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Valens AE3. 24th August 367 to 17th November 375 AD. DN VALENS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor walking right, head left, holding labarum topped with Chi-Rho, and grasping bound captive at the top of the head, D in right field. Mintmark -/D//*ΓSISC. RIC 14b, type x(i); Cohen 11.
17mm, 2.26gr

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Valens (AD 364-378)
Thessalonica Mint
Obv: DN VALENS P F AVG, Bust of Valens, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed, right
Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVUM, Emperor advancing right, dragging captive with right hand and holding labarum in left, TESΓ
RIC 9, p.176, 16b ; Kankelfitz 3

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Constantine I Follis
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Londinium. Bronze, 20x21mm, 3.10g. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left; CONSTANTINVS P AVG. Sol radiate, standing left, raising right hand, globe in left, chlamys across left shoulder; SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI; S P across fields. MSL in exergue (RIC VII, 75).

Next: London

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16 hours ago, John Conduitt said:

Next: London

> 15h, nevertheless London !:classic_cool: This coin is Ex  Sothebys London

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Attica. Athens
New Style Tetradrachm
Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet
Rev: Owl standing right on amphora, no symbol, A - ΘE flanking owl's head, ΔIOTIMOΣ MAΓAΣ XAPINAYTHΣ magistrates, ΣΦ below amphora, Γ on amphora. All within wreath
AR, 16.47g, 28mm
Ref.: Thompson 656 a,b
Ex Sothebys London, June 2000

 

 

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3 hours ago, shanxi said:

> 15h, nevertheless London !:classic_cool: This coin is Ex  Sothebys London

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Attica. Athens
New Style Tetradrachm
Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet
Rev: Owl standing right on amphora, no symbol, A - ΘE flanking owl's head, ΔIOTIMOΣ MAΓAΣ XAPINAYTHΣ magistrates, ΣΦ below amphora, Γ on amphora. All within wreath
AR, 16.47g, 28mm
Ref.: Thompson 656 a,b
Ex Sothebys London, June 2000

 

 

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China, Kingdom: Southern Han, 南汉
Obv: Kai Yuan Tong Bao 開元通寶
Rev: Tan 潭, Tanzhou, today Changsha
Year: 900-971
Material: Lead, 33.15g, 23.4mm
Ref.:  Hartill 15.115

 

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This one is neat because the city name, Palembang, has always been known on this coin but the heavily stylized Arabic inscription hid another interesting term: Inglistan, meaning state of England. The coin's inscription had never been fully read until around 2013- prior to that it was mostly undeciphered despite being known to catalogers since the 1800s. Before the Inglistan portion was read, and thus linked to the British Occupation period of Palembang, this coin was believed to have been issued around 1750 AD as told in FSR's book Palembang Coins. In essence, this coin was a occupation issue under the British crown, albeit leased out to local minters, during their short rule over Sumatra from 1812 to 1816.

 

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Palembang Sultanate of Sumatra
1812 to 1816 AD
Issued under British Occupation
Tin pitis | 1.42 grams | 20.5mm wide
Obv: Alamat fi bilad Palembang dar Inglistan
Rev: Blank (uniface)
Ref: R#4, Z#293333

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East Hopei
Year: 26 (1937)
Obv:
top: 冀東政府 (East Hopei government).
center: flag of Eastern Hopei, 22 stars for 22 counties
bottom: 中華民國二十六年, (Republic of China, year 26)
Rev: 伍釐, 5 Li, grain.
Value: 5 Li
Material: AE, 3.50g, 20mm
Literature: KM Y#516

 

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Vitellius AD 69. AR Denarius minted at Rome, Jul.-Dec. AD 69. Laureate head of Vitellius, right. Reverse : Libertas (Liberty) draped, standing facing, head right, holding pileus and scepter. RIC-1005; BMCRE-31.

next: a different emperorfrom the year of the four

 

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Vespasian, AD 69-79.
Roman AR denarius, 3.18 g, 18.4 mm, 6 h.
Rome, AD 73.
Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII CEN, laureate head, right.
Rev: SALVS AVG, Salus seated left, holding patera, left hand at side.
Refs: RIC 58; RIC 2.1 522; BMCRE 87-89; Cohen/RSC 432; CBN 76; RCV 2307.

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1 hour ago, Ryro said:

Next: Faustina ll

 

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Faustina II the Younger under Marcus Aurelius
Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 161/176 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 3.33g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 688; Provenance: Ex Emporium Numismatics Hamburg Germany

Obverse: Bust of Faustina II, bare-headed, hair waved and fastened in a bun on back of head, draped, right. The Inscription reads: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA for Faustina Augusta (Faustina the venerable); Reverse: Juno, veiled, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand; at left, peacock. The Inscription reads: IVNO for Iuno (Juno).

 

Next: a queen, empress... on an ancient or "modern" coin who suffered a violent death.

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Mysia, Pergamon
AE 21, 200-133 BC
Obv.: laureate head of bearded Asklepios
Rev.: ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, snake coiled around omphalos, without monogram, countermark owl
AE, 10.6g, 20.5mm
Ref.: SNG France 1815 (with countermark)

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Tiberius, AD 14-37.
Roman AR Denarius, 3.87 g, 18.5 mm, 5 h.
Lugdunum, AD 16-37.
Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head, right.
Rev: PONTIF MAXIM, Female figure seated right, holding long olive branch and inverted spear; legs of chair ornate, triple line below.
Refs: RIC 28; BMCRE 42-44; RSC 16b; RCV 1763 var.

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