TuckHard Posted April 28, 2023 · Member Share Posted April 28, 2023 6 hours Republic of Venice c. late 1200s to early 1300s ADAR grosso clipped to denaro weight | 1.08 grams | 14.5mm wide | 0.5mm thick Next: post-mint alterations of a coin 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted April 29, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 Next: interesting provincial 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted April 29, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted April 29, 2023 Cilicia, Syedra. Gallienus, AD 253-268. Æ Assaria (26mm, 15.02g, 6h). Obv: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΠO ΛIK ΓAΛ[ΛIHN]OC CE-B; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, IA (mark of value) to right. Rev: CVE-ΔΡEΩN; Mars standing right, holding spear and resting hand upon shield. Ref: SNG Levante 436; Roma e83 (5 Jun 2021), Lot 502. Ex-Colosseum Coin Exchange (Feb 1998). One example on ACSearch sold by Roma. Next: Another "Rare" Provincial coin. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted April 29, 2023 · Patron Share Posted April 29, 2023 (edited) This one is apparently unique. I submitted it to RPC and it is now the plate coin there. Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ 5.84 g, 22.0 mm, 7 h. Bithynia-Pontus, Apamea. Obv: FAUST[INAC AUG], draped bust of Faustina II, right. Rev: UЄNU[S ... C]ICA dd, Venus seated right, head left, on dolphin swimming left, resting right arm on dolphin, uncertain object in left hand. Refs: RPC IV.1, 11815 (temporary); Waddington RG --; BMC --; Sear --; Mionnet Suppl 5 --; Lindgren --; Wiczay --. Notes: Previously unpublished. Obverse die match to Waddington RG, pl. XXXIX.1, which has a Neptune reverse type. Next: Dolphin. Edited April 29, 2023 by Roman Collector 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted April 29, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted April 29, 2023 Thrace, Olbia 500 - 300 BCE Cast pieces in the form of a two-sided dolphin Ref.: Sear 1684. Next: Thrace 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted April 29, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 next: Athena holding Nike 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted April 29, 2023 · Patron Share Posted April 29, 2023 Faustina II, AD 147-175.Roman provincial Æ triassarion, 6.57 g, 21.7 mm, 8 h.Thrace, Pautalia, AD 161-175.Obv: ΦΑVCΤΕΙΝΑ-CΕΒΑCΤΗ, draped bust of Faustina II, right; band of pearls around head.Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑC-ΠΑV-ΤΑΛΙΑC, Athena Nikephoros enthroned left, wearing a Corinthian helmet, holding Nike in outstretched right hand and spear in left arm.Refs: RPC IV 8814; Ruzicka 142. Next: Pautalia. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted April 29, 2023 · Member Share Posted April 29, 2023 (edited) Thrace, Pautalia. Commodus AE18. Hermes Commodus, AE18 of Pautalia, Thrace. Obv: AY KAI M KOMODOC, laureate head right. Rev: OYLPIAC PAYTALIAC, Hermes, naked, standing left, holding purse and caduceus. Next: Hermes Edited April 29, 2023 by AncientOne 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted April 29, 2023 · Member Share Posted April 29, 2023 1 hour ago, AncientOne said: Next: Hermes Marcus Antonius Gordianus IIIUnder consular legate Sabinius Modestus; Bronze of the Roman Imperial Period 241/244 AD; Material: AE; Diameter: 29mm; Weight: 15.85g; Mint: Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior ; Reference: Varbanov 4135, AMNG I 2058; Provenance: Ex Grunow Numismatic Berlin Germany Obverse: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. The Inscription reads: YT K M ANT GOPDIANOC AYG for Autokratoros Kaisaros Marcos Antonios Gordianos Augustos (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus); Reverse: Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus. The Inscription reads: YP CAB MODECTOY NIKOPOLEITWN PPOC ICT for Upatewn Sabinons Modestou Nikopeitwn Pros Istrwn (Magistrate Sabinus Modestus from Nicopolis ad Istrum). Next: Apollo please... 