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[John Conduitt]

Ram...goat...horse...

Tasciovanus ‘Trinovantian M’ Unit, 20-10BCVerlamion. Bronze, 16mm, 1.85g. Conjoined bearded heads right, elaborate hair arranged in two rows of crescents; VER(I) in front. Ram left, pellets and rosettes in front and below, rosette flanked by two pellets above; TA(SC) above (Spink 242)

Next: jugate

[shanxi]

Gaius and Lucius
Lydia, Kilbianoi-Nikaia
17 BC -AD 2
Aratus, grammateus
Obv: [ΓAIOΣ] up left field, [ΛEVKIOΣ] down right, jugate bare heads right of Caius and Lucius Caesars
Rev: [APATOS / ΓRAMMATEVΣ] down right field, KIΛBIANΩN / NEIKAIAS down left, draped Demos standing left, extending right hand
AE, 5.19g, 18mm
Ref.: RPC I 2564

Next: Demos

[TuckHard]

6 hours

Safavid Dynasty of Persia
1596-1629 AD
Issued under Abbas I at the Qazvin Mint
AR Abbasi | 7.62 grams | 20mm wide

Next: another Arabic/Islamic coin

[John Conduitt]

al-Musta'sim Half Dirham, 1252-125

Madinat al-Salam. Silver, 19mm, 1.47g. AH650. (A 277).

Next: Abbasid

[TuckHard]

Abbasid Caliphate
Circa 747 to 767 AD (c. 130s-140s AH)
Issued under al-'Abbas b. Muhammad at the al-Jazira Mint
AE Fals | 1.90 grams | 20mm wide
Ref: Album-304

Next: another base metal coin from the eighth century

Edited September 6, 2022 by TuckHard

[John Conduitt]

Fals from the time of al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH86-96/AD705-715

Sarmin, Syria. Bronze, 19mm, 4.28g (Album 187).

Next: Umayyad

[shanxi]

17 hours now

No Umayyad, but Syria

Macrinus, AD 217-218
Emesa
Billon tetradrachm
Obv.: AVT K M OP CE MAKPINOC CE- B, laureate head right
Rev.: ΔHMAPX […], eagle facing, wings spread, head left, wreath in beak, crescent horns up below head, radiate bust of Helios between legs (reverse die from Caracalla)
Billon, 12.68g, 25.3mm
Ref.: Prieur 1015

Next: Macrinus

[IanG]

 

Macrinus, 217-218 AD.

Denarius.

IMP C M OPEL SEV – MACRINVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AEQVITAS AVG Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae.

RIC 53;  C 2;  BMC 58.

2.67g, 20mm.

 

NEXT: Cornucopiae.

[Phil Davis]

Next: Another pre-200 BC denarius with a symbol

[akeady]

Here's a denarius with Victory.

Gens:	Anonymous
Coin:	Silver Denarius X - Helmeted head of Roma right ROMA - The Dioscuri galloping right; behind, Victory with wreath
Mint:	Central Italy (ca. 211-208 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis:	4.27g / - / -
References:	Sydenham 147 Crawford 61/1 RBW 251
Provenances:	Ex. Student and mentor collection Ex. NAC 83, 2015, 248 Ex. Lanz 42, 1987, 359
Acquisition:	Numismatica Ars Classica Online Auction Auction 114 Part II #1260 7-May-2019

 

 

Next - another denarius, any period.

[John Conduitt]

Nero Denarius, 65Rome. Silver, 2.78g. Laureate bust right; NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS. VESTA above dome hexastyle temple with statue of Vesta inside (RIC I, 62). Found Norfolk before 2001.

Next: worn silver

[TuckHard]

This thing surely saw some heavy circulation, despite its small size.

Amirs of Sind
Circa 973 to 987 AD
Issued under 'Ali of the Habbari Dynasty
AR Damma | 0.52 grams | 10mm wide

Next: another small coin (10mm or less)

[Ryro]

Next: incuse

[Edessa]

Persia. Achaemenid. Time of Darius I - Xerxes I, circa 505-480 BC. AR 1/24 Siglos (5mm 0.24g), Obv: Bearded head of Persian king right; Rev: Incuse punch. Very Fine, nicely toned. Rare and possibly unpublished fractional. Ex Stacks Nov 2011 Baltimore Auction 163 (16 Nov 2011), Lot 20835. 

Next: More Persia.

[Curtis JJ]

2 hours ago, Edessa said:

Next: More Persia

 

Achaemenid AR Quarter-Shekel (8mm, 1.26g), temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II or Artaxerxes III. Sardes, circa 420-340 BCE. Klein 764 (this coin).

