lordmarcovan Posted December 18, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 18, 2023 Well, the cross is everywhere, as religious symbols go. I wish I had a chi-rho or something different, just for variety's sake, but I don't, so a cross it is. Here's Bishop Udalschalk of Eschenlohe holding one, along with a chalice, on this 12th century bracteate. Honorable mention: this is not a religious symbol, but a religious figure. Next: another religious symbol or figure (non-Christian). 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted December 18, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, lordmarcovan said: on this 12th century bracteate. ... great Bracteate! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted December 18, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted December 18, 2023 Next: Helios 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmarcovan Posted December 18, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 18, 2023 Helios. Next: more roses, or other flower(s). 7 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted December 18, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 18, 2023 Macedonian Kingdom, Reign of Perseus 171-170 BC AR Drachm (15mm, 2.81g) Uncertain mint in Thessaly Hermios magistrate. O: Head of Helios facing 3/4 right, hair loose. R: Rose with bud on right; I-Ω to either side of stem, EPMIAΣ (magistrate) above. Price, Larissa p. 241; SNG Keckman 795; Sear 5092 ex Jack H. Beymer Next: something showing industry or farming 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted December 18, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 18, 2023 (edited) Ploughing land AUGUSTUS. Æ. As. (Caesaraugusta, Zaragoza, Spain) 25-11 BC Magistrates: Gnaeus Domitius Ampianus, Gaius Vettius Lancianus Obverse: IMP. AVGVSTVS. TRIB. POTS. XX., laureate head of Augustus to the right. Reverse: CAES. AVGVS (clockwise from 10-1). CN. DOM. AMP. C. VET. LANC (anti clockwise from 8-2). Priest ploughing with pair of oxen to the right. Below II (with horizontal line above) VIR. (*) RPC volume I, #320 Leaded bronze,12.85g. 31mm. Reference: Vives 148–10, GMI 328, Beltrán 16, NAH 982, AB. 327. * Taken from forumancient coins; II VIR One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the same public functions (one of two (duumviri of a duumvirate). The title written as II VIR, appears on provincial and colonial coinage when dumvir was the title of the highest officials of the city. The office was held in much consideration during the Republic, as well for the power it conferred, as on account of its antiquity, the creation of the duumviri being referred to a period so far back as the reign of Tullus Hostillius NEXT: Augustus/Octavian Edited December 18, 2023 by expat 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted December 18, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 18, 2023 Augustus Pergamon, Mysia Ae 20 Obv: [ΣEBAΣTOI] KAIΣAΡI BOYΛAIΩI, Bare head right. Rev: A ΦOΥ[ΡIOΣ IEΡEΥΣ ΓΥMN]AΣIAΡΧΩN ΠEΡΓAMHNΩN, Basin. AE, 3.97g, 19.9mm Ref.: RPC I 2360 Next: Basin or something similar 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted December 18, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 18, 2023 6 hours ago, shanxi said: Next: Basin or something similar Sorry, no Basin or any similar - so I must call the 6h rule 😞 Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus; Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 97 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 3.42g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC II Nerva 24; Provenance: Ex Classical Numismatics CNG USA; Obverse: Head of Nerva, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR POT for Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate (Imperator Nerva, Caesar, Augustus, high priest, holder of tribunician power); Reverse: Priestly emblems: simpulum, aspergillum, guttus, and lituus. The Inscription reads: COS III PATER PATRIAE for Consul Tertius, Pater Patriae (Consul for the third time, father of the nation). Next: another ancient coin with emblems... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted December 18, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 18, 2023 Uttama Chola Silver Stater 4.15g 970-985 AD Coin of Uttama Chola portraying the subjugation of neighboring kingdoms of Chera, and Pandya, depicted as the royal emblems-Cholan tiger, flanked by the Pandyan twin fish to its right, and the Cheran bow behind the tiger, all under the single rule symbolized by the parasol, also there are two lamps on the either end of the fish and the bow to denote auspiciousness. The legends in Nagari on reverse states, Uttama Chola. MCSI2 326, R Mitchiner 713-725 Next- Non Roman coin showing the subjugation of enemies. