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1 minute ago, Deinomenid said:

Hopefully ok to add a quick Z for Zankle here.

 

Sicily, Messana (as Zankle) AR Litra. Circa 500-493 BC. Dolphin swimming to left within crescent harbour; DΑΝKLE below / Nine-part incuse square with cockle shell at centre. Gielow 72-8; HGC 2, 768. 0.76g, 10mm, 6h

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A great end to what has been an educational experience for me as a new collector of ancients. There is a poll for the next version, just posted in General

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Yueh Chi

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India. Kushan. Yueh Chi. Northern Bactria. Arsiles AR Hemidrachm
1st Century BCE AR 14.66mm 1.50g
Obverse: [APΣЄIΛ]HC, helmeted and draped bust right
Reverse: NANAIA / NANAIA, lion standing right, crescent / Λ above
Senior A4.1
Ex Marc Breitsprecher

Ziailas

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Kings of Bithynia. Ziailas, circa 250-230 BCE
AE 18 mm, 4.89 g, 1 h
Diademed head of Ziailas to right. Rev. BAΣIΛE[ΩΣ] / ZIAHΛA Tropy of arms. Mørkholm, Early Hellenistic Coinage, 416. SNG von Aulock 243
Ex Obolos October 2020
Ex Leu

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Zenodorus of Chalkis, struck year 282 = 32/31 BC
(Chalkis is inland from Beruit.)  Here is a king of a small region you don't hear about very often.

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20 mm. 6.41 grams.
Octavian/bare head of Zenodorus left
RPC 4774, page 662
Hoover Syrian 1454, page 311
Klein 702, plate XXII

 

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Hey sorry that I'm posting to this dead-thread (great thread, by the way => cheers, expat)

... but ummm, some amazing coin-dude that went by "Zonad" posted this coin several years ago (probably over a decade ago now, because I no longer check-out "modern" coins) 

=> OMG!! ... this coin wins on being a cool ol' coin from the 1880's ... plus, the fact that this stunner is also an error-coin makes it off-the-charts in my eyes!!

Cheers => Z for "ZONAD"

 

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... okay fine ... I have had a few beers (no judging)

 

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8 minutes ago, Steve said:

Hey sorry that I'm posting to this dead-thread (great thread, by the way => cheers, expat)

... but ummm, some amazing coin-dude that went by "Zonad" posted this coin several years ago (probably over a decade ago now, because I no longer check-out "modern" coins) 

=> OMG!! ... this coin wins on being a cool ol' coin from the 1880's ... plus, the fact that this stunner is also an error-coin makes it off-the-charts in my eyes!!

Cheers => Z for "ZONAD"

 

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... okay fine ... I have had a few beers (no judging)

 

Stunning looking off centre. Maybe you can post it again in the new alphabet game 2 when it gets to Z so more people can see it

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On 10/10/2022 at 8:07 PM, Deinomenid said:

S for sphendone. 

 

Sicily, Syracuse, silver Tetradrachm, c. 450-439 BC, charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga right, Nike flying above crowning horses' heads, rev. ΣVPAKOΣION, head of Arethusa right, wearing sphendone, dolphins around, 17.25g, 11h (Boehringer 628, V319/R432; SNG ANS 200, these dies; BMC 101 these dies; Boston 385-6)

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Is this yours, ex Sovereign?

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