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The last cast chinese cash coin

 

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China, Province: Yunnan, Dongchuan
Year: 1912
Obv: 民國通寶, Mín guó tōng băo, (Republic currency).
eRv: 當十, dāng shí (value 10).
Value: 10
Material: AE, 5.71g, 26.6mm
Ref.: KM #4, Hartill 24.8
 

Next: the last type of a nominal

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6 hours...

Not the last type of a nominal..But the last year of a reign..

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Sasanian Kingdom. Hormizd IV. A.D. 579-590. AR drachm (31 mm, 3.56 g, 8 h).
WYHC (uncertain site)Fars or Central Iraq.. RY 12. Last year of reign 590AD
Obverse..Crowned bust of Hormizd IV right, crescent on forehead, stars flanking crown .
Reverse..Fire altar with attendants and ribbon, star and crescent flanking flames. Göbl Type I/1.

Next...First year reign...Anyone. 

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11 hours ago, Ryro said:

Next: Otho's ex Poppaea 

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Nero, with Poppaea Sabina
Drachm of the Roman Imperial Period 62/63 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 16mm; Weight: 3.70g; Mint: Antiochia ad Orontem, Syria; Reference: Prieur 88, RPC I 4187, McAlee 280; Provenance: Ex Classical Numismatic Group 112 (11 September 2019), Lot 427; Obverse: Laureate head of Nero right. The Inscription reads: ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣ[ΑΡ] ΣΕΒ ΑΣΤΟΣ for Neron Kaisaros Sebastos (Nero Caesar Augustus); Reverse: Draped bust of Poppaea right. The Inscription reads: ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΝΕΡΩ[ΝΟ]Σ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟY for Poppaia Neronos Sebastou (Poppaea Nero Augusta).

 

 

Next: another Prieur Coin without an Eagle at the reverse...

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Trajan, 98-117 AD.
Phoenicia, Tyre
AR Tetradrachm
Dated year 18 (113/4 AD).
Obv.: AΥTOKΡ KAIC NEΡ TΡAIANOC CEB ΓEΡM ΔAK, Laureate head right; club and eagle below
Rev.: ΔHMAΡC EΞ IH ΥΠATϚ , Tyche seated right on rocks, holding grain ears and poppies, river-god Orontes swimming right below.
Ag, 23.3mm, 14.28 g
Prieur 1501.

 

Next: Tyche + River-God

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Claudius, AD 41-54.
Roman provincial Æ 23.2 mm, 7.13 g, 12 h.
Cilicia, Caesarea (formerly Mopsuestia), AD 50/1.
Obv: ΤΙΒЄΡΙΟϹ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare head of Claudius, right.
Rev: ΚΑΙⳞΑΡΕΩΝ ΕΤΟΥⳞ Ε; veiled Tyche, seated right, on rocks and holding ears of corn; below, river god.
Refs: RPC I 4086; SNG von Aulock 6348 (Caesarea in Cappadocia); SNG Copenhagen 177 (Caesarea in Cappadocia); SNG Schweiz II (Righetti) 1759 (Caesarea in Cappadocia); SNG Österreich (Caesarea in Cappadocia) 2759-60; RG 4744-45; BMC 21.31,4 (Anazarbus?).

Next: Claudius I.

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1 hour ago, shanxi said:

Next: Antonia

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Antonia, As - Minted under Claudius
ANTONIA AVGVSTA, bust of Antonia right
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP, Claudius standing left, holding simpulum. SC in field
11,37 gr
Ref : RCV #1902, Cohen #6

 

Next : middle bronze (as or dupondius) minted for a woman, during the first century CE

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13 hours ago, Ryro said:

next: a coin of unsure empress

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Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Caligula
As of the Roman Imperial Period 37/39 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 28mm; Weight: 10.96g; Mint: Carthago Nova, Hispania Tarraconensis; Reference: RPC I. 185, SNG Copenhagen 503; Obverse: Laureate head of Caligula right. The Inscription reads: C CAESAR AVG GERMANIC IMP P M TR P COS for Caius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul (Gaius Caesar, Augustus, conqueror of the Germans, Imperator, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul); Reverse: Draped bust of Salus (Caesonia?), right. The Inscription reads: CN ATEL FLAC CN POM FLAC II VIR Q V I N C - SAL AVG for Cnaeus Atellius Flaccus Cnaeus Pompeius Flaccus duumviri quinquennales - Salus Augusti (Gnaeus Atellius Flaccus, Gnaeus Pompeius Flaccus, duumviri for five years - Health of the emperor).

 

Next: another Roman Empire empress on a coin after the 3rd century.

