expat Posted April 17 · Supporter Share Posted April 17 Sol with globe 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted April 17 · Member Share Posted April 17 20 mm, 4,24 g. Aurelian and Vabalathus 270-275 AD. Æ Antoninianus. Antioch. Struck 270-272. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right; B below / VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate and draped bust to right. RIC V.1 381 corr. (rev. bust type); MER-RIC 3103 (temporary). 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 17 · Supporter Share Posted April 17 Aurelian Aurelian Antoninianus, 272-274 Mediolanum. Bronze. Aurelian, radiate, cuirassed bust right; IMP AVRELIANVS AVG. Aurelian, laureate, standing left, holding sceptre and receiving wreath from woman; RESTITVT ORIENTIS; mintmark *S (RIC V.1, 234). From the South Petherton (Somerset) Hoard 2013, NGC 2066331-003. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted April 17 · Supporter Share Posted April 17 Mediolanum 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted April 17 · Member Share Posted April 17 Apollo... Abdera, Thrace 352-323 BC AE Dichalkon (14.5mm, 4.19g) O: Griffin lying right on club; [star] above, MENAN (magistrate) below. R: Laureate head of Apollo right within linear square; AB∆-HPI-TE-[ΩN] around. SNG Cop 374; AMNG II 221; BMC Thrace 75; 83v (MEN) ex Forvm Ancient Coins “Beware of the sharp-beaked hounds of Zeus that do not bark, the Grypes (Griffins) who dwell about the flood of Plouton's stream that flows with gold. Do not approach them.” ~ Aeschylus (Prometheus Bound) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted April 17 · Supporter Share Posted April 17 1 minute ago, Phil Anthos said: Griffin Rostock, City, AR witten (Slavic standard), 1361–1381 AD. Obv: +MO[NETA:R]OSTOKCE; griffin l. Rev: +[CIVITS:]MAGNOPOL; cross with quatrefoil and pellet in centen. 18mm, 0.79. Ref: Grimm 837/840/848. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted April 17 · Member Share Posted April 17 Cross as a (relatively) main motif 15,7 mm, 0,59 g. Hungary. Louis II 1516-1526. AR denar. Kremnitz. 1522. Fourfold coat of arms: Hungarian Árpád stripes, Hungarian double cross, Dalmatian leopard heads, Bohemian lion; in center chest shield Polish Jagellon eagle, no inner circle. Date above shield between two dots, two rosettes between two dots each at the sides / Crowned Madonna seated, with child in her right arm, no lettering, no inner circle. ÉH.675e; Huszar 846. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 17 · Supporter Share Posted April 17 Hungarian denar Ferdinand I of Habsburg Hungary Contemporary Counterfeit Denar, 1526-1576 Imitating Körmöcbánya (Kremnica, Slovakia). Base metal with silver wash, 15mm, 0.49g. Crowned Madonna with child in her right arm divides mintmark; K B; PATRON . * . NGRAIE (instead of PATRONA. VNGARIE). Hungarian coat of arms (curved shield); . D . G . E . R . A . H . V G H I V . A . I; 5555 (cf ÉH 745). Found Wem, Shropshire, 2001. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted April 18 · Supporter Share Posted April 18 Hungary Hungary. Time of Géza II, King of Hungary, AD 1141-1162. AR Denarius (11mm, 0.19g, 11h). Esztergom mint. Obv: Line between two wedges, two wedges at the middle, four dots around the center, a cross between two E's between two dots above and below; border of dots. Rev: Cross with dots in the angles; border of line. Ref: Huszár 124; Unger 71. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 18 · Supporter Share Posted April 18 Cross with dots in angles. Æthelred II the Unready First Reign Helmet Type Penny, 1003-1009 London. Silver, 1.46g. Helmeted, armoured bust of Æthelred right; +Æ Ð ELRÆD REX ΛNGL. Long voided cross with tri-crescent terminals, central lozenge with beaded finials, pellet at centre; +EADPOLD M.Ω.D LUND (Eadwold moneyer of London) (S 1152). Ex Mack. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted April 18 · Member Share Posted April 18 Helmeted character on obverse 17,4 mm, 2,95 g. Constantine I 306-337 AD. Ӕ follis. Treveri. 319 AD. IMP CONSTAN-TINVS MAX AVG, helmeted, laureate and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines on altar inscribed with star; •STR in exergue. RIC VII Treveri 221. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted April 18 · Supporter Share Posted April 18 Two Victories holding shield Valerian I, Billon antoninianus, 253 AD. Antioch or Samosata mint IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VOTA ORBIS, two Victories holding shield inscribed S C, palm tree behind. RIC V-I 294; Goebl 1682e Samosata; Sear 9966. Weight: 3,4gr, 24.7mm 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted April 18 · Member Share Posted April 18 Valerian / Hekate Ephesus, Ionia 253-260 AD AE26 (7.86g) O: Laureate and draped bust of Valerian right; AYT K ΠO ΛIK BAΛEPIANOΣ. R: Hekate standing facing, head left, wearing long chiton and holding two torches; EΦEΣIΩN Γ NEΩKOPΩN. Lindgren 474; SNG Cop 499 ex Gerhard Rohde 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted April 18 · Member Share Posted April 18 A noble figure named Valerian 22 mm, 2,54 g. Divus Valerian II. Died 258. AR Denarius. Lugdunum. DIVO VALERIANO CAES, bust of Valerian II, radiate, draped, right / CONSACRATIO, eagle bearing Valerian II to heaven. RIC V Valerian II 9; RSC 5. