Benefactor Phil Davis Posted May 10, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 10, 2023 By far my favorite "little" coin, Crawford 98A/4a, a very rare sestertius struck in Luceria in 211-210 BC on Crawford's dating, perhaps slightly earlier in current thinking. 1.02g. Next: Another silver sestertius. 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted May 10, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 10, 2023 7 hours ago, Phil Davis said: Next: Another silver sestertius. Next : off center Q 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted May 10, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted May 10, 2023 next: serrate 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted May 10, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 10, 2023 Here's my bottlecap. Seleucid Empire175 to 164 BCIssued under Antiochus IV EpiphanesAE dichalkon | 2.43 grams | 14mm wide | scalloped flanObv: Radiate head facing rightRev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, goddess standing front and holding long staff Next: another coin issued by a Forth, in title or in dynastical order 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted May 10, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 10, 2023 (edited) A sovereign of George IV, presumably legal tender in the Firth of Forth, so it meets all possible requirements: Next, silver or gold from another George (or any variant of that name), in any country. Edited May 10, 2023 by DonnaML 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted May 11, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 11, 2023 George V, Perth mint Sovereign, Next- Your first purchase way out of your budget range. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted May 11, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted May 11, 2023 Don't tell my wife: Next: Perseus 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted May 11, 2023 · Patron Share Posted May 11, 2023 I have a Perseus around here somewhere ... I bought it because it's got a cool harpa on the reverse: Perseus, 179-168 BC Greek AE 14.8 mm; 2.77 g Macedonia Obv: Macedonian shield; wheel-ornament in center. Rev: ΒΑ-ΠΕ above and below harpa, star below. Refs: Sear Greek 6809; Historia Numorum, p. 235; SNG Cop 1281; Lindgren II (Europe) 1339; Gaebler 12.5.36. Next: star on the reverse. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted May 11, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 11, 2023 Pyu city-state of Sriksetra (Burma)c. 600-800 AD (?)Issued anonymouslyAR full unit | 9.87 grams | 30.8mm wide | 2.5mm thickObv: Bhadrapitha center, above five lanterns, surrounded by solid line border and dots Rev: Srivatsa center with nine pellets within, above a crescent moon left and sun right, to the left a vajra, right a conch, below water lines Ref: Mahlo#14a.1, Z#293471 Next: moon or crescent on the reverse 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted May 11, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted May 11, 2023 These Demetrios Poliorketes monogrammed MSCs have some really fun iconography hidden between the helmet and left bushel (or just outside of it sometimes) like swords, pellets, other monograms, as well as Pan's whomping stick and the crescent requested on this example: Next: coin issued by a Diadochi 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted May 11, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 11, 2023 Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Forepart of a lion right; monogram to left, spearhead below. SNG Copenhagen 1162. 2.27g, 14mm. Next: Coin issued by another of the Diadochoi 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted May 11, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 11, 2023 Seleukos I Seleukos I. Syria, Seleukis and Pieria 312 - 281 BC Obv.: laureate head of Zeus right Rev.: ΣEΛEΥKEΩN, winged thunderbolt, monogram below AE, 7.79g, 22.60mm Ref.: BMC 5, Newell WSM 898, SNG Spaer 39 Next: more Diadochi 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted May 11, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted May 11, 2023 next: Pyrrhos 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted May 12, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 12, 2023 6 hours. Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 12 (127/128 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Mummiform Ptah-Sokar-Osiris* standing right, wearing solar disk as headdress, holding was scepter tipped with jackal head, L ΔWΔƐ-ΚΑΤΟΥ [= Year 12 spelled out]. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 5713 (2015); RPC III Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5713, Emmett 883.12 [Emmett, Keith, Alexandrian Coins (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; BMC 16 Alexandria 637 & Pl. XXIII [Poole, Reginald Stuart, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 16, Alexandria (London, 1892)]; Sear RCV II 3732; Köln 982 [Geissen, A., Katalog alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen, Köln, Band II (Hadrian-Antoninus Pius) (Cologne, 1978, corrected reprint 1987)]; Dattari (Savio) 1445 [Savio, A. ed., Catalogo completo della collezione Dattari Numi Augg. Alexandrini (Trieste, 2007)]; Milne 1262 at p. 31 (scepter with jackal-head top) [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]. 