AncientOne Posted November 19, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 19, 2022 Peloponnesos Patrae Achaea. Achaea, Patras(Patrae). Sabina Æ20 Obv: SABINA AVG / Draped bust of Sabina, r., hair coiled and piled on top of head above triple stephane. Rev: COL A A PATREN / Genius naked running l. to altar, looking back, holding box in his l. hand. BCD Peloponnesos 552.5 Phialea Achaea. Arcadia, Phialea. Septimius Severus Æ22 Obv: laureate head right. Rev: ΦIΓAΛEΩN, Dionysos wearing short chiton, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. BCD 1644-1645; Pausanias 3. Pylos Achaea. Messinia, Pylos. Caracalla AE22. Terminal figure. Peloponnesus. Pylos, Messenia. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion 22mm. Obv: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: PYL[IWN] Terminal figure veiled and closely draped, holds in r. end of garment. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted November 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2022 (edited) P.....Panther. Pius, Philoppolis. Thrace, Philippopolis. Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. AE Assarion (3.94 gm, 18mm). Obv.: [ΑΥ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ] ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ, laureate head right. Rev.: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛEΙΤΩΝ, nude Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and long filleted thyrsus. Mouchmov, Philippopolis 66–70 and 75, BMC 9: RPC Online 7441. VF. Edited November 19, 2022 by Spaniard 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted November 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2022 P is for Postumius 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted November 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2022 P for Plancus... 11 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CPK Posted November 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2022 Pegasus: 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) P for Pu Yi Emperor: Pu Yi 溥儀 Province: Sichuan Obv: Text in Manchu and Chinese top center: Manchu script Top left and right: 己酉 (ji you), Earth Rooster, the 46th year of the 60-year Chinese calendar, 1909. Center: Da Qing Tong Bi 大清銅幣 Great Qing Copper Coin Mintmark 川 (chuan) for Sichuan left and right: Du Zhi Bu 度支部 Bottom: 當制錢十文 equivalent to 10 Wen. Rev: Top: 宣統年造 Made in the Xuan Tong years. Center: Dragon Bottom: TAI-CHING-TI-KUO COPPER COIN Value: 10 cash Year: 1909 Material: copper, 7.19g, 28.73mm Literature: KM Y#20t.1 Pu Yi Edited November 20, 2022 by shanxi 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted November 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2022 P is for Polonnaruwu Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Native coinage, Sahassa Malla, AD 1200-1202 Obv: Sahassa Malla (or the god Rama) standing front, head to right, smelling on a lotus flower held in his left hand; in field to right, five pellets above lotus flower; in field to left, altar. Rev: SRIMA SAHASA MALLA (in Brahmi) Hanuman leaping across the straits to Sri Lanka to rescue Sita or Sahassa Malla seated front, head to right, holding uncertain object in his left hand. Note: more on these coins here and Post-Khushan and Persian Anahita India, Post-Kushan (Jammu and Kashmir), Kidarite Successors, Vinayaditya, 5th to 6th century CE, Stater (Electrum, 20-22mm, 7.48g) Obv: Abstract Kushan-style king standing to left Rev: Abstract Ardoksho seated facing, DITYA (in Brahmi) to left, ŠRIVINAYA (in Brahmi) down right Note: Ardoksho is the Khushan goddess of fertility that is analogous to the Persian Anahita 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted November 20, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted November 20, 2022 Pellene (new acquisition) Achaia. Pellene 350-300 BCE 16.48mm 2.25g Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo right Reverse: Monogram above ram's head within wreath BCD Peloponnesos 595.1 Ex BCD Ex Marc Breitsprecher 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted November 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2022 P is for Potin. Celtic. Northeast Gaul. Leuci. Circa 100-50 BC. Potin Unit (16mm, 4.82g, 9h). Boar Standard series. Boviolles (Meuse) mint(?). Obv: Celticized head left with large, round eye, band around head and three locks of hair. Rev: Celticized boar left, stylized flower below. Ref: Collection Danicourt 366; Scheers, Traite, pl. xxiii, 663; CCCBM III 409; Castelin 573. Very Fine. Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein Auction 13, 16 October 1973, Lot 562. Ex Freeman and Sear 14, 21 June 2007, Lot 14. An unusual example with intact casting sprue. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted November 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2022 P....Pius...Prow Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. AE As (9.86 gm, 25.5mm). Rome mint. Struck 140-144 AD. Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PI VS PP TRP COS III, laureate head right. Reverse: ANNONA AVG, S-C, Annona standing right, holding grain ears over modius in right hand, cornucopia in left; at feet to right, prow right. RIC III 675. VF. 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted November 20, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 Quell the questions on the quantity and quality of Quinarius and Quadrans. Quietus and Quintillus are not alone. Queens are queueing to be quantified not disqualified. It is Q time, do your quintessential best 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewomack Posted November 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 20, 2022 Q for Quiver P. Clodius Turrinus Rome mint, 42 BC; Laureate head of Apollo right; lyre to left / Diana Lucifera standing facing, head right, bow and quiver on her shoulder, holding lighted torch in each hand; M • F at left, P • CLODIVS at right 3.5 g, 19 mm Crawford 494/23; Syd 1117 Q for crescent in second quarter Antioch. Bohémond III. 1163-1201. AR Denier (19mm, 0.97 g, 2h). Class C, var. c. Struck circa 1163-1188. + BOAИVHDVS, helmeted and mailed head left; crescent before, star behind / + AИTI:OCHIA, cross pattée; crescent in second quarter. Metcalf, Crusades 378; CCS 67d. Good VF Q for Queen Q for Quarter Q for Quarter Rial (Saudi Arabia 1954, H 1374) 10 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted November 21, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 21, 2022 Q for Quadrantes - RR Aes Grave 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted November 21, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 21, 2022 Qin Dynasty - my oldest Chinese coin: 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 21, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 21, 2022 Q for Qian Yuan Zhong Bao Tang DYnasty Obv: Qian Yuan Zhong Bao 乾元重寶 Rev: Crescent moon below Value: Year: 759-762 Material: AE, 3.72g, 24mm Ref..: H 14.116, S362 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 21, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 21, 2022 Q for Qian De Yuan Bao Earlier Shu Dynasty Emperor: Wang Yan (919-925) Obv: Qian De Yuan Bao, 乾德元寶 Rev: empty Value: 1 Year: 919-24 Material: AE, 4.07g, 24mm Ref..: Hartill 15.42, S433 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenickelguy Posted November 21, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 21, 2022 Q is for this Quarter Eagle year of the great stock market crash of "29". It happened Quickly! Recovery, not so much. 1929 Quarter Eagle Indian Gold $2.50 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenickelguy Posted November 21, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 21, 2022 Q for Qian Long Chinese Emperor Cash Coin 1775 to 1781 Looks like it is a little quacked, err, I mean cracked. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapphnwn Posted November 21, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 21, 2022 Q is for Q Denarius of L Sulla circa 81 Unknown mint BC Obv Diademed head of Venus Rv Twin cornucopia Q Below Crawford 375/2 3.85 grms 20 mm Photo by W. Hansen Venus is Sulla's patron deity and the double cornucopia is a symbol of Fortuna a deity claimed by Sulla as one who favored him more than others. 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted November 21, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 21, 2022 Q for Quart d'ecu Q 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted November 21, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 Senatus PopulusQue Romanus 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenickelguy Posted November 22, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 22, 2022 Q is for Queen Victoria 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 22, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 22, 2022 Q for Quadriga Republic Anonymous Denar, 86 BC. Rome Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right, thunderbolt below Rev: Jupiter, holding thunderbolt in right hand and reins in left, driving galloping quadriga right. AR, 18mm, 3.66 g Ref.: Crawford 350A/2; Sydenham 723; RSC 226; RBW 1333. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted November 22, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 Remember retrospectively, rebellious romans. Reminisce with reminders of Regnal and riotous rulers. Rituals, romanticism or regal, rubbed away or ridiculously radiant. The floor is yours for rampant reflection of everything R 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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