Post it and pick it!

[ambr0zie]

Lydia. Tralleis circa 133 BC.
Cistophoric Tetradrachm AR
26 mm, 11,75 g
Magistrate Time. Cista mystica with serpent, within ivy wreath. / TΡAΛ to left of bowcase between two coiled serpents, TIME above, cult image of Artemis Anaitis standing front in right field. BMC 31-32; SNG von Aulock 8287; SNG Cop 661; Paris 2700-2701; SNG Leipzig 1269; Mionnet IV, 1026; Pinder 160; Whittall sale 1325b; GRPC Lydia S470

Next - cistophoric

[zumbly]

TITUS
AR Cistophorus. 10.77g, 26.5mm.
Rome mint (for circulation in Asia), AD 80-81. RIC II.1 515; RPC II 860.
O: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M; laureate head right.
R:  Tetrastyle Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, enclosing figures of Juno, Jupiter seated, and Minerva; in pediment, two anguiped giants holding large facing bust placed on a base, atop pediment, facing quadriga in center between facing bigas at corners; CAPIT across field, RESTIT in exergue.
Ex Stein A. Evensen Collection; ex Harry N. Sneh (“Sierra”) Collection (CNG 88, 14 September 2011), lot 1298; ex CNG E-Auction 125 (26 October 2005), lot 222

Next: Temple

[Octavius]

 RR denarius of Maxumius Egnatius with two togate figures in temple..

 

next , another temple...

 

[Justin Lee]

Here's 2 temples... 

Syria, Trachonitis. Caesarea Paneas

AE20, Struck after 65 AD

Diva Poppaea Sabina, with Diva Claudia, died 65 and 63 AD, this coin deified the two.

Obverse: DIVA POP-PAEA AVG, statue of Diva Poppaea seated left within distyle temple set on high podium.

Reverse: DIVA CLA-VD NER F, statue of Diva Claudia standing left on basis within hexastyle belvedere set on high podium.

References: RPC I 4846, Hendin 1270

Size: 20mm, 5.0g

 

Next, a relative of Nero... 

Edited August 6, 2022 by Justin Lee

[Phil Davis]

Crawford 519/2. Issued by Nero's great grandfather Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus in 41 BC.

Next: A trophy resting on a prow

 

[TuckHard]

6 hours

Kingdom of Hungary
1172-1196 AD
Issued under Bela III
AE imitation | 1.34 grams | 22.5mm wide
Obv: Blundered text imitating contemporary Arabic coinage
Rev: Blundered text imitating contemporary Arabic coinage
See this coin on Zeno, Z#278858

Next: blundered text

[John Conduitt]

Series F Type 24b Primary Phase Anglo Saxon Sceat, 695-705Middle Thames Region. Silver, 1.11g. Heavy-jowled bust right, wearing helmet with neck guard, exaggerated features, cross pattée behind, blundered legend in square lettering. Cross pattée on steps, cross pattée above, Ts in upper quarters, pellet between, annulets on limbs and below, blundered legend in square lettering (S 781; SCBI 69, 109 this coin). Ex Tony Abramson. Found in 2004 near Cliffe, Kent.

Next: Saxon.

Edited August 6, 2022 by John Conduitt

[Ryro]

Damn Saxons

Aethelred II  – 

Monne - Styca Anglo-Saxon Coins - Northumbria -
841-844, 844-849 AD. Obv: small cross with +EDLIRED REX legend. Rev: pellet rosette with +MONNE legend for the moneyer Monne. S. 862. 1.17 grams.
Very fine. Ex: Timeline Auction

Next: a coin you bought that was miss identified

[Curtis JJ]

1 hour ago, Ryro said:

Next: a coin you bought that was miss identified

One of my absolute favorite kind of coins! I'm really having trouble choosing just one... I showed a coin-in-hand photo of this one previously, but with no accompanying description or explanation.

Naville Numismatics had it labeled as Troas, Kebren.

It's one attribution that was popular in the past, at least for somewhat similar types. There have been (many) others: Cyprus [various]; Troas, Kebren; Caria, Halikarnassos; Caria, Casolaba [Kasolaba]; Caria, Mylasa; Hekatomnos; Caria, Uncertain... (and I'm sure more). [For another repeatedly reattributed coin from Caria, see my "irreplaceable coins" comment.]

Nowadays these types are usually attributed to Caria, though which city and time period is still debated (each individual type may be scarce or rare, but collectively, there are many of variants with this imagery on hemitetartemoria, tetartemoria, hemiobols, and other fractions, with various ethnics or none). Unclear to me if this was a type widely used across Asia Minor or if they're all related series from one mint.

