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[Deinomenid]

It might be made harder because F was not really used in ancient  Greece, so that section can't weigh in here.

I know there were exceptions, digamma etc, but...

This list of many many ancient Greek  cities doesn't have any beginning with F.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greek_cities#F

 

[shanxi]

Prince of Fu (Ming dynasty)

Prince of Fu, (Emperor Hongguang 弘光)
Obv: Hong Guang Tong Bao 弘光通寶
Rev: dot
Year: 1644-1645
AE, 25.56mm, 3.95g
Ref: Hartill 21.19

 

[expat]

58 minutes ago, Deinomenid said:

It might be made harder because F was not really used in ancient  Greece, so that section can't weigh in here.

I know there were exceptions, digamma etc, but...

This list of many many ancient Greek  cities doesn't have any beginning with F.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greek_cities#F

 

Doesn't have to be just a country. Anything to do with F is good. For example

Fates - Alternative name given to the Moirai, the three daughters of Nyx, Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos who managed the lifespan of man. 

Flora - Roman equivalent of the Oceanid Chloris, Greek goddess of Flowers and wife of the Roman Zephyrus. 

Furies - Alternative name given to the Erinyes, three goddesses born to Gaia from the blood of Ouranos. The Greek goddesses of vengeance.

[Deinomenid]

Yep, was just about F in general. 
I nearly did the Italian spelling of the engraver Phrgillos which starts with an F but thought I’’d be shot down!

[Di Nomos]

29 minutes ago, Deinomenid said:

Yep, was just about F in general. 
I nearly did the Italian spelling of the engraver Phrgillos which starts with an F but thought I’’d be shot down!

You wouldn't have been shot down, not by me anyway. I love seeing your coins. And as a collector of Greek coins also, F was always going to be a problem. I had to resort to a female carrying a fish, so not very scientific.

 

[shanxi]

56 minutes ago, expat said:

Furies

that reminded me of 

Furia Sabinia Tranquillina

Alexandria
Billon-Tetradrachm
Obv.: CAB TPANKVΛΛEINA CEB, diademed, draped bust right
Rev.: Eagle standing left, L-S= Year 6 = (242/243)
12,47g, 23mm
Ref.: Geißen 2685, Dattari 4848

 

[Broucheion]

Hi All,

F is not for Pharos -- though it's here too -- but for Faustina, the younger.

 

FAUSTINA THE YOUNGER (UNDER ANTONINUS PIUS)
ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Year 12 (148/149 CE)

Æ Drachm

Size: 34 mm
Weight: 23.6 g
Axis: 0

Obv: Faustina draped bust facing right. Legend: xxx - ΦAVCTINA. Border not visible.
Rev: Isis Pharia standing right, holding a billowing sail. Pharos lighthouse with stairs before her. Legend starts at 7:00 position: [LΔ] - ωΔЄ - KATOY. Dotted border.
Refs: Emmett-1989.12; Geissen-Unlisted; Dattari-Savio-3289 & 9114; Milne-2009; BMC-1338.
Provenance: Bought from eBay but flipped, Ex-HA Auctions.
Broucheion Collection R-2015-11-13.001

- Broucheion

 

Edited September 15, 2022 by Broucheion
Image problem

[akeady]

This is a bad picture of a coin of Florian - RIC 61:

Moneyer:	M. Fannius & L. Critonius
Coin:	Silver Denarius AED . PL - Head of Ceres right PA - The two aediles, M. Fannius and L. Critonius, seated right on subsellium, ear of corn before
Exergue:	M. FAN . L . CR
Mint:	Rome (86 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis:	3.60g / 20mm / 5h
References:	RSC 1 (Critonia) Sydenham 717a Crawford 351/1
Provenances:	Andrew McCabe
Acquisition:	Roma Numismatics Vcoins 24-May-2012

Fonteia (& Didia) - Cr. 429/2a:

Fabia - Cr. 371/1:

Fausta - RIC VII Treveri 483:

France - an Ecu:

Francisco Franco:

Francis, Year IX:

 

ATB,

Aidan.