 

 

  NEXT: "QUARTER" OR "TETRA-" DENOMINATION
(any time/place/metal)

[shanxi]

1 hour ago, Curtis JJ said:

"TETRA-" DENOMINATION

Aiolis, Kyme
Tetradrachm
ca. 165-140 BC
Euktemon, magistrate
Obv.: Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing tainia
Rev.: Horse prancing right, one-handled cup below, KYMAIΩN to right, EYKTHMΩN in exergue; all within laurel wreath.
AR, 16.24g, 31mm, 1h.
Ref.: SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 77
Ex Roma Numismatcs, E-sale 46, Lot 147

 

Next: Kyme

[Spaniard]

2 hours ago, shanxi said:

Next: Kyme

Aeolis, Kyme, c. 165-90 BC. Æ (16mm, 3.84g, 12h). Zoilos, magistrate.
Obverse...Draped bust of Artemis right, hair in sphendone, quiver and bow over shoulder.
Reverse...Single-handled oenoechoe (Kyme's cup) with KY above (Kyme), flanked either side by laurel branches.
Magistrates name left to right across central field Z-Ω / I-Λ / O-Σ..Zoilos.
SNG München 507-9; SNG Copenhagen 108; SNG von Aulock 1642.

Next...Artemis

[John Conduitt]

Caracalla AE18, 198-217

Tralles, Lydia. Bronze, 18-19mm, 4.60g. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; AYT KA ANTΩN. Artemis walking right, looking left, holding bow and reaching for arrow from quiver at her shoulder, hound at foot; TΡAΛΛIANΩN (SNG France 1696). Found in Lincolnshire.

Next: bow and arrow

[shanxi]

Antoninus Pius
Pisidia, Pogla
AE18, 200-133 BC
Obv.: ΑVΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝΟϹ, laureate head of Antoninus Pius, r.
Rev.: ΠΩΓΛƐΩΝ, Artemis standing, r., wearing kalathos, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding bow; to right, stag standing, right, head, left
AE, 18.5mm, 4.83g
Ref.: RPC IV.3, 7711 (temporary)

Next: Artemis/Diana + stag

[zumbly]

POSTUMUS
AE Antoninianus. 2.86g, 20mm.
Cologne mint, AD 266. RIC V 300; Cunetio 2429; Elmer 398.
O: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right.
R: DIANAE REDVCI, Diana advancing right, head to left, holding bow in her left hand and leading a stag with her right.
Ex Belgian collection (acquired from Martina Dieterle); ex A.K. Collection (acquired privately from CNG); ex M. Weder Collection (reportedly from the inventory of the British Museum)

 

Next: A Gallienus "Diana" type

[John Conduitt]

Gallienus (Sole Reign) Antoninianus, 268Rome. Billon, 2.4g. Radiate head right; GALLIENVS AVG. Antelope walking left; DEANAE (instead of DIANAE) CONS AVG; Gamma in exergue (RIC V.1, 181). Purportedly from the Rockbourne (Hampshire) Hoard 1967.

Next: misspelling

[Steve]

"6 hours"

 

A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus. 

AR Serrate Denarius

Rome mint

81 BC

Diameter: 20 mm

Weight: 3.68 grams

Obverse: Draped bust of Diana right, with bow and quiver over shoulder; bucranium above

Reverse: Togate figure standing left on rock, holding aspergillum over head of ox standing right; lighted altar between them

Reference: Crawford 372/1; Sydenham 745; Postumia 7

Other: 10h … VF, toned, a few light marks

Ex-stevex6 … From the Archer M. Huntington Collection

 

NEXT => Bovine something

Edited September 8, 2022 by Steve

[John Conduitt]

Thurrock Potin, 120-100BC
Cantii or Trinovantes tribe, imitating a hemiobolion from the Greek colony Massalia. Cast bronze, 17mm, 3.10g. Head of Apollo left. Bull butting right with central boss, exergual line below, MA above (S 62; ABC 120; VA 1402 'Trinovantian A').

Next: potin

[Edessa]

Celtic, Central Gaul. Sequani. Circa 50-30 BC. Potin Unit (20mm, 5.11 g, 3h). Obv: Diademed head left. Rev: Horned horse left, with S-shaped tail. Ref: Depeyrot, NC IV, 261; D&T 3087; CCCBM III S349. Good Very Fine. Brown patina, a couple of light scratches. From the Miami Collection. Ex Liz’s List 64 (April 2013), Lot 4, Ex CNG eAuction 515 (4 May 2022), Lot 325. 

Next: Another Potin.

[TuckHard]

Satavahana of India (200-100 BC)

Potin karshapana

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