expat Posted October 12, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) I'll post my one and only Trajan with trophy reverse Trajan ae dupondius AD 98-117 27mm, 13.15g, Struck AD 104 IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVE GER DAC P M TRP COS V PP radiate bust right with aegis on left shoulder SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC trophy with two shields at base. RIC 586 Cohen 573 Woytek 196cA Natural emerald green toning with earthy hues From Castellet Clasical Numismatics Edited October 12, 2022 by expat 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted October 12, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) Oh... i forgot this last T-Coin from me ... Titus. Titus as Caesar under Vespasianus Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 76 AD Material: Silver Diameter: 18.5mm Weight: 3.24g Mint: Rome Reference: RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Vespasian 872 Obverse: Head of Titus, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS for Titus Caesar Imperator Vespasianus. Reverse: Eagle with wings spread, standing front on low garlanded base, head left, holding thunderbolt in claws. The Inscription reads: COS V for Consul Quintum (Consul for the fifth time). Comments:@David Atherton writes: "I'm not quite certain what the meaning is behind the reverse (Vespasian also issued the type). The BMCRE hints that it might be a reference to the death of Mucianus which occurred around 76 AD. Mucianus was the governor of Syria who helped Vespasian rise to the purple. The interpretation here would be the eagle as a symbol of the after-life. I've always had my doubts about Mattingly's reading of this reverse type. The eagle when depicted on a funeral pyre or altar would represent an apotheosis type. Here there is no such pyre or altar. The eagle sits upon a garlanded base, clutching a thunderbolt (missing here), with no legend referring to the eagle specifically. The following are the three main symbolic meanings of the eagle in the Roman world: as an attribute of Jupiter, a symbol of the Roman legions, a funerary type. In the case of the above coin, my guess would be the eagle is in the guise of Jupiter since a thunderbolt is clutched. Variant version missing the thunderbolt." Edited October 12, 2022 by Prieure de Sion 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 12, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 12, 2022 Lydia. Thyateira. Trajan AD 98-117. ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΝ, laureate head of Trajan, r. / ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ, Tyche standing facing, head l., holding rudder in r. hand, cornucopia in l. RPC III, 1826 Trajan,Tyhateira, Tyche. Thanks to @Roman Collectorfor signalling me this thread - I was aware of it but I try to avoid as much as possible game threads as I tend to spend a lot of time on them. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted October 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 12, 2022 T for Thessaly Thessaly, Larissa Tetrachalkon (Mid 4th century BC). Obv.: Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left. Rev.: ΛΑΡΙΣAΙΩN, Bridled horse prancing right; wheat ear below. AE, 9.54g, Diameter: 23 mm Ref.: BCD Thessaly II 330; Roger 279. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted October 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 12, 2022 T for Thrace Apollonia Pontika Thrace 4th century BC AR Hemiobol Obv.: Anchor, A right Rev.: Swastika in incuse Ag, 0.38g, 6.8mm Ref.: SNG BM Black Sea 149, SNG Stancomb 32 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted October 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 12, 2022 T for Thyateira Lydia, Thyateira Pseudo-autonomous issue, AD 200-270 Obv.: BOPEITHNH, bust of Artemis Boreitene left, with quiver over shoulder, seen from behind Rev.: ΘΥATEΙPHNΩN, eagle standing facing, head left, with open wings AE, 4.20g, 20.4mm Ref.: SNG Munich 595; SNG Copenhagen 578; SNG von Aulock 3213; BMC 22 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Di Nomos Posted October 12, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 12, 2022 T for trident being wielded by Poseidon. Nomos from Poseidonia, c. 445 - 420 BC. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Phil Davis Posted October 12, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 12, 2022 T is for Tripod: Not one of my favorite coins, but quite scarce and ex Sydenham, ex Niggler, ex Benz; best thing about it really is the provenance. 