kaserah or Punchshi 18mm Obverse- Goddess Ardochsho/Lakshmi seated facing in half lotus position, with Nagari legend 'Di' to left 'kshema' to right Reverse- King standing facing and sacrificing at altar holding trident, with Nagari legend 'Gupta' bottom right Also the reverse on this Faustina I has a wonderful multi coloured patina.. Diva Faustina Senior. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 21.19 g.) Rome mint, struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. Obv. DIVA FAVSTINA draped bust right. Rev. AETERNITAS S-C seated left, holding scepter and globe surmounted by phoenix....RICIII #1103 (Antoninus Pius) Reddish-brown patina.

Some really sweet coins shown.. Living here on the Mediterranean coast halfway between Barcelona and Velencia, I've realised just how fortunate I am to be surrounded by so many ancient sites, ruins, or otherwise still functioning ancient towns and cities. This includes local Iberic tribes, Greek settlers and of course the Roman take over. Large and small settlements are abound and surprisingly all within a few hours drive. This coin was minted in Empuries a place me and my family visited being about 3 1/2 hours north. Empuries...Around the 6th century BC, Greek traders from Phocaea, modern day Foca in Turkey, founded the first settlement at Palaiapolis, modern day Sant Marti d' Empuries here in Spain. Some years later, due to increased commercial activity with the local indigenous people the Iberian Indiketes tribe the Greeks created the new sector of the city the "Neapolis" the colony was called Emporion which in Greek means market. The city thrived and in 218 BC at the start of the second Punic War a Roman army headed by Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio landed at the port of Empuries with the aim of blocking land access to the Carthaginian troops and so started the Romanisation of the Iberian Penninsula. In 195 BC Marcus Porcius Cato set up a military camp at Empuries this being the embryo of the new Roman city. In the times of the Emperor Augustus the Greek and Roman sectors became one both physically and legally under the name "Municipium Emporiae" which gradually lost its importance as a trade route due to the expansion of other Roman cities such as Gerunda (Girona), Barcelona (Barcelona) and Tarraco (Tarragona), and by the end of the 3rd century AD the whole of the Roman city and the Neaapolis were abandoned. The diagram below shows just how big the Roman city was in comparison to the Greek Neapolis. It also shows one of my coins from Phocaea, a favourite with a nice griffin reverse. Here's the coin.... Iberia. Indigets. Emporia Æ AS...27.88mm/10.05grams..27-25 BC.. Obverse:Head of the goddess Pallas Athena wearing a Corinthian helmet with the visor raised and a large plume. Reverse: Pegasos flying right, laurel crown above rump; EMPO below. Villaronga, ACIP 1098 - R6 Ex Archer M Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.10234).

Iberia. Indigets. Emporia Æ AS...27.88mm/10.05grams..27-25 BC.. Obverse:Head of the goddess Pallas Athena wearing a Corinthian helmet with the visor raised and a large plume. Reverse: Pegasos flying right, laurel crown above rump; EMPO below. Villaronga, ACIP 1098 - R6 Ex Archer M Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.10234). Next..Mythical creature.