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted April 29, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 next: archaic 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted April 29, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted April 29, 2023 Ephesos (550-500 BC) AR Hemiobol Obv.: Bee Rev.: Incuse square punch. Ag, 0.44g, 7.20mm Ref.: Rosen 572 Next: bee 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted April 29, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted April 29, 2023 Not an ancient but at least a bee from Italy NEXT: Anything from 3rd Century BCE 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted April 29, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted April 29, 2023 Tarentum, Calabria. AR Nomos, ca. 272-240 BCE. Magistrates Sy… and Lykinos. Obv. Nude youth on horse advancing to left, crowning horse with wreath held in right hand, holding reins in left hand; to right, ΣΥ; below horse, ΛΥΚΙ/ΝΟΣ in two lines / Rev. Phalanthos [not “Taras”; see https://coinsweekly.com/and-this-is-where-aristotle-was-wrong/] astride dolphin to left, his back half-turned to viewer, brandishing trident held in right hand, chlamys draped over left arm; ΤΑ-ΡΑΣ beneath dolphin; in right field, owl standing to left, head facing.. Vlasto 836-841 [all same type] at p. 95 & Pl. XXVII [Ravel, O.E., Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M.P. Vlasto (London, 1947, reprinted 1977)]; HN Italy 1025 [Rutter, N.K., ed., Historia Numorum Italy (London, 2001)]. 19.5 mm., 6.47 g, 12 h. (“Reduced standard” compared to larger size of earlier coins, beginning after arrival of Pyrrhus in Italy ca. 280 BCE.) Purchased at Nomos Obolos Auction 22, 6 March 2022, Lot 39. Next, another Tarentum coin. 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted April 29, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted April 29, 2023 Calabria. Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.27g, 9h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right; helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone. Rev: TAP; Owl standing right; club and IOP right. Ref: Vlasto 1054; SNG ANS 1307; HN Italy 975. Ex Colosseum Coin Exchange, Feb 2010. Next: Something else with an HN Italy reference. 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted April 30, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted April 30, 2023 Bruttium, Kaulonia. Circa 525-500 BC. AR Nomos (31 mm, 6.63 g). Obv. Apollo advancing right, holding branch aloft in right hand, left arm extended, upon which a small daimon, holding branch in each hand, runs right; KAVΛ to left; to right, stag standing right, head reverted. Rev. Incuse of obverse, but daimon in outline and no ethnic. Noe, Caulonia Group A, 1 (same dies). HN Italy 2035. Rare. Cracked in three parts, otherwise, very fine/fine Next: broken but beautiful 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted April 30, 2023 · Patron Share Posted April 30, 2023 We're on what -- broken but beautiful? This coin may not be beautiful in the typical sense, but it's beautiful to me because of its rarity. Believe it or not, it is structurally intact. Faustina I, AD 138-140. Roman AR denarius, 3.17 g, 17.4 mm, 7 h. Rome, AD 143. Obv: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: PIETAS AVGVSTI, hexastyle temple on stepped podium, above, a quadriga, Victories as acroteria. Refs: RIC –; BMCRE 322-323; Cohen –; RSC 253b; Strack –; RCV –; CRE 130. Note: Extremely rare with this reverse inscription; known specimens limited to the two in the British Museum collection, a specimen in the ANS collection (ANS 1956.127.574), and one in a private eastern European collection (CRE 130). This coin is a double die-match to BMCRE 323 and to the ANS specimen. Next: More broken but collectable. 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted April 30, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted April 30, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, Roman Collector said: We're on what -- broken but beautiful? This coin may not be beautiful in the typical sense, but it's beautiful to me because of its rarity. Believe it or not, it is structurally intact. Faustina I, AD 138-140. Roman AR denarius, 3.17 g, 17.4 mm, 7 h. Rome, AD 143. Obv: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: PIETAS AVGVSTI, hexastyle temple on stepped podium, above, a quadriga, Victories as acroteria. Refs: RIC –; BMCRE 322-323; Cohen –; RSC 253b; Strack –; RCV –; CRE 130. Note: Extremely rare with this reverse inscription; known specimens limited to the two in the British Museum collection, a specimen in the ANS collection (ANS 1956.127.574), and one in a private eastern European collection (CRE 130). This coin is a double die-match to BMCRE 323 and to the ANS specimen. Next: More broken but collectable. That's quite a dramatic looking coin, @Roman Collector - I might have