Post it and pick it!

[Qcumbor]

31 minutes ago, shanxi said:

Next: Hippocamp

NEPTVNO CONS AVG, hippocampe à droite
CMR Gallien # 23a9

Next : any animal on a third century coin

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[Ryro]

Next: pig/ boar/ sow etc

[TuckHard]

Late Hoysalas or Vijayanagar of South India
1300s-1600s AD
Issued anonymously
AV fanam | 0.39 grams | 8mm wide
Obv: Stylized boar facing right, so-called double plough style
Rev: Stylized lion facing right, crescent above
Ref: Z#278264, cf. Herrli #1.29 or 1.30

Next: same theme, boar or pig

[shanxi]

Lesbos, uncertain
AR sixth of a stater
Circa 500-450 BC
Obv.:Two facing boar heads
Rev.: Diagonally quadripartite incuse square.
Ag (not billon), 2.65g, 12,8mm
Ref.: Lazzarini "A contribution to the study of the Archaic billon coinage of Lesbos", Fig.2, 3

 

Next: Lesbos

[TuckHard]

6 hours, the reverse of your coin reminded me of this sandalwood motif used in the island kingdoms of the Maritime Silk Road.

Kingdoms of East Java (Mataram to Majapahit Period)
c. 930 to 1300 AD
Issued anonymously
AR atak | 1.2 grams
Obv: Incuse square with sandalwood motif
Rev: Nagari script Ma character

Next: another post-300 AD anonymous silver coin (no specific ruler known)

[Ryro]

FRANCE, FEUDAL, Valence, Bishops of Valence (1157-1276), Silver Denier, 0.71g., stylized angel facing, +VRBS VALENTIAI, rev., cross annulet in fourth quadrant, +S APOLLI NARS, (Boudeau 1021), fine Former Bing coin

Next up: ancient coin minted in what is now modern France

[TuckHard]

Barbarous Gaul
c. 260s to 280s AD
Issued anonymously copying Claudius II
AE | 1.15 grams | 11x13mm wide
Obv: Radiate bust right
Rev: Crude altar with pseudoscript outside

Next: more France-origin, anything pre-1800

[Edessa]

Celtic. Northeast Gaul. Suessiones, struck after 45 BC. Potin Unit (4.40g). Obv: Bucrâne de f. On either side, S. Above, four arcs of circle surmounted by a point. Rev: Animal to right, attacking a snake (?). Ref: Scheers, Treaty, 690; SO 221; Allen, BMC, 511; Scheers, Dan., 339; Gäumann 175. Very beautiful. Ex Elsen 152 (9 Sept 2022), Lot 210. The type of bucrâne appears in several Celtic coinages after the Roman conquest. The reverse is inspired by Caesar's elephant money.

 

Next: More Gaul/France.

[Sulla80]

47 minutes ago, Edessa said:

 Next: More Gaul/France.

A coin from Massalia - more info on this coin here:

https://www.sullacoins.com/post/massalia including a genetic study that assesses the Greek influence on the modern population in Provence.

Gaul, Massalia, AR Drachm (2.78g), 150-130 BC, lighter standard

Obv: Draped bust of Artemis right, diadem radiated, with Φ/K before. The hair is divided into three braids, two are tied, one on the head, the other behind, the third goes down the back of the neck to the shoulder. Shoulder visible behind bow and quiver. Pearl necklace. Earring with three pendants.Tiara with four points. Small lock of hair on the cheek.

Rev: MAΣΣA above the lion, ΛIHTΩN in exergue, lion advancing right with Φ/K before and tail passing under the right hind leg.

Ref: De La Tour 944 (variant); Sear 76 (variant), Jean Charra 1124, BNF 1031-1034, Laugier 117/4

Next: Any of Lion, Artemis/Diana, or Gaul

[Roman Collector]

I have many Artemis and Diana coins, but this is my favorite. Is there anything cooler than Artemis doing a drive by shooting in a stag biga?