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted December 18, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, JayAg47 said: Uttama Chola Silver Stater 4.15g 970-985 AD Coin of Uttama Chola portraying the subjugation of neighboring kingdoms of Chera, and Pandya, depicted as the royal emblems-Cholan tiger, flanked by the Pandyan twin fish to its right, and the Cheran bow behind the tiger, all under the single rule symbolized by the parasol, also there are two lamps on the either end of the fish and the bow to denote auspiciousness. The legends in Nagari on reverse states, Uttama Chola. MCSI2 326, R Mitchiner 713-725 Next- Non Roman coin showing the subjugation of enemies. Cool coin! Never seen before... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted December 19, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted December 19, 2023 Because "ancient" wasn't specified, this shows the subjugation of the French eagle by the British lion -- engraved by a well-known French medallist who had previously worked for Napoleon! Great Britain, Battle of the Pyrenees (The English Army Pass the Pyrenees), 1813 (struck 1820). Obv. Bare head of Wellington right, ARTHUR DUKE - OF WELLINGTON / Rev. British lion on right, with thunderbolt[?] in mouth, attacks and savages French eagle beneath it on left, Pyrenees in background, THE ENGLISH ARMY PASS THE PYRENEES around; in exergue, MDCCCXIII with J. MUDIE below. By N.G.A. Brenet. AE 41 mm. Mudie 23 at Ch. XXIII pp. 104-107 (ill. Pl. 6), BHM I 760, Eimer 1034 (ill. Pl. 110), Bramsen II 1285. Purchased from Noonans Auction 256, 15 Jun 2022, Lot 322; ex Coincraft, London, with undated Coincraft ticket. Next, a lion fighting with someone, whether another animal, a human, or a deity. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted December 19, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 19, 2023 23 mm, 10,8 g. Cilicia, Tarsos. Mazaios 361-334 BC. AR stater. Baaltars seated left on throne, head facing, holding lotus-tipped sceptre, grain ear, grape bunch and eagle; 'BLTRZ' Aramaic legend to right / Lion left attacking bull left; Aramaic legend above 'MZDI' = Mazaios, Aramaic letters below. Casabonne Series 2A; SNG France 338-347 (controls); SNG Levante 101 var. Next - a stater. 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted December 19, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 19, 2023 12 minutes ago, ambr0zie said: Next - a stater. King of the Scyths, probably Military mint for Marcus Iunius Brutus; Reign: Geto-Dacians Epoch, Roman Republic, Civil War; Mint: Probably Olbia (?), King of the Scyths; Date: ca. 44/42 BC; Nominal: Stater; Material: Gold; Diameter: 20mm; Weight: 8.38g; Reference: RPC I 1701A; Reference: BMC Thrace 208; Reference: Bahrfeldt, Berliner Münzblätter 1912, 366–81; Obverse: Procession of Konsul Marcus Iunius Brutus and two lictors, left; the foremost and hindmost carrying an axe over shoulder. Monogram in the field; Inscription: KOSON ΟΛΒ; Translation: Koson Olbia (?); Reverse: Eagle standing, left, on sceptre, holding wreath in on claw. The Koson Gold Stater is surrounded by many - to this day - unsolved mysteries. It is assumed that the gold stater was used to pay the higher-ranking officers for the campaign of Brutus and Cassius against Octavian and Marc Antony. The coins contain Roman iconography: on the obverse, there is an eagle standing on a scepter and holding a wreath in their claw (inspired by the silver denarii issued by Pomponius Rufus); the reverse contains three men dressed in togas, two of them holding an axe on the shoulder (possibly inspired by the silver denarii issued by Marcus Junius Brutus in 54 BC). You can also read the latest information on the state of knowledge here: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=koson Next: another Stater please... 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maridvnvm Posted December 19, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 19, 2023 Abdera, Ar Stater Obv:– ABDH-RITEWN , Griffin seated left, raising right foreleg. Rev:– EPI PU-QEW, Laureate head of Apollo right. Minted in Abdera, 365 - 345 B.C. Magistrate Pytheos. Reference:– May 549 (May S. 293 und Taf. XXIV, 549. AMNG 156 und Taf. III, 13) Old edge chip between 9 o'clock and 11 o'clock probably accounts for the slightly low weight 9.10g, 22.52mm, 45 degrees Next:- Abdera 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted December 19, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 THRACE, Abdera Tetrobol (311-280 BC). Obv: Griffin crouching left on club. Rev: ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΕΩΝ. Laureate head of Apollo right within linear square. SNG Copenhagen 366. Ex European auction as VF, I call it a nice AVF, well centered, good metal with lt tone Ex: Frank Robinson Next up: mythical creature 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted December 19, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 19, 2023 (edited) Mythical creature Gallienus BI Antoninianus. Rome, AD 267-268(sole reign);, . GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / SOLI CONS AVG, Pegasus prancing to right, heavenward. ; A in exergue. RIC V.1 283a var (bust type); of Sear 10362. Goebl 712b MIR 712b; RSC 979. 