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The Phrygian cap morphed from a symbol of barbarians to a symbol of freedom.

Ti. Cl. Phileinos Hemiassarion, Time of Vespasian, 70-73image.png.d5e7448bf99da42b480ce9f9f0575a58.pngSardis. Bronze, 12.5mm, 2.48g. Draped bust of Mên to right, wearing Phrygian cap; crescent on his shoulders; EΠI TI KΛAY ΦIΛEINOY CTΡA (Ti. Cl. Phileinos magistrate). CAΡ/ΔIA/NΩN (Sardisian) in three lines within laurel wreath tied below (RPC II 1307). Struck over an AD65 Nero Hemiassarion from Sardis, under the strategos Ti. Cl. Mnaseas (bold letters visible): Laureate head of Nero to right; NEPΩN KAICAP ("KAIC" is visible at 12h). Laureate head of Hercules to right, with lion's skin tied around his neck; EΠI TI MNACEOY CAPΔIANΩN ("CAPΔ" is just below the bust of Mên) (RPC I 3009).

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Paris. Aluminium-bronze, 22mm, 5.01g. Laureate head left in Phrygian cap, date below; REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, A. PATEY (engraver). Abbreviated value divided by upright sprigs; TERRITOIRES·SOUS·MANDAT·DE·LA·FRANCE, 1 FR. ·TOGO·. Edge: Milled (KM 2). During the First World War, Togoland (a German colony) was invaded by Britain and France, proclaiming the Anglo-French condominium. The condominium collapsed in 1922 and Togo was divided into British (later part of Ghana) and French zones.

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@Severus AlexanderIts mentioned on the "coins" description of this french auction house. I use the infos they provide quite much for my collection of french medals and jetons because they had all of them for sale at one point and provide more information than most other sides.

https://www.cgbfr.com/premier-empire-quinaire-du-sacre-de-lempereur-ttb-,fjt_04988,a.html

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This was minted around 1808-1810 I think by the British Copper Company. There was a shortage of coins and it may have also seen some circulation in colonial Canada.

I have a couple of these. This is an image I have in my inventory files of one.

Brutus Halfpenny

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I believe this halfpenny is showing Brutus the Trojan. He was exiled for a hunting accident where he killed his father.

The legend goes something like this in short. Brutus and some escaped Trojan prisoners sailed away and eventually landed in Britain, then called Albion. They land on the sea-coast of Totnes where they meet the giant descendants of Alebion and defeat them. This fulfilled a vision or dream Brutus had of the island he was to find.

Imagine the giants on my 1936 Tobacco card

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Brutus renames the island after himself and becomes its first king.
He founded a city on the banks of the River Thames, which he calls Troia Nova, or New Troy. 
The name Troia Nova, is in time, corrupted to Trinovantum, and the city is later called London. 
He created laws for his people and rules for twenty-four years. After his death he is buried in Trinovantum, and the island is divided between his three sons: Locrinus ruled England, Albanactus ruled Scotland and Kamber ruled Wales.

For the longest time I thought it was Marcus Junius Brutus, one of Julius Caesars assassins. It apparently is not.

You learn something new every day!

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Griffins or Gryphons have been depicted on ancient Iranian and ancient egyptian art dating before 3000 BC, so truly an ancient theme on a modern coin

1979 Germany 5 Deutschmarks. .625 Silver

 

 

 

 

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Louis XIV
Bronze medal 1677, on the capture of the city of Freiburg by French troops

Av: LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS, Head of Ludwigs XIV
Rv: MINERVA VICTRIX, FRIBURGO BRISGOIAE, CAPTO, M DC LXXVII, Minerva, Owl
Material: Bronze, 40mm
Literatur: Divo 166, Slg. Zeitz 810

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Piacenza

AV Quadrupla 1595

Piacenza Mint

Postumus issue of Alessandro Farnese/ struck under Ranuccio Farnese/ Duke of Parma.

Alessandro was Philip II's commander on the Flanders Front. Philip intended him to take a land army across the English Channel and take over England with Scottish aid. However the debacle of the Spanish Armada in 1588 scuttled that.

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In ancient Roman religion, Ceres was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships. She was originally the central deity in Rome's so-called plebeian or Aventine Triad, then was paired with her daughter Proserpina in what Romans described as "the Greek rites of Ceres".

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Obverse

Head of Ceres facing left, date left, cornucopia right, designer below

Reverse

Crowned oak branch dividing value. Legend in Dutch below.

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The quadriga of lions design is so cool ...

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Julia Domna, AD 193-217.
Roman AR denarius, 3.30 g, 19 mm, 6 h.
Rome, 21st emission, AD 205.
Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: MATER AVGG, Julia Domna, as Cybele, seated left in quadriga of lions and holding branch in her right hand.
Refs: RIC 562; BMCRE 48; Cohen/RSC 117; RCV 6592; Hill 759; CRE 354.

... that the Italians re-released it as a reverse design!

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Over 2000 Years from Libertas to Lady Liberty.

Libertas, in Roman religion, female personification of liberty and personal freedom. Libertas was given a temple on the Aventine Hill about 238 BC.

Liberty standing, holding fasces in one arm and an oak sprig in the other, resting the arm with the oak on the Panamanian shield. The country name is above, the purity and weight are to the right, and the date below

 

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