Roman Collector Posted February 11, 2023 · Patron Share Posted February 11, 2023 Time of Commodus. Pseudo-autonomous Æ 26.1 mm, 8.01 g, 5 h. Ionia, Smyrna, Strategos Kl. Stratoneikianos, AD 182-184. Obv: ΙЄΡΑ ϹVΝ [ΚΛΗΤΟϹ], draped bust of Senate, right. Rev: CΤΡ•CΤΡΑΤΟΝЄΚ[ΙΑΝΟV СΜVΡΝΑΙΩΝ], Winged Nemesis of Smyrna, advancing right, plucking chiton and holding bridle. Refs: RPC IV 278 (temp); Klose XV series B, 7–10; SNG Cop. 1304 (same dies). Next: Winged Nemesis. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted February 11, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 11, 2023 27 minutes ago, Roman Collector said: Next: Winged Nemesis. Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus AugustusDenarius of the Roman Imperial Period 136 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 17mm; Weight: 2.86g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 2239; Obverse: Head of Hadrian, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P for Hadrianus Augustus, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae (Hadrian, Augustus, consul for the third time, father of the nation); Reverse: Winged Nemesis-Victory advancing right, holding branch and raising fold of drapery. The Inscription reads: VICTORIA AVG for Victoria Augusti (Victory of the Augustus). Next: another winged figure at the reverse. 12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted February 11, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 11, 2023 3 hours ago, Prieure de Sion said: Next: another winged figure at the reverse. MARIUS. Romano-Gallic Emperor, 269 AD. Obverse..IMP CM AVR MARIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse..VICTORIA AVG, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm. RIC#17...Mint Trier? Next...Usurper 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted February 11, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 11, 2023 Xin Dynasty of ChinaIssued 14 to 23 ADIssued under Wang MangAE cash | 1.15 grams | 20mm wideObv: Huo Quan (right-left)Rev: Blank Next: more usurpers! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted February 11, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 next: rider spearing someone 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted February 11, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 11, 2023 16 minutes ago, Ryro said: rider spearing someone Constantius II, AE2 - Antioch mint, 1st officina D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, draped and pearl diademed bust right FEL TEMP RE PARATIO, fallen horseman, Gamma in field, ANA at exergue 4.88 gr Ref : RCV # 18171, Cohen # 46, RIC # 132, LRBC # 2623 Next : Antioch mint, in honor of people there struggling with a terrible earthquake which almost destroyed the city Q 10 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted February 11, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 11, 2023 Roman EmpireIssued 406 to 408 ADIssued under Honorius at the Antioch MintAE follis | 1.28 grams | 14mm wideObv: Bust of Honorius right, star behind, DN HONORIVS PF AVGRev: Three emperors forward, GLORA ROMANORVM, ANT in exergue Next: same theme, but a nicer one please 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted February 11, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) Mine is in a heart shape for the people afflicted with the recent disaster Tryphon, Diodotus Antioch, 141 BCE, AE 18mm, 4.7g Obvs: Head of Tryphon right diademed. Revs: BAΣΙΛEΩΣ TPYФΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ, Spiked Macedonian helmet. Grain to left Order # G 139 SC 2034.2b Next: more Antioch Edited February 11, 2023 by Ryro 10 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted February 11, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 11, 2023 My nicest coin from Antioch: Valentinian I, AV Solidus, 365 AD [Sear, Depeyrot] (reigned 364-375 AD), Antioch Mint, 3rd Officina. Obv. Rosette-diademed (with square & round rosettes separated by ovoid pearls), draped, & cuirassed bust right, D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG [Dominus Noster Valentinianus Pius Felix Augustus] / Rev. Valentinian, in military attire, standing facing, head right, holding labarum or vexillum ornamented with “T” [uneven/Tau cross?] in right hand* and, in outstretched left hand, Victory standing left on globe, holding up crowning wreath towards emperor, RESTITVTOR – REIPVBLICAE around; in exergue, ANTΓ [Antioch Mint, 3rd Officina**]. RIC IX (1951) Antioch 2b (var. unlisted) ***; Sear RCV V 19267 at p. 294 (rosette-diademed, with no cross in the reverse left field, no stars or dots in the reverse exergue, and known from Officina 3, as well as Officina 10) (citing Depeyrot); Depeyrot II Antioch 23/1 Valentinian I (p. 281) (examples with this mint-mark, without stars or dots, & monogrammed cross in labarum rather than Chi-Ro, known from Officinas 3 & 10) (citing 1966 sale of this coin as the one example from 3rd Officina, with one other from 10th Officina) [Depeyrot, George., Les Monnaies d'Or de Constantin II à Zenon (337-491) (Wetteren 1996)]. 