tried to bid on it because of the interesting cracks (not even considering the die match and rare reverse - which certainly make this an outstanding coin) - it deserves some exploration with a microscope. Congrats on the excellent coin. This coin was graded by NGC with "edge chip" - the chip at about 6-7pm on the reverse hardly seems worth the note, but I guess that qualifies as "broken".... Roman Provincial, Cyrenaica, Cyrene, Trajan, 98-117 AD, AR hemidrachm (1.71g), year 3 (100 AD) Obv: laureate head right Rev: horned head of Zeus-Ammon right Ref: RPC-3, Sydenham-178, NGC Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, edge chip, graded EF. This coin passed through several dealers over the years, losing value with each subsequent sale and after NGC slabbing. ex CNG Sale #291 Lot 311 (2012), Larry Goldberg Auction 128 Lot 2324 (2022) For those thinking investment - this one is another cautionary tale. All of that said - I am very happy to have this unusual Trajan hemidrachm from Kyrenaica. Next: More broken but collectable. Edited April 30, 2023 by Sulla80 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted April 30, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted April 30, 2023 Broken spear ( you didn't say coin) Lydia, Sardeis AE 17, after 133 BC Obv.: Wreathed head of young Dionysos right Rev.: Wild animal (lion, panther or mythical creature) walking left, head facing, broken spear in mouth; ΣΑΡΔΙ/ΑΝΩΝ above, monogram below. AE, 17 mm, 4.47g Ref.: SNG Cop 464-465var, (monogram) Next: Lydia 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted April 30, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted April 30, 2023 Ruler: Kroisos State, City: Lydia, Sardes Coin: Silver Twelfth Stater - Confronted heads of lion and bull - Incuse punch Mint: Sardes (ca 550-546 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 0.84g / 7mm / - References: Berk 25 SNG Kayhan 1019 Acquisition: Roma Numismatics Online Auction E-Sale 1 #223 31-Aug-2013 Next - another lion and bull coin. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted April 30, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted April 30, 2023 Philip I, AE 23 (Dupondius), Viminacium, Moesia Superior (Provincial capital) [nr. Kostolac, Serbia], Mar-Jul 244 AD [City Year 5].* Obv. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, IMP IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS FEL AVG PM [PM = Persicus Maximus] [= Emperor Iulius Philippus dutiful and fortunate Augustus, greatest conquerer of the Persians] / Rev. Moesia standing facing, head left; to left, bull standing right; to right, lion standing left; P M S C – OL VIM [Provinciae Moesiae Superioris Colonia Viminacium] around; in exergue, AN V [Year 5]. 23 mm., 8.11 g., 1 h. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. VIII Online 2383 [temporary ID number] (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2383 ); AMNG I/I 97 (p. 39) [Pick, Behrendt, Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. I/I (Berlin, 1898)]; Varbanov 131 Varbanov 5781 [Varbanov, Ivan, Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Volume I: Dacia, Moesia Superior & Moesia Inferior (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria, 2005)]; H & J 25 [Hristova, Nina and Gospodin Jekov, The Local Coinage of the Roman Empire - Moesia Superior, VIMINACIUM (Blagoevgrad, 2004)]. Purchased from Nomos AG Obolos Auction 23, 12 Jun 2022, Lot 576. *See http://www.viminacium.nl/English Philippus I.html (“AN V, used from february/march 244 until july 244”). See also https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Viminacium: “Viminacium, a Roman Colony founded by Gordian III in 239 A.D. and the capital of the Roman province of Moesia Superior, was located about 20 km to the east of modern Kostolac, Serbia. Coins are known of the emperors from Gordian III with dates AN I, Anno Primo, (year 1, autumn 239 - autumn 240 A.D.) to Valerian and Gallienus AN XVI, Anno Sexto Decimo, (year 16, autumn 254 - autumn 255 A.D.). The usual reverse legend on the colonial coinage is P. M. S. COL. VIM., abbreviating Provinciae Moesiae Superioris Colonia Viminacium. The usual reverse type is a female personification of Moesia standing between a lion and a bull, and sometimes holding standards inscribed VII and IIII. The bull and the lion were symbols of the Legions VII Claudia and IV Flavia Felix, which were quartered in the province.” Next: Another Roman Provincial from Viminacium or elsewhere in Moesia Superior. 