Caria, Hekatomnos (?) AR Hemitetartemorion (Milesian standard; 4mm, 0.12g). Uncertain mint, c. 392-377 BCE.
Obv: Head of ram right.
Rev: Bare head of young male right; in right field, ΕΚ (for Hekatomnos?).
Ref: One of four examples cited in HNO Caria (K. Konuk, editor). HN Online 1922.3 [this coin, id = 6188].
Prov: Ex Elvira Clain-Stefanelli (1914-2001) Collection; ex Naville Auction 34 (16 September 2017), Lot 70 [unsold, and subsequent sales].

The legend "EK" is the reason for the Hekatomnos ID. (BTW, How'd they even engrave it so tiny?!) The letters are not retrograde, but could they be in "retrograde order" (for KEbren)? (N.B. We only see them positioned "EK," never "KE.") Apparently, in the early centuries, beyond illiteracy, people weren't yet sure whether it even mattered which way the letters pointed!

NEXT: The TINIEST coin you can show us!

Edited August 6, 2022 by Curtis JJ

[TuckHard]

Edit: Beat by a second, how about this. I am convinced these are the absolute smallest coins of the ancient world. They are standardized to 0.03 grams- a group of 10 pieces weighs exactly 0.29 grams. I think some bracteate Nepal coins from the 1700s/1800s come close, as well as some South Indian gold fanams of the 1600s/1800s maybe, but this is truly from an older period.

Mon city-states of the Gulf of Martaban, Myanmar/Burma
Issued anonymously
c. 600 to 850 AD
AR bracteate | 0.03 grams | 7mm wide
Obv: Simplified srivatsa appearing as a four-petaled flower with stem and dimple
Rev: Repousse of the front

Next: more tiny tiny coins

Edited August 6, 2022 by TuckHard

[Curtis JJ]

4 minutes ago, TuckHard said:

Edit: Beat by a second! 

Sorry, I hate when that happens to me! And... I didn't even get to see yours... Hopefully you can still use it again soon!

[Roman Collector]

This is about as tiny as you'll see in the Roman Imperial series.

Leo I, AD 457-474.
Roman Æ Half Centenionalis, 0.82 gm, 10 mm, 6 h.
Constantinople, AD 457-474.
Obv: DN LEO, diademed and draped bust, right.
Rev: b E, Verina standing facing, holding globus cruciger and transverse scepter.
Refs: LRBC II 2272; RIC 714; Sear 21436; Vagi 3739; MIRB 30.

Next: Globus cruciger.

[John Conduitt]

Henry VII Sovereign Issue Penny (under Archbishop Thomas Rotherham), 1485-1500York. Silver, 15mm, 0.73g. Henry enthroned facing, holding scepter and globus cruciger; throne of one single pillar; hEnRICx DIx GRAx REXx ANG'. Coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée; CIVI TAS EBO RACI; keys (from the Arms of the Diocese of York) below shield (S 2236).

Next: Bishop

Edited August 6, 2022 by John Conduitt

[Prieure de Sion]

5 hours ago, John Conduitt said:

Next: Bishop

 
The first bishop of Rome.
 
Pope Leo XIII. 1878-1903

Medal from 1887

Material: White Metal

Diameter: 42mm

Weight: 23.88g

Provenance: Ex private Collection Germany

 

Obverse: 

On a cushion insignia of the catholic church, above a spirit dove

QUINQUAGESIMUS A SACERDOTIO LEONIS XIII P M * A MDCCCLXXXVII

 

Reverse:

Kneeling Pope to the left, worshipping Marian apparition in clouds

IMITATE * IL SOMMO PONTEFICE

 

Comments:

By Alfredo Sirletti, on the 50th anniversary of Leo XIII's priesthood and his strong devotion to Maria.

 

Next: I would like a gold coin with a Christian cross.

 
 

Edited August 6, 2022 by YOTHR

[Curtis JJ]

1 hour ago, YOTHR said:

Next: I would like a gold coin with a Christian cross.

Christian cross is on the reverse, Victory has it on her Glogus Cruciger.

The AV Tremissis and Semissis were, as far as I know, among the last places where Victory survived on Byzantine/Eastern Roman coins. Since the start of Justinian's reign, while co-emperor with Justin I, the AV Solidus had replaced the image of Victory with that of a (male) Angel. (The image of Constantinopolis enthroned survived a bit longer on Solidi w/ Victoria legends, at least through Justin II's reign, 565-578.) Why Victory survived on Tremisses through to the seventh century is a bit mysterious. I believe her final appearances were on a few rare coins of Heraclius (610-641).