[expat]

Get ready, gear up and go for the greatest, glorious gluttony of everything G

[Spaniard]

F = Faustina

Diva Faustina Senior. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 21.19 g.)
Rome mint, struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161.
Obv. DIVA FAVSTINA draped bust right.
Rev. AETERNITAS S-C seated left, holding scepter and globe surmounted by phoenix....RICIII #1103 (Antoninus Pius)
Reddish-brown patina.

 

[Spaniard]

Ok........."G"

I think there will be some interesting coins with this letter!

Phrygia, Laodikeia. Gaius Caesar, grandson of Augustus. AE 15mm (3.53 gm). Struck circa 5 AD under the magistrate Antonius Polemon Philopatris.
Obv.: ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ (GAIOS KAISAR), bare head right.
Rev.: Eagle with spread wings between two monograms ΠΟΛΕ (left),ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤ (right),("Polemon" and "Philopatris"). ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ (LAODIKEON) below. RPC I 2900; BMC 154. VF

 

[Deinomenid]

G for Gela.

Sicily, Gela, c. 420-415 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.65g, 3h). Charioteer driving walking quadriga l.; above, Nike flying r., crowning charioteer; in exergue, lizard l., about to catch fly (all very well but not so much on this coin!). R/ Forepart of man-headed bull l. within incuse circle. SNG ANS 91; HGC 2, 355

 

The man-headed bull is likely the personification of the river Gelas, where the city Gela stood. It was mentioned by Virgil (Aen. 3, 702) as 'immanisque Gela fluvii cognomine dicta' (and Gela called by the nickname of its monstrous stream).

[Etcherdude]

Gela Monster

[Roman Collector]

G is for Glykon and Gordian!


Gordian III, AD 238-244.
Roman provincial Æ 27.1 mm, 12.33 g, 9 h.
Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum, Sabinius Modestus, legatus consularis, AD 241-244.
Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: ΥΠ CΑΒ ΜΟΔЄCΤΟV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛЄΙΤ | ΩN ΠPOC ICTP, Nimbate figure of snake-god Glycon, coiled in two coils, rising up, head right.
Refs: RPC VII.2, 1307; Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) 8.36.22.4 (same dies); Varbanov 4146; Moushmov 1488; Mionnet Suppl. 2, 708; AMNG 2104 var.; BMC --; Lindgren --; Sear --.

 

[Broucheion]

Hi All,

Here's G for Gaza, under the Ptolemies.

PTOLEMY II PHILADELPHOS (285-246 BCE), PHOENICIA, GAZA
Ar STATER (TETRADRACHM), Year ΚΗ (28) = 258/257 BCE

Size: 27 mm
Weight: 11.17 g
Die Axis: 11:00
Broucheion Collection P-1999-04-13.001

Obv: Ptolemy I head facing right, wearing diadem and scaly aegis tied by snakes. Dotted border.
Rev: Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed. In left field: ΓPΑΔ monogram (guide dots only)above ΦΑ; in right field: ΚΗ above Λ. Dotted border. Legend to left: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ; to right: ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ. Dotted border.
Refs: Lorber CPE-682, which notes this specimen with only guide dots cut for the Gaza monogram. This type also known with obverse die link to CPE-684.

Note from O Hoover [The Dated Coinage of Gaza in Historical Context (264/3 BC - AD 241/2) SNR, vol 86, 2007]: “No coinage appears to have been struck by the city following the Macedonian conquest, but during the long Ptolemaic domination of Coele Syria (281-198 BCE), the mint of Gaza struck coins (octadrachms, tetradrachms, and bronzes) under Ptolemy II Philopator (281-246 BCE) and Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-222 BCE). The regnal years 25 (262/1 BCE), 28-33 (259/8-254/3 BCE), and 36-38 (251/0-249/8 BCE) that date the Gazaean silver and the year 29 that dates the gold of Ptolemy II suggest that these coins were produced largely to support military operations against the Seleucids during the Second Syrian War (261-253 BCE), as well as to pay the expenses of the peace agreement that ended the conflict. As part of the settlement, Ptolemy married his daughter, Berenice Syrus, to Antiochus II Theos and sent her to her new husband along with so much gold and silver that she received the popular epithet, Phernophoros ("Dowry-bringer").”

