shanxi Posted November 11, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2022 L for Laodicea Augustus Phrygia, Laodicea Zeuxis Philalethes, magistrate. Obv.: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, Bare head of Augustus right; lituus in front. Rev: ZEYΞΙΣ / ΘΙΛΑΛΗΘΗΣ / ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ, Staff entwined with serpent. Æ, 3.49g, 16-17mm Ref.: RPC 2895 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted November 11, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2022 L....Licinius. Licinius I AE Follis. 20mm dia/ 3.2gr Obverse- IMP LIC LICINIVS PF AVG, laureate head right Reverse- IOVI CON-SERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, holding victory and sceptre, eagle at foot with wreath in its beak,gamma to right. Mintmark SIS. RIC VII 8G (Siscia oficina3) 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Di Nomos Posted November 11, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 11, 2022 L is for Lampsacus in Mysia. Gold stater with head of maenad on obverse, forepart of pegasus on the reverse. Struck c. 370 BC. It was either good fortune or purposely placed, but luckily the test cut doesn't infringe on the portrait on the obverse. 8 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted November 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2022 L for LIBERTAS , RR denarius of Palicanus..... Rostra of forum reverse. 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted November 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2022 L for Libo, rr denarius... 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2022 L for Laodicea ad Mare Septimius Severus AD 193-211 Syria, Laodicea ad Mare Billon tetradrachm AD 209.211 Obv.: AYT KAI CEOVHPOC CE, Laureate and draped bust Rev.: ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠATOC TO Γ, Eagle standing facing, wings spread, holding wreath, star below. Billon, 13.86g, 28x25.2mm Ref.: Prieur 1163 (same dies) 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2022 L for Lucius Verus Lucius Verus Alexandria Billon-Tetradrachm Obv.: Λ AYPHΛIOC OYHPOC CEB, laureate head right Rev.: APMENIA, Trophy of arms, at base of which Armenian captive seated right, head left, wearing pointed cap, hands tied behind back, L - E = year 5 (164/165). Billon, 13.88g, 21,8mm Ref.: RPC IV.4, 14502 (temporary) 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted November 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2022 L is for Lycia. Dynasts of Lycia. Vekhssere I, circa 450-430/420 BC. AR Third Stater (13mm, 2.72g, 12h). Uncertain mint. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rev: Triskeles; diskeles in lower left corner; all within dotted square border within incuse square. Ref: MAL I 41; Müseler V, 13–4; Falghera 157 (sixth stater); SNG Copenhagen Supp. –. Extra Fine, toned. From the Asher D. Atchick Collection. Ex CNG eAuction 459 (8 Jan 2020), Lot 286. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted November 12, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 12, 2022 Meander majestically through multiple memories of minted and hammered purchases. Mint marks, minting cities, many and marvelous makers of historical moments. Mix them up, make them known and meditate on what might have been. It is M time 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted November 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2022 Metapontum, Nomos, c. 510-470, medium incuse (class ix), meta, ear of barley with six grains, rev. similar but incuse, 7.92g 10 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted November 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2022 Metapontum again with a little satyr playing pipes to liven it up. Lucania, Metapontum. AR Nomos (20-22 mm, 7.52 g), c. 290-280 BC. Obv. Head of Demeter to right, wearing wreath of barley ears. Rev. ΜΕΤΑ, Ear of barley; to left, satyr standing on barley leaf and playing pipes. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenickelguy Posted November 12, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 12, 2022 M is for Macedonia Philip II AE18 Olympic Champion 359-336 BC from MACEDONIA OBVERSE – Head of Apollo right, wearing taeniaREVERSE – ΦIΛIΠΠOY (PHILIPPOU), Naked youth on horse prancing right, Δ (DELTA) below.OLYMPIC CHAMPION IN 356 BC, 352 BC & 348 BCThis coin was designed to immortalize Philip's own victory in the equestrian events at the Olympic games in 356 BC, the year of Alexander the Great’s birth. Philip II was an Olympic champion three times.• In the 106th Olympics, in 356 BC, Philip II won the race, riding his horse.