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Aelia Eudoxia
Obv: AEL EVDO-XIA AVG, Bust of Eudoxia, pearl-diademed, draped, right, wearing necklace and earrings, crowned by Hand of God
Rev: SALVS REI – PVBLICAE, Victory, winged, draped, seated right on cuirass, pointing to a shield inscribed with a ☧, supported on a low column
RIC 10, p.249, 103

 

Next: Victory seated

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You don't often see Victory sitting down! She's no slacker!

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Aelia Flaccilla, AD 379-386.
Roman AE Maiorina (AE 2), 4.78 gm, 21.55 mm, 6 h.
Antioch, AD 383-386.
Obv: AEL FLACCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right.
Rev: SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory seated r., inscribing chi-rho onto shield set on cippus. T in field r, ANTЄ in exergue.
Refs: RIC 61.3; Sear 20616; Cohen 4; c.f. LRBC II 2747.

Next: Antioch.

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4 minutes ago, Roman Collector said:

Next: Antioch.

 

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Marcus Antonius Gordianus III
Tetradrachm of the Roman Imperial Period 242 AD; Material: Billon Silver; Diameter: 28mm; Weight: 12.19g; Mint: Antiochia ad Orontem, Syria; Reference: Prieur 293, McAlee 875, RPC VII.2 3510; Provenance: Ex Nomos Numismatics Zürich Switzerland; Obverse: Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front with trabea. The Inscription reads: AYTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CEB for Autokrator Kaisaros Marcos Antonios Gordiano Sebastos (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus); Reverse: Eagle standing facing, with wings spread, head and tail left, on ram, with head turned back, running left under crescent. The Inscription reads: ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠA TO B for Demarchos exousia Hypatos to Beta (Invested with the Tribunician Power, Consul of the 2nd time).

 

Next: ancient silver coin more than 25mm diameter.

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CARACALLA, Tetradrachm
Laodicea ad Mare, 208-209
12.58 g - 26 mm
Prieur 1152
AYT KAI . ANTΩNЄINOC . CЄ, Laureate and draped bust right.
ΔHMAPX . ЄΞ . YΠATOC . TO . Γ, Eagle standing facing, head to left.

Next: More Laodicea ad Mare


 

 

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2 hours ago, Alwin said:

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CARACALLA, Tetradrachm
Laodicea ad Mare, 208-209
12.58 g - 26 mm
Prieur 1152
AYT KAI . ANTΩNЄINOC . CЄ, Laureate and draped bust right.
ΔHMAPX . ЄΞ . YΠATOC . TO . Γ, Eagle standing facing, head to left.

Next: More Laodicea ad Mare


 

 

Fantastic!!

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4 hours ago, Alwin said:

Next: More Laodicea ad Mare

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Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD. AR Denarius (3.24 gm, 19mm). Laodicea mint. Struck 202 AD. Obv.: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right. Rev.: COS III P P, Victory walking left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm in her left. BMC 732; Cohen 102; RIC 526. gVF.

Next...Septimius Severus bronze.

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Septimius Severus, AD 193-211.
Roman provincial diassarion, AE 21.2 mm, 6.30 g, 7 h.
Moesia Inferior, Tomis.
Obv: ΑY Κ Λ CΕ CΕΥΗΡΟC Π, laureate head, right.
Rev: ΜΗΤΡ ΠΟΝ ΤΟΜЄΩC, Asklepios standing facing, head left, holding serpent-entwined staff and with left hand on hip, B in left field.
Refs: AMNG 2781-85 var.; BMC 3.56,18 var.; Varbanov 4826 var.; Sear 2125 var.

Next: Asklepios.

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11 minutes ago, shanxi said:

Next: Phoenicia

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Marcus Ulpius Traianus as Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus
Tetradrachm of the Roman Imperial Period 98/117 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 26mm; Weight: 13.52g; Mint: Tyros, Phoenicia; Reference: Prieur ?; Provenance: Romanos Numismatica Tel Aviv, Israel; Obverse: Laureate head of Trajan right. The Inscription reads: AYTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB GERM ΔAK for Autokrator Kaisaros Nerva Traianos Sebastos Germanicos Dakikos (Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus); Reverse: Eagle standing on club, facing, head left, wings open. The Inscription reads: ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ?? ΥΠΑΤ ? for Demarchos exousia ?? Hypatos to ? (Invested with the Tribunician Power of the ?? time, Consul of the ? time).

 

 

Next: another silver provincial coin from Trajan

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10 minutes ago, Alwin said:

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TRAJAN, Tridrachm
CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea, 112-117
Syd. 224
10.40 g - 25 mm
AYTOKP KAIC NЄP TPAIANOC CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAK   Laureate bust right
ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATO ʕ  Legionary aquila flanked by two standards

Next: Another tridrachm

Alwin strikes again! Nice one!

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