Roman Collector Posted November 15, 2022 · Patron Share Posted November 15, 2022 Link: Amisos. Pontus, Amisos, c. 85-65 BC? Greek Æ 19.6 mm, 8.39 g, 12 h. Obv: Aegis, with Gorgon's head at center. Rev: Nike advancing right, carrying palm branch with filet, ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ across field, Monogram ᛦ to right. Refs: cf. Sear 3642; cf. BMC 13.19-20,62-78. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted November 16, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 16, 2022 Link - Nike advancing Seleukid Kingdom. Sardeis. Antiochos I Soter 281-261 BC. Bronze Æ 13 mm., 2,62 g Sardes (Sart, Turkey) mint, bust of Athena facing, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet; reverse Nike walking left, raising wreath in right hand, long palm frond over left shoulder in left hand, BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) downward on right, ANTIOXOY downward on right, symbol in circle outer left (control), no control right Seleucid Coins (part 1) 315; Houghton-Lorber 315a; Newell WSM 1369; BMC Seleucid p. 13, 58; SNG Spaer 233; SNG Cop 77; SGCV II 6883; HGC 9 167 (R2). 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted November 16, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 16, 2022 Link: Seleucid... Antiochos VII Euergetes Sidetes Tetradrachm of the Seleucid Empire Period 138/137 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 27.5mm; Weight: 14.45g; Mint: Tyros, Syria; Reference: SC 2109.3d; Provenance: Ex Leu Numismatic Winterthur Switzerland; Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of Antiochos VII to right; Reverse: Eagle with closed wings standing left on prow, palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by monogram; above club, A/PE; to right, monogram above EΟΡ (date SE 175 = 138/7); between the eagle's legs, monogram. The Inscription reads: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY. 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 16, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 16, 2022 Link: eagle Aiolis, Kyme AE 14 Obv.: Eagle standing right, magistrate ...ΣTΩP above Rev.: K-Y, one-handled vase AE, , 2.19g, 14 mm Ref.: ? 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted November 16, 2022 · Patron Share Posted November 16, 2022 Link: Kyme Aeolis, Kyme. Greek Æ 15.5 mm, 3.69 g, 1 h. Magistrate Zoilos, c. 165-90 BC. Obv: Draped bust of Artemis, right, bow and quiver at shoulder. Rev: One-handled vase between two laurel branches; KY above; Z-Ω/I-Λ/Ο-Σ (magistrate's name) in fields. Refs: BMC 17.113,87-89; Sear 4193; SNG von Aulock 1642; SNG Cop 108. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted November 16, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted November 16, 2022 Link: triple the Kyme, triple the fun Aeolis. Kyme. Proitos, magistrate 350-250 BCE 11.16mm 1.22g Obverse: ΠPOI, eagle standing right Reverse: K-Y, oenochoe SNG Turkey 9.2 223 Ex Gorny & Mosch Auction 170 (13 October 2008), lot 3214 (part) Ex Marc Breitsprecher 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted November 16, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 16, 2022 Link Kyme. This is certainly a coin that would not make it into any top tens. AEOLIS, Kyme (ca 450-400 BC) AR Hemiobol Head of eagle left; KY–M around; Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Ashmolean –; SNG von Aulock 1623 var. (ethnic); SNG Copenhagen 31 var. (ethnic); Klein 333 corr. (ethnic). 0,32 g, 8 mm 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted November 17, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted November 17, 2022 Link: needs some imagination Nabataean Kingdom. Petra circa 129-104 BCE Æ 17 mm, 3,89 g Ex Tareq Hani collection Ex Savoca 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted November 17, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2022 Link: also ex- Tareq Hani & Savoca. Somewhat unusual in having a full dotted border on at least one side! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted November 17, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 17, 2022 Link 2 cornucopiae Dupondius Æ Tiberius, Commagene, AD 19-21, TI CAESAR DIVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / PONT MAXIM COS III IMP VII TR POT XXI, winged caduceus between two crossed cornucopias 29 mm, 13,70 g RPC 3869; RIC I Tiberius 90 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 17, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2022 Link: Tiberius Tiberius AR Denarius, AD 18-35 Obv.: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head of Tiberius right Rev.: PONTIF MAXIM, Livia as Pax, holding scepter and olive branch, seated right on chair, feet on footstool, ornate chair legs Ag, 3.64g, 17.5x19.2mm Ref.: RIC² 30, Kankelfitz 3a, RIC 30, RSC 16a 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted November 17, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2022 Link....Pax Philip II... AR Antoninianus 247-249AD(23mm, 4.29g, 1h). Rome, AD 247. Obverse..IMP PHILIPPUS AVG...Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse..PAX AETERNA...Pax standing left, holding olive branch and short sceptre. RIC IV 231c; RSC 23 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted November 17, 2022 · Patron Share Posted November 17, 2022 Link: Pax Faustina II, AD 147-175. Unofficial orichalcum "denarius," 4.52 g, 16.2 mm, 11 h. Unknown mint, AD 156-162 or somewhat later. Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right (Beckmann type 5 hairstyle). Rev: PAX AVG, Pax standing left, holding branch in extended right hand and cornucopia in left hand (reverse of Antoninus Pius, RIC 78b). Refs: Unlisted. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted November 17, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2022 (edited) link: pax Trajan, AD 98-117, AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck AD 111 Obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate head right, quite a bit of drapery on shoulder Rev: COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Pax standing left, holding cornucopia and setting fire to pile of arms (or preparing a lobster bake) to lower left; PAX in exergue Edited November 17, 2022 by Sulla80 missed a few more recent entries 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted November 17, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted November 17, 2022 link: a mysterious crustacean Kyrene, Magas Ptolemaic governor, c. 300-282/75 BC AR Didrachm 20mm, 7.30g, 12h Head of Karneios r. R/ Silphion plant; ZE monogram to upper l., crab to upper r., KY-PA across lower field. BMC 256; cf. SNG Copenhagen 1243 Ex London Ancient Coins 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted November 17, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2022 Link: Crab. Sicily, Akragas. Circa 480/478-470 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 8.25g, 6h). Obv: AK-RA; Eagle with closed wings standing left. Rev: CA-Σ: Crab, small male head facing right below, all in shallow incuse circle. Rev: SNG ANS 959 (same dies); SNG Cop 37 var. (eagle right), Jenkins Gela Group IV; HGC 2, 97. Fine/Good Fine, old collection toning, well centered. Ex John Brown Collection. With old ANACS photo certificate of authenticity, issued 02-01-85 ("510-472 BC"). Ex CCE December 1984, Lot 1. Ticket included. Ex Warren Esty, June 2019. 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broucheion Posted November 17, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 17, 2022 (edited) Hi All, Link: Eagle and crab (on same side this time). PTOLEMY I SOTER (306/305-283 BCE) CYRENAICA, ca 299-294 BCE Æ Hemiobol Size: 17x1 8mm Weight: 3.8 g Die Axis:11:00 Broucheion Collection C-2005-10-12.001 OBV: Ptolemy I diademed head facing right. No centration depression. Dotted border.REV: Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings spread. Legend to left: [ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ]. In right field: IKAEP monogram above IΠAP monogram above sylphium plant above crab. No centration depresion. Dotted border.Refs: Lorber: CPE-B145; Svoronos-70, pl iii, 10-11 [8 ;isted]; Asolati (2011), 39b.; SNG Copenhagen-427; BMC Cyrenaica, p xcli, 5e pl xxviii, 18. - Broucheion Edited November 17, 2022 by Broucheion 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapphnwn Posted November 17, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2022 Link Ptolemy Ptolemy III Ae Hemiobol Paphos 246-222 BC Obv Head of Zeus Ammon right. Rv. Cult statue of Aphrodite standing facing Sv 1007 CPE B 449 5.30 grms 19mm Photo by W. HansenOne of the many coins that has overtime changed mints. When I purchased the coin it was thought to have been minted in Kyrenaica but now it is Paphos. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted November 17, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted November 17, 2022 Link: Zeus-Ammon. Antoninus Pius Billon Tetradrachm, Year 12 (148-149 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, ΑΝΤѠΝ(Ɛ)ΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ ƐVϹƐΒ (beginning at 2:00) / Draped bust of Zeus-Ammon right, crowned with disk [partially off flan], L ΔѠΔƐ - ΚΑΤΟV [Year 12 spelled out] (clockwise from lower left). RPC IV.4 Online 13625 [temporary number] (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13625) [this coin is Specimen 13, ex. Emporium Hamburg 71, 8 May 2014, lot 186; see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/112517] ; Emmett 1442.12; Milne 1972 at p. 47 [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]; Dattari (Savio) 2408; Köln (Geissen) 1588; Sear RCV II 4360. 23 mm., 12.60 g. (Purchased from Herakles Numismatics, Sept 2020). 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broucheion Posted November 17, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 17, 2022 (edited) Hi All, Connection ... Bust of Zeus-Ammon. SEVERUS ALEXANDER (Caesar 221 - 11 Mar 222 CE) ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Year 05 (225/226 CE) Bi Tetradrachm Size: 23x24 mm Weight: 15.5g Axis: 00:00 Broucheion Collection R-2017-05-17.001 Obv: Severus Alexander laureate and draped cuirased bust facing right. Legend: MAPAYPAΛЄXANΔPOCKAICAP. Dotted border.Rev: Zeus-Ammon head wearing headress of straight rams horns and solar disk. In left field: L; In right field: Є. Dotted borderRefs: Emmett-3042.05; Geissen-Unlisted; Dattari-4249; Milne-2853; BMC-1581 - Broucheion Edited November 17, 2022 by Broucheion Typo 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 18, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 18, 2022 Link: Alexandria Diocletianus Alexandria Billon-Tetradrachm Obv.: ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust right. Rev.: ENATOV L (year 9, 292/293), eagle standing left, head turned back, wings closed, wreath in beak, Δ in ex Billon, 7.58g, 20.9mm Ref.: Kampmann/Ganschow 119.85, G3260 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted November 18, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 18, 2022 Link - eagle as main reverse theme Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Tyre. Ptolemy III Euergetes 246-221 BC. Bronze Æ 24 mm, 10,62 g Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes Æ Obol. Tyre, 246-222 BC. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; club to left. CPE B468; Svoronos 708; SNG Copenhagen 495. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted November 18, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted November 18, 2022 Link: Tyre Phoenicia. Tyre. ‘Uzzimilk RY 10 = 340/39 BCE Shekel Silver, 20 mm, 8.21 g, 12 h Deity, holding reins in his right hand and bow in his left, riding hippocamp to right above two lines of waves; below, dolphin right. Rev. Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail in background; to right, date and ' (in Phoenician). DCA 918. E&E-T 1146-8. HGC 10, 349 Ex collection of Dr. A. Drakul. Ex Leu 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted November 19, 2022 · Patron Share Posted November 19, 2022 Link: Phoenician coin with a Phoenician inscription. Berenice II, wife and cousin of Ptolemy III (Euergetes I), 267 or 266 BC – 221 BC. Phoenicia, Marathos, 187/6-153/2 BC. AE 8.90 gm, 21.1 mm, 12 h. Obv: Veiled head of Berenice II, right. Rev: Marathos standing left, leaning on column. Phoenician Aramaic legend. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2022 Link Phoenicia: Phoenicia, Arados Æ 16 Dated year 115 (145-144 BC) Obv.: Bearded head of Zeus right, border of dots. Rev.: Triple pointed ram of galley left, Phoenician letters nun and aleph above, Aradian era date 115 below. AE, 16mm. 4.02g Ref.: Duyrat 2005 Pg.61, No.2046-2070; HGC10 Pg24, No.88; BMC Phoenicia Pg.18, No.131-133. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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