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted May 1, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 1, 2023 4 hours ago, DonnaML said: Philip I, AE 23 (Dupondius), Viminacium, Moesia Superior (Provincial capital) [nr. Kostolac, Serbia], Mar-Jul 244 AD [City Year 5].* Obv. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, IMP IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS FEL AVG PM [PM = Persicus Maximus] [= Emperor Iulius Philippus dutiful and fortunate Augustus, greatest conquerer of the Persians] / Rev. Moesia standing facing, head left; to left, bull standing right; to right, lion standing left; P M S C – OL VIM [Provinciae Moesiae Superioris Colonia Viminacium] around; in exergue, AN V [Year 5]. 23 mm., 8.11 g., 1 h. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. VIII Online 2383 [temporary ID number] (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2383 ); AMNG I/I 97 (p. 39) [Pick, Behrendt, Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. I/I (Berlin, 1898)]; Varbanov 131 Varbanov 5781 [Varbanov, Ivan, Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Volume I: Dacia, Moesia Superior & Moesia Inferior (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria, 2005)]; H & J 25 [Hristova, Nina and Gospodin Jekov, The Local Coinage of the Roman Empire - Moesia Superior, VIMINACIUM (Blagoevgrad, 2004)]. Purchased from Nomos AG Obolos Auction 23, 12 Jun 2022, Lot 576. *See http://www.viminacium.nl/English Philippus I.html (“AN V, used from february/march 244 until july 244”). See also https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Viminacium: “Viminacium, a Roman Colony founded by Gordian III in 239 A.D. and the capital of the Roman province of Moesia Superior, was located about 20 km to the east of modern Kostolac, Serbia. Coins are known of the emperors from Gordian III with dates AN I, Anno Primo, (year 1, autumn 239 - autumn 240 A.D.) to Valerian and Gallienus AN XVI, Anno Sexto Decimo, (year 16, autumn 254 - autumn 255 A.D.). The usual reverse legend on the colonial coinage is P. M. S. COL. VIM., abbreviating Provinciae Moesiae Superioris Colonia Viminacium. The usual reverse type is a female personification of Moesia standing between a lion and a bull, and sometimes holding standards inscribed VII and IIII. The bull and the lion were symbols of the Legions VII Claudia and IV Flavia Felix, which were quartered in the province.” Next: Another Roman Provincial from Viminacium or elsewhere in Moesia Superior. Hard to believe nobody has another Moesia Superior, but if that's the case, how about Moesia Inferior? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted May 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 1, 2023 Gordianus III Moesia Superior, Viminacium AD 239-40 Obv.: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev.: P M S COL V M (missing I), Moesia standing, head left, extending hands to bull and lion standing at feet to either side; AN • I • in exergue. AE, 22 mm, 5.79 g Ref.: Varbanov I 104 Next: bull and lion 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted May 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 1, 2023 This nice little bronze coin has a bull and lion, and about nothing else clear. Indo-Scythian Kingdom c. 35 BC to 5 ADIssued under Azes IIAE chalkous | 2.27 grams | 16.2mm wide | 2.3mm thickObv: Humped bull right, above monogram, Greek legend BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY AZOYRev: Lion right, above monogram, Kharoshthi legend Maharajasa rajadhirajasa mahatasa AyasaRef: Z#312343 Next: bull or lion 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted May 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 1, 2023 Sicily, Syracuse. Litra, Time of Agathokles, circa 295-289 BC. Head of Herakles left, wearing tainia; [ΣVRΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ] before / Lion walking right; club above, arrow in exergue. SNG ANS 732-741. 7.53g, 23mm. Next: Another coin from Syracuse. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted May 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 1, 2023 Dionysios I Sicily, Syracuse 405 - 367 BC AE Hemilitron Obv.: Head of Athena wearing corinthian helmet, ΣYPA to left Rev.: Hippocamp left, with curled wing AE, 6.67g, 18.8mm Ref.: SNG ANS 434-446 Next: Hippocamp 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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