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted April 18 · Supporter Share Posted April 18 Valerian II Valerian II Billon Antoninianus. P LIC COR VALERIANVS CAES, radiate, draped bust right / VICTORIA PART, Victory standing right, presenting wreath to Valerian II, holding globe and spear. RSC 97; RIC 54 Antioch; Goebl 1604d; Sear 10742. Weight: 3,3gr 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 20 · Supporter Share Posted April 20 Giving and receiving. Diocletian Post-abdication Follis, 305-307 Londinium. Bronze, 27mm, 10.51g. Laureate bust of Diocletian right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa (napkin); D N DIOCLETIANO FELICISSIMO SEN AVG. Providentia standing facing, head right, receiving olive branch from Quies standing facing, head left, holding branch and sceptre; PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG (RIC VI, 77a). 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted April 20 · Supporter Share Posted April 20 A Tetrarch CONSTANTIUS I as Caesar, AD 293-305 AE Follis (25.21mm, 9.06g, 12h) Struck AD 304/5. Alexandria mint Obverse: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head of Constantius I right Reverse: HERCVLI VICTORI, Hercules, draped in lion skin, standing facing, head left, leaning on club with right hand and holding apples in left; Δ / S / P in fields, ALE in exergue References: RIC VI 40, RCV 14078 Well centered and well struck. An extraordinary portrait, in a style more reminiscent of the earlier Flavian/Antonine coinage than that of the Tetrarchy. Detailed reverse. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postvmvs Posted April 20 · Member Share Posted April 20 Link: Hercules Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor, 260-269. Antoninianus (Billon, 21 mm, 3.45 g, 12 h), Cologne, 267. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right. Rev. VIRTVTI AVGVSTI Hercules standing right, resting his right hand on hip and leaning left on club set on rock; lion skin draped over club. AGK -. Cunetio 2443. Elmer 390. RIC -. Very rare. Slightly rough and struck from a somewhat worn obverse die, otherwise, good very fine. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted April 20 · Member Share Posted April 20 Herakles slacking off... Taras, Calabria 375/70-370-65 BC AR Diobol (11.5mm, 1.15g, 2h) O: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with hippocamp. R: Naked Herakles seated half-left on dead lion left, holding cup in right hand and club in left. D'Andrea XXIV, 450 (this coin); D'Andrea Diobols D, 14d (this coin); Vlasto 1235 (this coin); SNG Cop 968 (same dies); HGC I, 829; HN Italy 910 Very Rare From the AG Collection. ex Michel Pandely Vlasto Collection; ex Vecchi 17; ex CNG Vlasto plate coin, #1235. D'Andrea plate coin, Series XXIV, 450. D'Andrea Diobols plate coin, Series D, Type 14. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted April 20 · Member Share Posted April 20 Athena 20 mm, 8,09 g. Sicily, Syracuse. Æ hemilitron. 400-390 BC. Head of Athena l., wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with wreath / Hippocamp l. CNS II, 41; SNG ANS 434-46; HGC 2, 1456. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted April 20 · Member Share Posted April 20 Hippocamp... Taras, Calabria 281-276 BC (Period VI - From Kleonymos to Pyrrhus) AR Didrachm (20x24mm, 7.23g, 9h) Nikottas Magistrate. O: Helmeted warrior dismounting horse galloping left, holding small round shield; [EY above], NIKΩTTAΣ (magistrate) below. R: Taras riding dolphin right, holding trident over left shoulder and hurling javelin with right hand; ΛY behind, TAPAΣ to right, small hippocamp right below. D'Andrea XLI, 987; Vlasto 699; Evans VI, Type E; HGC I, 817; HN Italy 968 Scarce ex London Ancient Coins 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted April 20 · Supporter Share Posted April 20 Trident & dolphin MARCUS AGRIPPA, died 12 BC AE As (29.08mm, 11.54g, 6h) Struck under Caligula, AD 37-41. Rome mint Obverse: M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head of Marcus Agrippa left, wearing rostral crown Reverse: Neptune, draped, standing left, holding dolphin in extended right hand and trident in left References: RIC I 58, RCV 1812 Rich brown patina. A characteristically stern portrait of Marcus Agrippa, loyal friend of Augustus and grandfather to the emperor Caligula. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 20 · Supporter Share Posted April 20 Olbia Dolphin, 400-300BC Olbia, Thrace. Bronze cast dolphin, 2.49g (SNG BM 360). 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John Conduitt Posted April 20 · Supporter Share Posted April 20 Axe Vasiliy Dmitrievich Denga, 1416-1423 Moscow. Silver, 0.71g. Warrior with a sword and axe, left. КHYA/ZЬ ВЕЛ/ИКИ ВАС/ИЛEI (GP 1577). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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