• In the 107th Olympics, in 352 BC, Philip II won the four-horse chariot race.• In the 108th Olympics, in 348 BC, Philip II was the winner of the two colt chariot race. (This info came with the coin description) 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenickelguy Posted November 12, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 12, 2022 M is for Mesambria Mesambria was an important Greek city in ancient Thrace. Here is an Ae15 Circa 300 BC Corinthian helmet with the other side showing a META Four spoked wheel. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenickelguy Posted November 12, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 12, 2022 M is for the M on my Justinian I AE20 Decanummium. Antioch year 25 527-565 AD. Theoupolis Antioch M is also for Mike 10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted November 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2022 An easy one M is for Morgan dollar Q 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted November 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2022 And M is for William & Mary William & Mary (1688-1694)- halfcrown, 1st bust, 1689 Ref : Spink # 3434 Q 10 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapphnwn Posted November 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2022 M is for Mytilene Electrum Hekte of Mytilene 377-326 BC Obv Head of Dionysos right wearing wreath of ivy leaves and flowers. Rv Head of Silenos facing Bodenstedt 90 HGC 1016 2.55 grms 10 mm Photo by W. Hansen The electrum hektes of Mytilene and Phokaia were minted over a period of two hundred years and there appears to have been some form of cooperation between the two mints. Their function is less well understood and they ceased production sometime towards the end of the reign of Alexander III of Macedon, though it is possible they survived a few years after that 11 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted November 12, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 12, 2022 M is for Modius 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenickelguy Posted November 12, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 12, 2022 M is for Montreal 1842 Montreal Bank Half Penny 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shea19 Posted November 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2022 M is for Macrinus: 11 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted November 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2022 (edited) M is for Macedon. Kings of Macedon. Alexander III ‘The Great’, 336-323 BC. Æ15 (4.11g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Macedon, stuck circa 325-310 BC. Obv: Macedonian shield, thunderbolt on boss. Rev: Macedonian helmet, B-A across fields. Ref: Price 397; Liampi, Chronologie 72-73; SNG Copenhagen 1119-1121. Edited November 12, 2022 by Edessa 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted November 13, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 13, 2022 M for RR denarius of E. Maxsumus... 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted November 13, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 13, 2022 M for Marcus Aurelius... sestertii.... 12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewomack Posted November 13, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 13, 2022 (edited) M for Marcus Aurelius, author of The Meditations Marcus Aurelius. AR Denarius. Struck 161/2 AD. M ANTONINVS AVG, bare head right / CONCORD AVG TR P XVII, COS III in exergue, Concordia seated left, holding patera, resting left elbow on statuette of Spes set on base. 18mm 3.4gm M for Michael II and a very large "M"(for 40 nummi) Michael II the Amorian (AD 820-829) with Theophilus Æ Follis; Constantinople mint; Obv: MIXAHL S ΘЄOFILOS, crowned facing busts of Michael (on left) and Theophilus (on right); cross above; Rev: Large M, X/X/X to left, cross above, N/N/N to right, Θ below; 29.12mm; 6.21 grams; Sear 1642 M for random Medieval coin Philppe IV Silver Denier Tournois, 18mm, 1285 - 1310; Obv: + PhILIPPVS REX, Rev: + TVRONVS CIVIS M for Emperor Meiji (明治) M for M.L. Marshall Edited November 13, 2022 by ewomack 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted November 13, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 13, 2022 M is for Marius: C. MARIUS C. F. CAPITO. Serrate Denarius (81 BC). Rome. M is for Metellus: Q. CAECILIUS METELLUS PIUS. Denarius (81 BC). M is for Malleolus: C.. Poblicius Malleolus, with A. Postumius Sp. f. Albinus and L. Metellus AR Denarius. Rome, 96 BC 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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