 

Justinian AV Tremissis (17mm, 1.45 g, 6h). Constantinople, c. 527-565.
Obv: D N IVSTINIANVS PP AV. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM. Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right; CONOB.
Ref: DOC 19; Sear Byz 145. 
Prov: Ex Jack A. Frazer Collection (CNG EA 455 [30 Oct 2019], 394), acquired from Harlan J. Berk Buy-Bid Sale #27 (13 Sep 1983), Lot 8.

 

NEXT: A DIFFERENT TRI-DENOMINATION (A THREE, TRIPLE, ONE-THIRD ANYWHERE IN THE TYPE/NAME OF DENOMINATION)

Edited August 7, 2022 by Curtis JJ

[Roman Collector]

Julia Domna AD 193-217.
Roman provincial AE triassarion, 8.75 gm, 24.4 mm, 6 h.
Moesia Inferior, Tomis, AD 193-211.
Obv: ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ CE, bare-headed and draped bust, r.
Rev: ΜΗΤ ΠΟΝ ΤΟΜΕΩC, Nike advancing l., holding wreath and palm, retrograde Γ (=3) to left.
Refs: Varbanov 4857; AMNG 2811.

Next: Tomis.

[ambr0zie]

 

 

Moesia, Tomis Æ21. Pseudo-autonomous issue, late 1st century AD. Laureate head of Zeus right / TOMEI-TѠN outwards around eagle facing right on thunderbolt, head reverted. RPC II, 411; AMNG I.2, 2509.

 

Next - let's go for an easy one - Zeus on obverse.

[shanxi]

Cilicia, Anazarbos
Pseudo-autonomous issue
Time of Trajan, 113 - 114 AD
Obv.: KAICAPEΩN ΠP ANAZAPBΩ laureate head of Zeus right
Rev.: ETOVC BΛP, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche right
BΛP = local year 132
AE, 21.85 mm, 7.74g
Ref.: SNG Levante 1379

 

Next: Tyche

[Kamnaskires]

Vologases II

tetradrachm, 77 – 80 AD
Sellwood 72.2

(Reverse: Tyche presenting diadem to king)

Ex-Parthicus Collection

Next: A coin that used to reside in the collection of a fellow Numis Forums member.

 

[airhead1983]

From the collection of the great @Severus Alexander!

Nicephorus AE follis overstruck on Michael VII

 

Next - a gifted coin

[Roman Collector]

This one was a generous gift from @curtislclay:

Faustina Jr, AD 147-175.
Roman Æ as, 10.30 g, 24.1 mm, 5 h.
Rome, AD c. August 156.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: S C, Diana, standing facing, head left, holding arrow in right hand and bow set on ground with left hand.
Refs: Unlisted; mule of obverse of RIC 1389-91 and reverse of RIC 1405c.

 

Next -- same theme: a coin you received as a gift.

[shanxi]

A gift from my wife 🙂

CILICIA. Tarsos.
164-27 BC
Obv: Tyche seated right on chair, holding grain ears; to lower right, river god Kydnos swimming; TEN / ONT / OC to left.
Rev: TAPΣΕΩΝ. Zeus Nikephoros seated left on throne, holding sceptre; APC / AK / OY to left.
AE, 12.90 g. 26 mm
Ref.: Ziegler 650; SNG BN 1380-2; SNG Levante 982.

 

Next: Two seated 

[Kamnaskires]

1 hour ago, shanxi said:

Next: Two seated 

No coin to share, but thought immediately of SNL's Love Toilet.

 

[Spaniard]

@Kamnaskires...Bob, I love my wife but toilet time is when I buy 50% of my purchases....No distractions 😉

[zumbly]

CILICIA, Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames), Satrap
AR Stater. 10.7g, 24.5mm.
CILICIA, Tarsos, circa 375 BC. Tarkumuwa (Datames), as Satrap.
SNG Levante 85 (this coin); Casabonne Type 2; Moysey Issue 6; SNG France 282 = de Luynes 2839 = Traité II 609.
O: Baaltars seated right, torso facing, holding grain ear, grape-bunch, and eagle-tipped scepter; lotus below throne; all within crenelated wall.
R: Satrap, wearing Persian dress, seated right, holding arrow; winged solar disk to upper right, bow to lower right; c/m: bull standing right within incuse square.
Ex CNG 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1553; ex CNG 96 (14 May 2014), lot 516; ex Eduardo Levante Collection (CNG 64, 24 September 2003), lot 337

Next: Any example of a type cataloged in SNG Levante

Edited August 7, 2022 by zumbly