Julia Mamaea, 222-235 CE.
Roman provincial Æ 28.5 mm, 11.90 g, 5 h.
Ionia, Ephesus, 222-235 CE.
Obv: IOVΛIA MAMAIA CЄB, draped bust, right, wearing stephane.
Rev: EΦЄCIΩN ΠΡΩTΩN ACIAC, Artemis driving biga of stags right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver.
Refs: RPC VI, 4975 (temporary); Karwiese 804; SNG von Aulock --; SNG Copenhagen --.
Notes: Ex-Plankenhorn Collection of Ionian Coins, ex-Naumann Auction 91, lot 927, 7 May, 2020.

Next: Chariot pulled by non-equestrian animals.

[Phil Davis]

Next: Same theme.

[DonnaML]

Roman Republic, M. [Marcus] Volteius, AR Denarius, 78 BCE (Crawford) or 75 BCE (Harlan). Obv. Helmeted, draped bust of young deity (Attis or Corybas [male] or Bellona [female])* right (with Phrygian[?] helmet bound with laurel-wreath, and long flowing hair beneath helmet); behind, control-symbol of thyrsus** / Rev. Cybele, wearing turreted crown [off flan] and veil, in biga of lions right, holding reins in left hand and patera in right hand; control mark Θ (Theta) above**; in exergue, M•VOLTEI•M•F. 17.5 mm., 3.89 g. Crawford 385/4; RSC I Volteia 4 (ill. p. 100); BMCRR I 3185 (specimen with control-marks thyrsus & Θ); Sear RCV I 315 (ill. p. 131); RBW Collection 1417 (ill. p. 291); Harlan RRM I Ch. 12 pp. 62-66 [Michael Harlan, Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins, 81 BCE-64 BCE (Vol. I) (2012)]; Yarrow pp. 168-171 (ill. Fig. 4.9 at p. 171) [Liv Mariah Yarrow, The Roman Republic to 49 BCE: Using Coins as Sources (2021)]. Purchased 6 April 2022, Künker [Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück, Germany] Auction 367, 6 April 2022, Lot 7-793; ex Artemide Auction LIII, 2-3 May 2020, Lot 212.***   [Footnotes omitted.]

Next, same theme.

[shanxi]

Lydia. Hierocaesaraea
Time of Commodus
Bronze, Æ 27
Obv: ΔΗΜΟС, Head of youthful Demos right
Rev: IEPOKAICAPEΩN, Artemis driving biga of stags right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver on back.
Æ, 27.4mm, 8.67g
RPC IV.2, 11794 (temporary), Martin 1, SNG Hunterian 1377, GRPC Lydia 53 (this coin)

 

Next: more than one stag

[TuckHard]

6 hours, so here's a coin I bought recently. I really liked the blue patina on it, and it was a fair price for a common coin.

 

Northern Song Dynasty of China
1023-1032 AD
Issued under Emperor Renzong
AE cash | 3.91 grams | 25.0mm wide | 1.6mm thick
Obv: Tian Sheng Yuan Bao in regular script
Rev: Blank, although patina shows crust line of neighboring coin from their hoard
Ref: Hartill #16.76, Gorny's NS#10.07, Z#312636

Next: another crusty coin

[Ryro]

Next: helmet

[AncientOne]

Phrygia, Apameia. AE13, 133-48 BC.

Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rev: AΠAME BABA, crested helmet right on Maeander pattern.
Magistrate Baba.

 

Next: Head or bust of Zeus.

[TuckHard]

Here's an updated pic of a coin I shared recently. The blue patina on this coin is much more evident now!

Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt
180 to 145 BC
AE chalkon | 8.67 grams | 20.1mm wide | 4.0mm thick
Obv: Zeus-Ammon right
Rev: Two eagles standing left
Ref: Svoronos #1426, Z#312310

Next: more Zeus

[DonnaML]

One of my favorite representations of Zeus:

Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 10 (125/126 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right wearing paladumentum and aegis, seen from rear; around from 7:00, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹƐΒ [translation: Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus] / Rev. Laureate and draped bust of Zeus right, wearing himation; around, L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ [Year 10, spelled out]. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 5598 (2015); RPC III Online 5598 at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5598; Emmett 903.10 (R2); BMC 16 Alexandria 571 at p. 70 ; Milne 1100 at p. 28 ; Curtis 555 at p. 22; K&G 32.362; SNG France 4, Alexandrie II 1474. 26 mm., 13.30 g., 11 h. Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, LLC [CNG] Electronic Auction 524, 28 Sep 2022, Lot 388. [Note: 5 of 7 illustrated examples at RPC show Zeus wearing taenia instead of laurel wreath.]

Next: Another Hadrian from Roman Egypt.

[Edessa]

Egypt, Alexandria. Hadrian, AD 117-138. Æ Dichalkon (14mm, 1.90g, 12h). Oxyrhynchites nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/127). Obv: Laureate bust right, slight drapery. Rev: Bipennis (double axe); ΟΞVΡ and L IA (date) around. Ref: Köln 3415; Dattari (Savio) 6339; K&G N38.5; Emmett 1283. Near Very Fine, dark green patina with earthen highlights, reverse scratches. Rare. Ex Colosseum Coin Exchange, May 2009.

More Roman Egypt.

[Sulla80]

More Roman Egypt.

Severus Alexander :

Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.38 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (AD 233/4). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopia; date to left, palm to right.

 

Next: a coin that you consider "fine style"

Edited May 4, 2023 by Sulla80

[John060167]

 

1 hour ago, Sulla80 said:

More Roman Egypt.

Severus Alexander :

Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.38 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (AD 233/4). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopia; date to left, palm to right.

 

Next: a coin that you consider "fine style"

Fine style coin:

Sicily, Entella 

“Siculo Punic” issue

AR tetradrachm, 24.5mm, 16.86g, 6h

struck 320-300BC

Jenkins 165 (O49/R148)

 

Next coin: siliqua

[Ryro]

next up: holed coin

[shanxi]

Leo I. (457-474)
Au-Tremissis
Obv: D N LEO PE-RPET AVG, Bust of Leo I, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right
Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM: Victory, winged, draped, advancing front, head left, holding wreath in right hand and cross on globe in left hand; star in right field
Av, 1.49g, 14.5mm
RIC X Leo I (East) 611, p.286, 611

 

Next: Tremissis

[Prieure de Sion]

7 hours ago, Sulla80 said:

Next: a coin that you consider "fine style"

 

Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus

Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 117 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.45g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 79; Provenance: Ex Roma Numismatic London

 

Obverse: Bust of Hadrian, laureate, bare chest, traces of drapery on far shoulder usually visible, right. The Inscription reads: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG for Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus; Reverse: Concordia seated left on throne, holding patera and resting on figure of Spes; cornucopia under throne. The Inscription reads: P M TR P COS DES II CONCORD for Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Designatus Secundum, Concordia (High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul elect for the second time, Harmony).

 

Phew... fine style, is also somewhat subjective to a certain extent. For me, here is the portrait of Hadrian - from my point of view, it shows fine style. It is not the typical bust portrait - it is very lively and natural.

 

Next: same theme please.

 

Oh - forget scroll to the next side.

Please ignore my posting here 😉 .. I am looking for a Tremissis.

 

Edited May 4, 2023 by Prieure de Sion

[TuckHard]

6 hours

Bhillamala (Bhinmal) of North India
Jain Merchants of the Gadhaiya gotra
c. 1100 to 1250 AD
Issued anonymously and privately
BI paisa | 4.28 grams | 16.5mm wide | 3.1mm thick
Obv: King's bust right, highly stylized, with eye line remnants, lips, various dots and lines surrounding
Rev: Fire altar center, highly stylized, with a star center, above (mostly off-flan) a crescent moon
Ref: Finn #1.4.5, Z#312741, attributed by Deyell (2017) A Fresh Look at Dehliwalas (pg. 120)

Next: more private merchant money, jetons, anything but an official state coin