21.2 mm., 4.44 g. Purchased from Odysseus Numismatique [Julien Cougnard], Montpellier, France, Feb. 2022, “from an old Parisian collection”; ex Maison Vinchon Auction Sale, Mon. 25 April 1966, Hotel Drouot, Paris, Lot 257 (sold for 780 French francs, = $159.16 in 1966 U.S. dollars). [Footnotes omitted.] Next: more Antioch. 10 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted February 11, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 11, 2023 Seleucid EmpireIssued 223 to 211 BCIssued under Antiochus III at the Antioch MintAE size E | 1.74 grams | 10mm wideObv: Bust of Apollo rightRev: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo left, leaning on bow Ref: Seleucid Coins pt1 1052, Z#293161 Next: more Antioch! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filolif Posted February 11, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 11, 2023 7 minutes ago, TuckHard said: Seleucid EmpireIssued 223 to 211 BCIssued under Antiochus III at the Antioch MintAE size E | 1.74 grams | 10mm wideObv: Bust of Apollo rightRev: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo left, leaning on bow Ref: Seleucid Coins pt1 1052, Z#293161 Next: more Antioch! SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Nerva. AD 96-98. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.77 g, 1h). Dated "New Holy Year" 1 (AD 96/97). ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡΟΥΑΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ, laureate bust right, aegis at point of bust / ΕΤΟΥC ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ Α, eagle standing right on thunderbolt, with wings spread, palm frond to right. McAlee 419; Prieur 149; RPC III 3476. Next: Even more Antioch? 10 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted February 11, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, filolif said: Next: Even more Antioch? Otacilia Severa - Tetradrachme de billon de l'atelier d'Antioche, 244MAP ΩTAKIA CEOYHPAN CEB, Buste diadémé et drapé à droite sur un croissant, vu par l'avantΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥCΙΑC, Aigle de face ailes déployées, tête à gauche, tenant une couronne dans son bec, posé sur une branche. A l'exergue SC 26.5 mm - 12.20 gr Ref : Prieur #324, McAlee #1086 Next : follow up with Antioch, but a lady, please Q 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted February 12, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 12, 2023 6 hours Kingdom of KoreaIssued 1423 to 1451 ADIssued under Sejong the GreatAE cash | 1.85 grams | 24mm wide | 1.5mm thickStrong malachite mineralization with reduced weight as a resultObv: Cho Song Tong Bo (top-bottom-right-left)Rev: Blank Ref: Mandel #10.3, Z#22952 Next: anything fifteenth century 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted February 12, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2023 10 minutes ago, TuckHard said: Next: anything fifteenth century Isabella and Ferdinand V of Spain 1479 – 26 November 1504 - known for financing Columbus' first voyage in 1492. Top coin is not properly attributed - similar to the second which is: Spain. Ferdinand II and Isabella. 1474-1504. BI blanca (16.79 mm, .84 g, 2 h). Cuenca mint. + FERNANDVS ET ELIS (or similar), crowned calligraphic F monogram of Ferdinand II; C - chalice in upper field; diamond-quatrefoils in lower field / + REX ET REGINA (or similar), crowned calligraphic double-J (left and right) monogram; J's terminate in diamond-quatrefoils. Next: lets work our way back to 14th century 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted February 12, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) England. Plantagenet. Edward III, AD 1327-1377. AR Halfpenny (16mm, 0.72g, 3h). Third (Florin) coinage. London (Tower) mint, struck AD 1344-1351. Obv: +EDWARDVS REX; Crowned facing bust with bushy hair. Rev: CIVI TAS LON DON; Long cross pattée; trefoils in quarters. Ref: North 1131; SCBC 1557. Poorly stuck, as usual. But Wikipedia says of AD 1348: By June 24 – The Black Death pandemic has reached England,[1] having