- Broucheion

Edited September 16, 2022 by Broucheion
Added quotation marks.

[Octavius]

 G for Gaius Caesar ( he fits for C and G)

[shanxi]

GALBA

Galba
Egypt, Alexandria
Billon-Tetradrachme, year2, AD 68-69
Obv.: ΣEPOYI ΓAΛBA AYTO KAIΣ ΣEBA, Laureate head right LB=year2
Rev.: AΛEΞANΔPEA, Draped bust of Alexandria right, wearing elephant's skin; simpulum before.
Billon, 12.79g, 24.3mm
Köln 226; Dattari 301; Milne 348; Emmett 170; RPC I 5341

[Spaniard]

A happy G couple...

Galeria Valeria AD 305-311, AE follis of Thessalonica. 27.63mm/ 5.79 grams

Obverse > GAL VALE-RIA AVG, Diademed bust facing, head right, hair weaved in rows and curled around side of head at base of neck, wearing embroidered robes with two necklaces.

Reverse > VENERI V-ICTRICI,Venus standing facing, head left, apple in uplifted right hand, raising drapery over left shoulder with left hand. Star in left field,Gamma in right field.

Mintmark > dot SM dot TS dot. RIC VI #36 Thessalonica ; Officina 3, AD December 308- May 310.

Galerius Maximianus as Caesar AE Follis minted 297 AD. 11,46 g. 25 mm. Obv: GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES. Laureate Head right Rev: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI/ (crescent)/ D// ANT. Genius standing left, holding cornucopiae and patera. RIC VI 49b Antioch From an old collection formed in the 1920s. Ex Münzhandlung Kallai, Vienna.

[Prieure de Sion]

G... g... g... when I think on G, i get Geta Vibes...

 

Publius Septimius Geta

Province Bronze of the Roman Imperial period 198/209 AD

Material: AE

Diameter: 27mm

Weight: 12.00g

Mint: Tavium, Galatien

Reference: SNG von Aulock 6253, Very Rare

 

Obverse: 

Draped, cuirassed and bareheaded bust of Geta facing right. The inscription reads: ΠO C? Γ?TAC KO K?

 

The inscription can be translated as follows:

ΠO = PO = Poyblius = Publius

C? = SE = Septimios = Septimius

Γ?TAC = GETAS = Geta

KO = KO[MMOΔOC] = COMMODOS = Commodus

K? = K?[CAR] = Caesar / Prince

Publius Septimius Geta Commodus Caesar

 

Reverse: 

A frontal standing Athena can be seen, her head turned to the left. She holds a spear in her right hand, at her feet is a shield. The Inscription reads: C? TPO TAOVIANΩN

 

The inscription can be translated as follows:

C? = CΕ[ΒΑCΤΗ] = SEBASTE = Sublime

TPO = ΤΡΟ[ΚΜΩΝ] = TROKMON = Trokmer

TAOVIANΩN = TAOVIANON = Tavium

Exalted (City) Tavium (of the) Trokmer

 

Comments:

Tavium was an ancient Byzantine city in the eastern part of the Galatia region in central Asia Minor in present-day Turkey. It was the capital of the Trokmer, one of the three Celtic tribes that settled in the 3rd century BC. settled in the region in Asia Minor named after them Galatia. The gods Apollon, Artemis, Athena, Asklepios and Hygieia are still documented for Tavium in numismatic evidence. The deities Aphrodite and Demeter, embossed with the image of Iulia Domna, probably represent the virtues of the empress. (Source: Eva Christof and Gabriele Koiner, An imperial tendril frieze and early to middle Byzantine liturgical equipment from Tavium). Since the exact year the coin was minted is not known, three governors for the province of Galatia can be considered for the period. Lucius Petronius Verus (197-198 AD), Gaius Atticus Norbanus Strabo (198-201 AD) or Publius Caecilius Urbicus Aemilianus (until 208 AD).