2.99g, 22mm, 6h. NEXT: Another mythical creature Edited December 19, 2023 by expat 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted December 19, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 Next: bird that's not an eagle 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted December 19, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 19, 2023 How about a goose... Eion, Macedonia 500-437 BC AR Trihemiobol (12mm, 0.92g) O: Goose standing right, head turned back; lizard and H above, all within dotted border. R: Quadripartite incuse square. cf SNG ANS 276; Sear 1295v (lizard) ex Antike & Klassische Numismatik Some sources name this bird a swan, while most suggest a goose. No matter, since both are of the same family, and both were indigenous to Macedonia. Perhaps more importantly though, both species are known to mate for life, and so were sacred to Hera, goddess of marriage, and also to me. Here in Oregon, the departure of the geese each year heralds the coming of Spring, as their arrival later in the year forebodes the inevitable Winter. Next: Hera 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted December 19, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 Argolis, Argos Æ Dichalkon. Circa 280270/60 BCE Head of Hera right, wearing stephane inscribed APΓE/Athena Promachos left. BCD Peloponnesos1100-4; 3.90g, 18mm 6h. Very Fine Next: Argos 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted December 19, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 19, 2023 Argos. Argos, Argolis circa 3rd century BC AR Triobol (15mm, 2.25g) O: Forepart of wolf left. R: Large A, eagle standing right on thunderbolt beneath; IP-EΩ-NO-Σ (Hieronos, magistrate) in corners, all within shallow incuse square. SNG Cop 42; BCD Peloponnesos 1177; SNG Delepierre 2273; Sear 2795v ex Empire Coins The origins of Argos are pre-Mycenaean, making it one of the most ancient cities in Greece. Argos played a prominent role in The Iliad, being claimed by Hera as "one of the three cities dearest to Me". While they did supply ships and soldiers (including the hero Diomedes) for Agamemnon's war with Troy, Argos later remained neutral during the Graeco-Persian wars. And though ostensibly allied with Athens during her war with Sparta at the end of the 5th century BC, Argos was basically a non-participant. Recent speculation dates this coin to the time of Cleopatra VII and may in fact have been issued by her. I remain skeptical, however it is an interesting theory. Next: another coin from a city in The Iliad 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted December 20, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted December 20, 2023 Next crazy eyes 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted December 20, 2023 · Patron Share Posted December 20, 2023 Constantine I, 307-337 CE. Roman billon centenionalis, 2.22 g, 17.8 mm, 6 h. Siscia, 334-335 CE. Obv: CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, bust of Constantinopolis, laureate, helmeted, wearing imperial cloak, left, holding reversed spear in right hand. Rev: Victory, winged, draped, standing left on prow, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand; •BSIS• in exergue. Refs: RIC vii, p. 456, 241; Cohen 21; LRBC I 751; RVC 16469. Next: Fancy clothing. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted December 20, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted December 20, 2023 Next: medal 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted December 20, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted December 20, 2023 Not one, not two, but five medals, all of them uniface. The smaller ones are all about 65 mm., and the large one is 140 mm. Next, more Napoleon. Coin or medal. 7 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted December 20, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 20, 2023 15 hours ago, DonnaML said: Next, more Napoleon. Coin or medal. Too bad, no napoleon within the time 😞 Phocas (Focas); Solidus of the Byzantine Eastern Roman Empire Period 603/607 AD; Material: Gold; Diameter: 21.00mm; Weight: 4.50g; Mint: Constantinopolis; Reference: MIB 7, DOC 5j, SB 618; Obverse: Draped and cuirassed bust of Phocas facing, wearing crown and holding globus cruciger in his right hand. The Inscription reads: o N FOCAS PЄRP AVI for Dominus Noster Focas Perpetuus Augustus (Our Lord Phocas, Eternal Emperor); Reverse: Angel standing facing, holding long linear staff surmounted by staurogram in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left. The Inscription reads: VICTORIA AVGG I CONOB for Victoria Vuggi, Constantinople ([Dedicated to] the Victory of the Emperor, City of Constantinople). Next: another regent on a coin who history says was a bad one... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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