24 mm., 13.85 g., 11 h. *From the description in the CNG Triton XXI Catalog (Staffieri Collection, Jan 9. 2018) of the example from the Dattari Collection (No. 1445), sold in the Triton XXI auction as Lot 61: “The image of the Ptah-Sokar-Osiris divinity belongs to Egyptian theology, and in particular to funeral worship. It brings together three famous members of the Pharaonic Pantheon through their respective symbols: the headdress and scepter for Ptah, the solar disk for Osiris, and the mummiform wrappings for Sokar – the ‘Lord of the Necropolis.’ These three associated divinities call upon the concepts of ‘mourning’ and ‘life’, evoking at the same time the pain associated with death and the hope of resurrection. The main sanctuaries of Ptah, Sokar, and Osiris were at Memphis and Abydos.” Next: another Roman Alexandrian coin depicting an old Egyptian deity or deities who existed before the Ptolemies and Romans. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted May 12, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 12, 2023 Titus Alexandria Billon-Tetradrachm Obv.: AVTOK TITOV KAIΣ OYEΣΠAΣIANOY ΣEBA, laureate head right Rev.: [NIΛOΣ], bust of Nilus with lotus flower, LΓ=year 3 (80/81). Billon, 13.36g, 21x23.7mm Ref.: Geißen 324 var., Dattari 425 Next: Titus 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted May 12, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 12, 2023 4 hours ago, shanxi said: Titus Alexandria Billon-Tetradrachm Obv.: AVTOK TITOV KAIΣ OYEΣΠAΣIANOY ΣEBA, laureate head right Rev.: [NIΛOΣ], bust of Nilus with lotus flower, LΓ=year 3 (80/81). Billon, 13.36g, 21x23.7mm Ref.: Geißen 324 var., Dattari 425 Next: Titus FYI, I don't think Nilus is a God who existed before the Greeks. Osiris and Hapi were associated with the Nile if I remember correctly. But for the sake of not holding everything up, carry on! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broucheion Posted May 12, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 12, 2023 (edited) Hi All, VESPASIAN (1 Jun 69 - 23 Jan 79 CE) ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Year 06 (073/074 CE) Obol Size: 20x21 mm Weight: 6.69 grams Axis: 11:30 Broucheion Collection R-1997-01-21.001 Obv: Vespasian laureate head facing right. Legend: [AVTOK]KAIΣEB[AOYΣΠAΣIANOY].Dotted border.Rev: Horus hawk standing facing right, wearing double crown. In left field: L[Ϛ]. Dotted border.Refs: Emmett-222.06; Geissen-298; Dattari-417; RPC II-2443 Online; Milne-436; BnF-1065 to BnF-1066 Next: Another hawk or falcon (not eagle) on a coin. - Broucheion Edited May 12, 2023 by Broucheion 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted May 12, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 12, 2023 Quote Posted 11 hours ago (edited) 6h rule... Basileios I "the Macedonian" with his son Constantine Solidus of the Byzanz Imperial Period 870/871 AD; Material: Gold; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 4.30g; Mint: Constantinople; Reference: Sear 1704; Obverse: Crowned facing busts of Basil, with short beard and loros, and Constantine, beardless and wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. The Inscription reads: bASILIOS ЄT COҺSTANT AЧGG b; Reverse: Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing. The Inscription reads: + IhS XPS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM* Next: please another Jesus Christ representation... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted May 13, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 13, 2023 John VIII Palaeologus, AD 1425-1448. AR Stavraton (24mm, 6.72g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Obv: Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator. Rev: Crowned and nimbate bust of the emperor facing, wearing maniakon; in outer margin, + IWANHC ΔECΠOTIC O ΠAΛEOΛOΓOC; in inner margin, + XAPITH BACIΛEVC TON POMEON. Ref: DOC 1647-1648; Bendall 348.9; SB 2563. Choice Very Fine for issue. Ex Colosseum Coin Exchange, Sept 2009. Next: Anything Byzantine. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtisimo Posted May 13, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 13, 2023 Byzantine Next: Facing portrait. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted May 13, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted May 13, 2023 Next: gorgon 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted May 13, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 13, 2023 Kingdom of Pontosc. 85 to 65 BCIssued under Mithradates VI Amisos MintAE | 7.48 grams | 21mm wide Obv: Head of Gorgon facing forward at the center of aegis, octagon outer borderRev: Nike advancing to the right holding a palm, AMI-ΣOY split left and right, below a monogram left and right Ref: Sear #3642, SNG Vol. IV #1180-1182 Next: another Nike 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtisimo Posted May 13, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 13, 2023 Nike! Next: a trophy! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted May 13, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 13, 2023 Next, a forked beard. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted May 13, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 13, 2023 3 hours ago, DonnaML said: Next, a forked beard. Next: Same theme 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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