 

 

 

Edited September 16, 2022 by Prieure de Sion

[Prieure de Sion]

..or should it be Aulus Gabinius...?

 

 

Kings of Syria Philip I Philadelphos

Posthumous issue under Roman proconsul Aulus Gabinius

Tetradrachm of the Roman Republic Period 57/55 BC

Material: Silver

Diameter: 25.5mm

Weight: 14.88g

Mint: Antiochia ad Orontem, Syria Phoenice

Reference: Prieur 1, RPC 4124, HGCS. 9/1356, RARE R1

 

Obverse:

Diademed head of Philip I Philadelphos right.

 

Reverse:

Zeus Nikephoros (Zeus, the bringer of victory) seated left on throne; monogram (of Gabinius) to inner left, monogram below throne; all within wreath. The Inscription reads: [B]AΣIΛEΩ[Σ] ΦΙΛΙΠΠOY EΠIΦANOVΣ [Φ]IΛAΔΕΛΦO[V] for Basilews Filippou Epifanous Filadelfou (Basileus Philippus Epiphanes Philadelphos).

 

Comments:

The Romans revived the coinage of King Philip Philadelphos in the 50s BC under the proconsul Aulus Gabinius. Issues were minted with the monograms of Gabinius, Crassus, and Cassius, and then, circa 49/8 BC, the proconsul's monogram was replaced by one standing for either Antioch or 'Autonomous'. Gabinius gained fame as one of Pompey the Great's generals, and in his position as governor of Syria he played an important role in the internecine battles of the Jewish priest-kings, the Hasmoneans.

[Prieure de Sion]

...and last. Let us not forget my beloved underrated Emperor Gordianus III.

 

 

Marcus Antonius Gordianus III

Antoninianus of the Roman Imperial Period 240 AD

Material: Silver

Diameter: 22mm

Weight: 5.06g

Mint: Rome

Reference: RIC IV Gordian III 34

 

Obverse:

Bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right. Inscription: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG for Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus.

 

Reverse:

Personification of the Aequitas, draped, standing front, head left, holding scales in extended right hand and corncuopiae in left hand. Inscription: AEQVITAS AVG for Aequitas Augusti (Equity of the emperor)

[Prieure de Sion]

 

Oh! And I would like to sadly remember two of my ex-coins. Two of my most beautiful bronzes that I had - but unfortunately gave away. Dear new owners - if you are reading these lines - congratulations on these bronzes. May they bring you much joy. 

😭😩

 

Claudius? Nero ? Where is the G...?

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus

 

...and now long live dear "G" ... that's all I can show. Up - until the next letter again.

 

[EtTu]

Gallienus Griffin

Gallienus Goat

Gallienus Gazelle

Edited September 16, 2022 by EtTu
Spelling

[shanxi]

Provincial Gordians

 

Gordianus III (238-244 AD)
Moesia Inferior, Markianopolis
Obv.: AVT K Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ , Laureate bust right
Rev.: ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Homonoia ? standing left
AE, 25mm, 10.29g
ex Titiana&Slavey

 

Gordian III, (238-244)
Mesopotamia, Carrhae
Obv.: [...] K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC CEB, laureate bust right
Rev.: MHTP KOΛ [KAPPHNωN], draped bust of Tyche left, looking at a statue of Aquarius or Marsyas on short pedestal.
[KAPPHNωN from a die match]
AE, 15.09g, 28.1mm
Ref.: BMC 57

 

Moesia Inferior, Callatis, Gordianus III
Æ Pentassarion
Obv.: AVT K Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ / Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev.: KAΛ ΛATI ANΩ N / Legend in four lines within wreath, E in exergue
Æ, 27.4mm, 11.71g
Ref.: Varbanov 367, Moushmov 329

[Prieure de Sion]

10 minutes ago, shanxi said:

Gordianus III (238-244 AD)
Moesia Inferior, Markianopolis

Thats a fine Porträt! Often rare to see a so smooth Porträt - thats fine.