probably been brought across the English Channel by fleas on rats aboard a ship from Gascony to the south coast port of Melcombe (modern-day Weymouth, Dorset);[2][3] by November it will have reached London and by 1350 will have killed one third to a half of its population. Next: Back to the 13th century. Edited February 12, 2023 by Edessa 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted February 12, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2023 Freiburg im Breisgau Grafen von Urach-Freiburg Egino IV – Egino V, AD 1218-1236 Obv.: Male head to right, cross and pellet in right field Rev.: Incuse of obverse Vierzipfliger Pfennig (Silver, 0.38g) Ref.: Wiel. Breisgau 13 Ex Kricheldorf Next: medieval Southwest Germany 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted February 12, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted February 12, 2023 6 next: Sicily 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted February 12, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2023 49 minutes ago, Ryro said: next: Sicily Sicily, Syracuse - Bronze litra, circa 375-344 BCE,[ΣYPA] Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with neck guard,Hippocamp left15mm., 6.13gRef : Calciati # 34, Sear # 1193 Next hippocamp Q 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted February 12, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Qcumbor said: Next hippocamp Can you see it PARTHIAN KINGDOM. Orodes II (57-38 BC) AR drachm, Ekbatana Obv:: Diademed, draped bust of Orodes II left, wearing rounded beard, royal wart on brow, torque ends in hippocamp; star to left, crescent above star to right Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ-ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ-ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ-ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ-ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ-ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ-ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; TA monogram below bow, Trident anchor symbol behind throne. AR, 19mm, 3.94g. Ref.: Shore 260; Sellwood 48.8. EDIT Next: Hippocamp / Gallienus Edited February 12, 2023 by shanxi 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted February 12, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2023 @shanxi...Next 😉? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted February 12, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted February 12, 2023 next: Gallienus 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted February 12, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 12, 2023 Gallienus Next: The coin that interests you most and why, please.👍😀 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted February 13, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2023 9 hours ago, Hughie Dwyer said: Next: The coin that interests you most and why, please.👍😀 My first and only British Celtic coin from close to where I was born and grew up...Links with Caesar and Augustus and a particulary nice example...Great portrait and a realy different and interesting reverse. Britannia, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni. Cunobelin. Circa 9-41 AD. AE Unit (2.437 g, 14mm). Obv: Winged head left, CVNO in front, BELIN behind. Rev: Metal worker, presumably the smith god known as Sucellus in parts of Gaul, sitting on a solid seat with a detached upright back, holding an L-shaped hammer in his right hand, left hand holding a metal bowl, there is always a distinct bun of hair behind the smith's head, TASCIO (Tascionus his father) behind, beaded border. Van Arsdell 2097; ABC 2969; SCBC 342. Hobbs 1972-83;..VF. Next...Celtic 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted February 13, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Spaniard said: Next...Celtic Q(uintus) DOCI SAM F(ilius), Gallic War Julius CaesarQuinarius of the Roman Republic Period before 57/56 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 17mm; Weight: 1.85g; Mint: Gaul, around Vesontio / Besancon; Reference: LT 5405, DT 3245; Obverse: Celticized head of Roma to left. The Inscription reads: Q DOCI; Reverse: Horse springing left. The Inscription reads: Q DOCI SAM F. Next: nice theme, so next same theme please. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted February 13, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 13, 2023 Danube Celtic imitative tetradrachm Next- Alexander tetradrachm 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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