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Gaul, Massalia (Marseille)
AR Drachm or Tetrobol
Obv.: Diademed and draped bust of Artemis left, bow and quiver over shoulder
Rev.: Lion standing left, raising foreleg; A below raised foreleg, ΛΛ below, MAΣΣA above
Ag, 2.52g
Ref.: F&P DRM-43-4; Depeyrot, Marseille 43/– (unlisted variety), Same reverse die as CNG Electronic Auction 441, Lot 6

 

Next: Panther

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13 minutes ago, Phil Davis said:

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Next: Critter jumping or preparing to jump.

I do enjoy your coins, @Phil Davis....here's a horse jumping left...King of Numidia: Massinissa (203-148 BC) or Micipsa (148-118 BC) Æ Unit

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Next : coin with prow left

Phoenicia: Arados (mid 2nd century BC)

Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rev: Prow left; ethnic above, date below

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Next: a coin minted in North Africa

 

 

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A slightly larger diameter:

Hadrian, AE Drachm, Year 17 (AD 132/133), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Isis Pharia, holding billowing sail and sistrum above, sailing right towards the Pharos of Alexandria, which has doorway in front and is surmounted by a statue as well as two tritons blowing seashell trumpets; [L]I – Z (Year 17) across lower fields behind and in front of Isis. 33 mm., 22.64 g., 12 h. Emmett 1002.17, K&G 32.547, RPC III Online 5838 (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5838), Milne 1373 at p. 33. Purchased Feb. 2022; ex. Classical Numismatic Group, eAuction 384, Oct. 12, 2016, Lot 482.

These are CNG's photos:

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Next, another bronze drachm from Roman Alexandria.

 

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"An even larger bronze by weight or diameter" ...

 

KINGS OF EGYPT, PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR

221-205 BC

Diameter: AE40 (40mm)

Weight: 70.32 grams

Obverse: diademed Zeus-Ammon head

Reverse: eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopea before, monogram between legs

Ref: Svor. 965, SNG Cop. 199, tan-brown, edge slightly shaved at 7-8 o'clock of obv.

Ex-stevex6

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... awww crap!! ... sly Donna slid-in before me!! 

=> Next, another bronze drachm from Roman Alexandria.

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=> Next, another bronze drachm from Roman Alexandria.

 

... well okay, don't mind if I do ... 

 

Antoninus Pius Æ drachm Roman Egypt (Alexandria)

138-161 AD

Year 8

Diameter: 34 mm

Weight: 23.14 grams

Obverse: Laureate head right

Reverse: Bust of Aphrodite (Venus) left above bull (Taurus) butting left; star above … Popular astrological type depicting Venus in Taurus

Reference: Köln 1492-3; Dattari (Savio) 2960; K&G 35.280

=> (Milne 1808-1809?)

Other: Good Fine, brown patina, numerous old scratches

 Ex-stevex6 … Ex James Theselius Collection

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NEXT => owls ... lotsa owls!!

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Two owls one head

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Attica. Athens
AE 14
Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right.
Rev: AΘE, Double bodied owl standing facing; in each upper corner olive spray; Eleusis ring below
AE, 1.58g, 14.5mm
Ref.: Kroll 43

 

Next: Bronze from Athens

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Boeotia (Boeotian League, including Thebes), AR Stater 379-338 BC. Obv. Boeotian shield / Rev. Amphora, ΔΑ-IM (Daim-, magistrate [=Daimachus?]) across fields. BCD Boiotia 523 [Classical Numismatic Group, The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Boiotia, Triton IX Auction, Session 1, Lot 523 (not this coin) (10 Jan. 2006, New York)]; Hepworth 18 [Hepworth, R., "The 4th Century BC Magistrate Coinage of the Boiotian Confederacy" in NK 17 (Hungarian Numismatic Society, Numismatic Gazette (Budapest)) (1998)]; BMC 8 Central Greece 126 (at p. 81) [Head, B., A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Central Greece (Locris, Phocis, Boeotia, and Euboea) (London, 1884)]; SNG Copenhagen 323 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum (Copenhagen, 1942-1979)]. 18.5 mm., 12.19 g. [Purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 214th Buy or Bid Sale, Dec. 2020, Lot 59.]

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Link to Vimeo video of this coin: https://vimeo.com/487429280

Next, any coin from Boeotian League.

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Hemidrachm AR

11 mm, 2,38 g

Federal Coinage. Hemidrachm, Boeotia, Thespiai, circa 395-340, AR 2.63 g. Boeotian shield. Rev. Cantharus; above, club and below, BO – I[Ω]. All within incuse area. Head, Boeotia p. 54. SNG Copenhagen 170. BCD Boiotia 21.

Next - cantharus.

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"cantharus"

 

Ummm, is a Kantharos the same thing? ... or is it like a Samosa and a Mimosa (I always get those confused, but luckily, I love both!!)

 

Ionia, Teos AR Hemidrachm

Obverse: Griffin

Reverse: Kantharos, magistrate name across, lyre right

Date: 4th cent. BC

Diameter: 12.8 mm

Weight: 1.3 gr

Other: Chocolate toning

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NEXT => a cool coin with a building on it (you know, like a temple, or something building-ish)

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Campania, Neapolis
Coin: Silver Didrachm
ΧΑΡΙ - Head of nymph Parthenope right; behind head, kantharos
K / [ΝΕΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ] - Man-faced bull walking right, bearded face, crowned by Nike flying to the right
Mint: Neapolis (326-290 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 7.36g / 21mm / 9h
References:
  • SNG ANS 356
  • HN Italy 579
Provenances:
  • Ex. Stock San Diego Coin
Acquisition/Sale:

CGB Online auction Internet Oct 2018 #bgr_503636 30-Oct-2018

Next - man-headed bull

Wait! - I'm too slow - whatever Steve says for next...

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