Prieure de Sion Posted January 25, 2023 · Member Share Posted January 25, 2023 28 minutes ago, shanxi said: Next: Concordia Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus CaligulaOriginal Paduan medal work of Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570) XVI century; Imitating a Sestertius of the Roman Imperial; Period 37/38 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 37mm; Weight: 25.43g; Mint: Rome imitating; Reference: Imitating type RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 33, Klawans 1 (these dies); Obverse: Head of Caligula, laureate, left. The Inscription reads: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT for Caius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate (Gaius Caesar, Augustus, conqueror of the Germans, high priest, holder of tribunician power); Reverse: Three sisters of Caligula in guise of Securitas (Agrippina), Concordia (Drusilla), and Fortuna (Julia), standing side by side to front. The Inscription reads: AGRIPPINA DRVSILLA IVLIA S C for Agrippina Drusilla Iulia. Senatus Consultum (Agrippina Drusilla Iulia. Decree of the senate). Next: a another Paduan medal work of Giovanni da Cavino (original or after) 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 25, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 (edited) 6 hours Next: a bad ass thunderbolt Edited January 25, 2023 by Ryro 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted January 26, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2023 Thunderbolt on the reverse and as countermark Faustina II Asia Minor, Cilicia, Olba Obv.: ΦΑVСΤΙΝΑ СЄΒΑСΤΗ. Draped bust right, wearing stephane; countermark: thunderbolt Rev.: ΟΛΒƐΩΝ, winged thunderbolt Ag, 9.00g, 25mm Ref.: Staffieri, Olba 52, BMC 25 Next: Faustina II provincial 8 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 27, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 next: cult statue 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 27, 2023 · Patron Share Posted January 27, 2023 Sabina, AD 128-137. Roman provincial Æ hemiassarion, 3.83 g, 17 mm. Phrygia, Ancyra. Obv: CABЄINA CЄBACTH, draped bust, right. Rev: ΑΝΚVΡ-ΑΝΩΝ, cult statue of Ephesian Artemis standing facing, wearing kalathos, arms resting on supports and flanked by two stags. Refs: RPC III 2541; Sear GIC 1308; BMC 25. 62, 23-24; SNG von Aulock 3433; Lindgren 885; Mionnet 4. 221, 159; SNG Cop --; Wiczay --. Next: Sabina with her earlier elaborate coiffure. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 27, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 Despite recent attempts, still my only Sabina:next: elaborate hair 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AETHER Posted January 27, 2023 · Member Share Posted January 27, 2023 (edited) I just posted this one in another thread a few days ago, but I think the hair detail is "elaborate"? Sicily, Syracuse, Hieron II, 275 - 215 BC AE Litra, 23mm, 5.73 grams Obverse: Head of Poseidon left wearing tainia. Reverse: Ornamented trident head flanked by two downwards dolphins. SNG Copenhagen 850 Historic type issued during the First Punic War. Next: Another Poseidon Edited January 27, 2023 by AETHER 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted January 27, 2023 · Member Share Posted January 27, 2023 2 hours ago, AETHER said: Next: Another Poseidon Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Caligula for Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa As of the Roman Imperial Period 37/41 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 27mm; Weight: 10.81g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 58; Provenance: Ex CGB.fr Numismatique Paris France incl. Collector Ticket; Obverse: Head of Agrippa, left, wearing rostral crown. The Inscription reads: M AGRIPPA L F COS III for Marcus Agrippa, Lucii Filius, Consul Tertium (Marcus [Vipsanius] Agrippa, son of Lucius, consul for the third time); Reverse: Neptune, cloaked, standing left, holding dolphin in right hand and trident in left. The Inscription reads: S C for Senatus Consultum (by the decree of the senate). Nest: a Octavian / Augustus Bronze Coin. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted January 27, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 27, 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: Augustus provincial 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted January 27, 2023 · Member Share Posted January 27, 2023 (edited) 33 minutes ago, shanxi said: Next: Augustus provincial Imperator Caesar Divi filius AugustusDenarius of the Roman Imperial Period 21/20 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 20mm; Weight: 3.86g; Mint: Samos, Ionia; Reference: RIC I (second edition) Augustus 475; Obverse: Head of Augustus, bare, right. The Inscription reads: CAESAR for Caesar; Reverse: Young bull standing right, head erect. The Inscription reads: AVGVSTVS for Augsutus. Next: a another coin with an Bull. Edited January 27, 2023 by Prieure de Sion 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted January 27, 2023 · Member Share Posted January 27, 2023 Perunjinga Pallavas of Sendamangalam, obv- Chola style 'octopus man', rev- humped bull with conch Next- imitative coin 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 27, 2023 · Patron Share Posted January 27, 2023 Spanish Imitative Issue. Roman Republican Æ semis, 5.70 g, 20.1 mm, 4 h. Uncertain mint, 1st century BC. Obv: Laureate head of Saturn, right; S (mark of value) behind. Rev: Prow, right; S above; ROMA below. Refs: ACIP 2659; Burgos R44. Next: Spanish. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 27, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 next: a coin that you've yet to identify 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted January 27, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2023 (edited) 56 minutes ago, Roman Collector said: Next: Spanish. Spain - Castulo, Cazlona (Jaen), Ae Semis - 19 mm / 3.45 gr. Obverse..Beardless male head right Pinocchio type., diademed with letter Ka before. Reverse...Bull standing r.,L crescent above; on exergue line city name..'CaSTeLE'. Next...From France. EDIT...Too late as per Ryro.. "A coin you've yet to identify " Edited January 27, 2023 by Spaniard 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted January 27, 2023 · Member Share Posted January 27, 2023 My only guess is something Indian or some kind of civic coinage from the Persian <-> Pakistan <-> Afghanistan region, but I really don't know. I even put it on Zeno.ru (#305439) for help to no avail. India or Central Asia?c. 1400-1800s AD?AE | 4.06 grams | 18.5mm wide Next: how about a coin that you did identify? 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted January 27, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2023 Oh, there are many. Here is one of the last that was wrongly described by the seller. Faustina I Phrygia, Hyrgaleis Apollodotos (archon and strategos) Obv.: ΦΑVϹΤƐΙΝΑ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust of Faustina I, r. Rev: ƐΠΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ Α Ϲ ΥΡΓΑΛƐΩΝ, cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports; between crescent (on l.) and star (on r.) Ae, 3.60g, 21 mm Ref.: RPC IV.2, 1823 Next: A coin wrongly described by the seller 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted January 27, 2023 · Member Share Posted January 27, 2023 The Czech seller who listed this on eBay called it a Japanese mon coin, although that super unique hexagonal center hole stood out to me like a sore thumb. It's Javanese, not Japanese! It's in such low quality that the ~$10-15 still wasn't really a 'bargain', but I was excited to get my first Javanese cash coin. It is from the Banten Sultanate which dominated the pepper trade. Banten Sultanate (Bantam) of Java, present-day Indonesiac. 1546-1596 ADJayakarta Mint (?) AE cash | 2.28 grams | 28mm wide Obv: Pangeran Ratou Rev: Ja character Ref: Zeno.ru#258445 Next: same topic 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 27, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 Heritage erroneously listed the creature behind her head as an amphora. Lol next: a type or style that you love 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted January 28, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 28, 2023 I had to make myself stop bidding on Bolskan denarii. Iberia. Bolskan (Osca). Circa 150-100 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.12g, 12h). Obv: Male head right; Iberian 'BoN' behind. Rev: Horseman holding spear right, Iberian 'BoLSCan' below. Ref: SNG Cop 324; FAB 1911; SNG BM Spain 695-733; ACIP 1423. Toned Good Very Fine. Next: A type that you have purchased multiple examples of because you appreciate the style so much. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted January 28, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 28, 2023 (edited) I have about 70 Kai Yuan Tong Bao 開元通寶 coins in my collections. Most of them are only very minor variations. Ruler: Wu Zong Obv: Kai Yuan Tong Bao 開元通寶 Rev: Yue 越 in Zhejiang Year: 845-846 Material: AE, 3.1g, 23mm Literature: Hartill 14.95, S383 Next: same theme Edited January 28, 2023 by shanxi 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted January 28, 2023 · Member Share Posted January 28, 2023 Same here, I have already identified all of my Japanese cash and already want to get a new batch of Kanei Tsuho pieces. These things are fun once you understand the intentional calligraphy that each mint used as their own style, a deliberately hidden mint mark on each coin. I do not understand the calligraphy, but Hartill's book Early Japanese Coins is easy to identify with! Japan1636-1640 ADShiba MintAE Shiba-sen | 3.68 grams | 24.5mm wideObv: Kan Ei Tsu Ho (Kanei Tsuho)Rev: BlankRef: H#4.10, Z#293123 1704-1710 ADKameido MintAE Yottsuho-sen | 2.41 grams | 23mm wideRef: H#4.110, Z#293151 1726-1732 ADJumantsubo MintAE Jumantsubo-sen | 2.71 grams | 24mm wideRef: H#4.126, Z#293147 1767-1774 ADNagasaki MintAE Nagasaki-sen | 2.59 grams | 23mm wide | Lightly magneticRef: H#4.208, Z#293121Obv: Kan Ei Tsu Ho (Kanei Tsuho)Rev: Naga character above, although tough to see Next: two (or more) coins that are similar but different 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted January 28, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 28, 2023 (edited) 38 minutes ago, TuckHard said: Next: two (or more) coins that are similar but different These two coins are similar - from Alexandria, tetradrachms, issued in the same year, bust obverse, eagle with wreath between two standards on the reverse.....however the legends make it clear that there are two brothers here: Numerian (with a star on the reverse as well) and Carinus. Next: A coin of Roman Egypt Edited January 28, 2023 by Sulla80 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 28, 2023 · Patron Share Posted January 28, 2023 Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ drachm, 24.36 g, 35.4 mm, 12 h. Egypt, Alexandria, AD 151/52 (year 15). Obv: ΦΑVCΤΙΝ CЄΒ CЄΒ ЄVCЄΒ ΘVΓ, draped bust, right, wearing circlet of pearls around head. Rev: Monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with four (garlanded) columns enclosing female figure dropping incense on altar; above, pyre; acroteria in form of aphlasta; L – IЄ (year 15) to either side. Refs: RPC IV.4 14749 (temp); Köln 1961; Dattari 3305-06; K&G 38.69; Emmett 1971.15; Sear –. Note: Some authors identify the altar on the reverse as the altar of Agathodaimon. Next: Temple. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 28, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 (edited) Take your pick, kerykeion left, right or sans: *Edit: let this be a lesson kids, always hit refresh Edited January 28, 2023 by Ryro 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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