9 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restitutor Posted October 12, 2022 · Administrator Share Posted October 12, 2022 4 hours ago, Prieure de Sion said: Oh... i forgot this last T-Coin from me ... Titus. Titus as Caesar under Vespasianus Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 76 AD Material: Silver Diameter: 18.5mm Weight: 3.24g Mint: Rome Reference: RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Vespasian 872 Obverse: Head of Titus, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS for Titus Caesar Imperator Vespasianus. Reverse: Eagle with wings spread, standing front on low garlanded base, head left, holding thunderbolt in claws. The Inscription reads: COS V for Consul Quintum (Consul for the fifth time). Comments:@David Atherton writes: "I'm not quite certain what the meaning is behind the reverse (Vespasian also issued the type). The BMCRE hints that it might be a reference to the death of Mucianus which occurred around 76 AD. Mucianus was the governor of Syria who helped Vespasian rise to the purple. The interpretation here would be the eagle as a symbol of the after-life. I've always had my doubts about Mattingly's reading of this reverse type. The eagle when depicted on a funeral pyre or altar would represent an apotheosis type. Here there is no such pyre or altar. The eagle sits upon a garlanded base, clutching a thunderbolt (missing here), with no legend referring to the eagle specifically. The following are the three main symbolic meanings of the eagle in the Roman world: as an attribute of Jupiter, a symbol of the Roman legions, a funerary type. In the case of the above coin, my guess would be the eagle is in the guise of Jupiter since a thunderbolt is clutched. Variant version missing the thunderbolt." Now that is a nose! I think our boy Titus could go toe-to-toe in a pecking fight with that eagle 😂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted October 12, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 12, 2022 Teisiphon Thessaly. Pherai. Tyrant Teisiphon Æ Chalkous / Bull and Horse 359-353 BCE 15.37mm 3.06g Obverse: Forepart of bull charging right, head facing Reverse: Forepart of horse galloping right, with retrograde legend SNG Copenhagen 246 type Ex Mark Breitsprecher Teres II Teres II 350-341 BCE AE 13.48g Jurukova, Thracians, Tf. IX, 59 HGC 1712 Doppelaxt / Weinstock mit 4 Trauben Ex Dr. Busso Peus Tarkondimotos Cilicia, Anazarbos Tarkondimotos I Philantonios (King of Eastern Cilicia) c. 39-31 BCE Æ 21mm, 9.22g, 11h Diademed head r. R/ Zeus Nikephoros seated l. RPC I 3871; SNG BnF 1913-6; SNG Levante 1258 Ex London Ancient Coins 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted October 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 12, 2022 T....Travencore , Thirunal (Coin left) Indian states Kingdom of Travencore. Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma VI.(1885-1895) 1 Cash..Copper..7.60mm diameter Obverse..Sri Krishna holding balls of butter in both hands Reverse..Sudarsana chuckram (six pointed star) within a circle of dots - KM#34.1 - two dot body (Coin right) Indian states Kingdom of Travencore. Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma VI.(1885-1895) 1 Cash..Copper..8mm diameter 0.66gr Obverse..Sri Krishna holding balls of butter in both hands Reverse..Sudarsana chuckram (six pointed star) within a circle of dots KM#34.2 - One dot body 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted October 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 12, 2022 Seeing as I got lost down a strange dead-end yesterday listing mid to late 5th century BC ladies' headwear of Syracuse beginning with S, why break with recent tradition.... T is for tainia (headband) SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.85 g, 10h). Struck circa 450 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethousa right, wearing tainia; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XV, 541 (V275/R375); HGC 2, 1311; Jameson 763 (same dies); de Luynes 1173 (same dies). 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted October 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 12, 2022 T is for Tudeer. (Amongst many other things Tudeer was a die expert and is referenced for the late tetradrachms of Syracuse, those after the Boehringer series.) Tudeer 20d, V8/R13Sicily, Syracuse, silver Tetradrachm, c. 415-405 BC, charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving fast quadriga left, Nike, flying above, crowning charioteer, rev. ΣVPAKOΣION, retrograde, head of Arethusa left, surrounded by four dolphins, 17.33g, 11h (Tudeer 20d, V8/R13, this coin; SNG ANS 257 these dies; SNG Lockett 960 these dies; Jameson 790 these dies). Toned, vfProvenance:Ex Brüder Egger Auction, 10 December 1906, lot 187 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted October 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 12, 2022 T is for Trebizond. Manuel I Comnenus. Emperor of Trebizond, AD 1238-1263. AR Asper (22mm, 2.79g, 7h). Obv: St. Eugenius standing facing, holding long cross. Rev: Manuel standing facing, holding labarum and akakia; Manus Dei to upper right. Ref: Retowski 68; SB 2601. Good Very Fine, some flatness, lightly toned. Ex CNG eAuction 240 (8 Sep 2010), Lot 510. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted October 12, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 12, 2022 "T" is for Thessaly 9 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted October 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 12, 2022 T....Tribhuvana gupta Tribhuvanagupta 973-974/5 AD Copper Kaserah or Punchshi 18mm (5.42gr) Obverse- Goddess Ardochsho/Lakshmi seated facing in half lotus position, with Nagari legend 'Tri' to left 'bhuvana' to right Reverse- King standing facing and sacrificing at altar holding trident, with Nagari legend 'Gupta' bottom right 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted October 12, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 12, 2022 Tanit on a Trihemistater The Carthaginians in Italy, Sicily, Sardinia and North Africa. Trihemistater, Carthago (?) circa 255-241, EL 24 mm, 10.62 g. Head of Tanit l., wearing barley-wreath, bar and triple pendant earring and necklace with pendants. Rev. Unbridled horse standing r.; above, sun disk. SNG Fitzwilliam 1516. Jenkins-Lewis 428 ff. 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted October 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 12, 2022 T for Tauromenion. A relatively minor Greek Sicilian city but for one key thing. When Agathokles conquered it, the dead tyrant’s son fled. The son was Timaios who fled to Athens and studied rhetoric and became a well-known historian and chronographer. “His system of dating events by Olympiad and cross-referencing the eponymous archons of Athens and ephors of Sparta became the basis for chronology in ancient historiography until the end of antiquity.” 4 Litrae 305-295BC 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapphnwn Posted October 13, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 13, 2022 T is for Temnos and Tetradrachm Ar Tetradrachm of Temnos 151/0-143/2 BC In the names and types of Alexander the Great Obv Beardless head of Herakles in lions skin headdress Rv Zeus Aetophoros seated left Price 1690 16.71 grms 35 mm Photo by W. Hansen It is amazing how they overtime managed to expand the diameter of these coins from roughly 25 mm (at the time of Alexander) to this. It is obvious that the mint of Temnos wished to stress that their coins were of Attic standard and not one of the others in the region. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted October 13, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 13, 2022 T for Teanum Sidicinum 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted October 13, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 13, 2022 T for Titus... 10 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_collector Posted October 13, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 13, 2022 (edited) T for Tyche. 🙂 Demetrios I (162-150 BC). AR Tetradrachm (30mm). Antioch Julia Domna Æ 33mm of Mopsus, Cilicia. AD 194-195. Troas, Alexandria. mid 3rd century AD. Æ 21mm Edited October 13, 2022 by happy_collector 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted October 13, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 13, 2022 T for Tiate ( modern Chieti ). 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted October 13, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 13, 2022 T for Tyche Aiolis, Kyme AE 17 3rd century AD Obv.: KVMH, Turreted and draped bust of Tyche (or Kyme?) left Rev.: ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. AE, 17mm, 3.43g Ref.: BMC 120 (Probably all examles of this type are from the same die pair) 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted October 13, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 13, 2022 T....Tabaristan ½ Drachm - "Ispahbadh of Tabaristan" Khurshid - 740-760 AD (Tabaristan mint 752/3 AD ) 2 gram Obverse-Bust right,crescent in right field, breast ornament with 4 pellets.Pellet above crown to right, Name in Pahlavi. Reverse- Fire altar with 2 attendants; star left and crescent right of flames. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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