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R= Rhodes

 

AV Zecchino ND

Grandmaster Fabrice del Carretto 1513-21

The Knights Hospitalers set up shop on Rhodes after leaving the Holy Land. However the Ottoman Turks under Sulieman I laid seige to the Island and allowed them to leave under peace deal. Their next home would be Malta.

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R for the ram of a galley

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Phoenicia, Arados
Æ 16
Dated year 115 (145-144 BC)
Obv.: Bearded head of Zeus right, border of dots.
Rev.: Triple pointed ram of galley left, Phoenician letters nun and aleph above, Aradian era date 115 below.
AE, 16mm. 4.02g
Ref.: Duyrat 2005 Pg.61, No.2046-2070; HGC10 Pg24, No.88; BMC Phoenicia Pg.18, No.131-133.

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Raise your glasses of something sparkly, it's Thanksgiving. Supplement the special occasion by selecting some shiny, spherical objects showing deities connected to successful harvests. Maybe Seleucid to Spanish or Sullas to Sols is more your style. Share your spectacular or even sub-par specimens of S

 

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S....Silaharas.243914198_20180307_BATTLE-TOGETHER-removebg-preview(1).png.d4065cea465f536a907f00ec35450889.png

Silaharas of Khankan (1000-1200 AD)
Anonymous
AR Drachm 14.1 mm x 4.13 g
Obverse: Stylized Sassanian Bust right. "Sri" in Brahmi behind head left field.
Reverse: Stylized Horseman battle scene shows a mounted warrior with sword to right.
Below a fallen body and to the right a standing figure defending himself
with a shield. Behind the horse a bow., Sun in upper right field.
ref: Mit. NIS 649-652

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S for Saxony. conventionsthaler single year of issue

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Obverse

Armored bust facing right.

Lettering: D:G:FRID:CHRIST:PR:R:POL:& L:DUX SAX
Reverse

Crowned arms, date at end of legend.

Lettering:
IUL : CL : MONT : A : & W : S : R : I : ARCHIM : & ELECTOR · 1763
· FWOF · (Dresden)
X · EINE FEINE MARCK

Value     4⁄3 Saxon thaler = 1 Conventionsthaler = ⅒ Cologne Mark
Currency     Thaler (1493-1805)
Composition     Silver (.833)
Weight     28.8 g
Diameter     43 mm

KM# 962, Dav GT II# 2677, Schnee# 1052, Buck# 14

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S for SECVRITAS REIPUB

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Julian II (360 - 363) AE1 (BI Maiorina); Thessalonika Mint; Obv: DN FL CL IVLIANUS PF AUG; Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; Rev: SECVRITAS REIPVB; Bull standing right, two stars above;*TESΓ in exergue; Ref: RIC 226; NGC Graded Ch. XF

S for "S" (meaning "and," as in MIXAHL S ΘЄOFILOS)

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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

S for Saint Maurice (S.M)

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France ARCHBISHOPRIC OF VIENNE - ANONYMOUS AR Denier, 11th - 12th Centuries; Obv: .+. S. M. VIENNA. (Saint Maurice of Vienne), profile of Saint Maurice, facing left; Rev: MAXIMA. GALL (Grand Gaul)

S for Shilling

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S for Sixpence(s)

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S for United States of America and Shield

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S for The Bason Spolasco "the real friend of the afflicted"

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S for Seated Liberty Half Dime

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S for Standing Liberty Quarter

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S for Sen (銭) and Showa (昭和)

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S for Steel Cent

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S for Saudi Arabia

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S for Susan B. Anthony Dollar with S mintmark from San Francisco

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S for Silver Connecticut State Quarter with S mintmark from San Francisco

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S is for Shahrukh, Timurid AR Tanka dated AH 828 = AD 1426

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Islamic, Persia (Post-Mongol), Timurids, Shahrukh I, AH 807-850 / CE 1405-1447, AR Tanka (21mm, 4.39g), dated AH 828 (AD 1426)

Sabzawar mint

Obv: Shahrukh with titles, year and mint

Rev: (Album type T1) kalima in three lines within square "la ilah illa / Allah muhammad / rasul Allah"

https://www.sullacoins.com/post/children-of-tamerlane

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S for Securitas

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Helena
AE3, Alexandria mint
Obv.: FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed bust right wearing double necklace
Rev.: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, branch in right hand, raising pallium, wreath in field left, I right, SMAL in ex.
AE, 3.11g, 19.1mm
Ref.: RIC VII 48

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S for Snake

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Mysia, Pergamon
AE 17
Obv.: laureate head of bearded Asklepios
Rev.: AΣKΛHΠIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ, Asklepian snake coiled around omphalos, owl standing on the snake's back
AE, 8.66g, 17.3mm
Ref.: BMC Mysia p. 129, 160; SNGvA 1371; SNG BnF 1813; SNG Cop -

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