The Time Period Game - year 2000 to year 2050

[John Conduitt]

Ashoka the Great Karshapana, 268-232BC

Mathura?, India. Silver, 13mm, 3.30g. Five punched symbols: Sun, three-armed symbol, Ashoka's symbol, and other two symbols. Banker's mark (Gupta/Hardaker ISPC 511).

[John Conduitt]

Antiochos II Theos Æ18, 261-246BC
Sardis, Seleucid Empire. Bronze, 18mm, 3.96g. Laureate head of Apollo right. Tripod of Delphi; to left, monogram of HAP; to right, ΜIΛ; in exergue, anchor; (Β)ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (Α)ΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ (SC 522.1).

[John Conduitt]

Rhegion Tetras, 260-218BC

Rhegion, Magna Graecia Colony. Bronze, 19mm, 3.31g. Head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder. Apollo standing left, holding olive branch in right hand, sceptre in left, bird on right arm; cornucopiae left; ΡHΓI-NΩN across fields (Rhegion) (SNG Copenhagen 1965). Found on the banks of the River Thames, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1999.

[AncientOne]

 

 

Caria, Kaunos. Ptolemy III Euergetes. AE10

Obv: Head of Basileus Kaunios right, wearing taenia with lotus bud(?) rising from top
Rev: Filleted cornucopia, K-AY(ligate).
246-222 BC.

 

Attica, Athens. AE10. Demeter/Plemochoe.

Obv: Head of Demeter to the right.
Rev: Plemochoe with ears of wheat on the handles, aphlaston.
229/224 BC
 

Apulia, Salapia. Ae20. Zeus/Boar

Obv: ΣΑΛΑΠΙΝΩΝ. Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rev: ΠΛΩTIOY. Boar advancing right; wreath above.
Plotios, magistrate.
c. 225-210 BC

 

[Octavius]

 RR AE As - aes grave with Janus / prow.

C. 225 BCE.

[shanxi]

nice coins everybody !!

 

The eighth time period starts now.

For two days it is 

year -200 to the year -150 (or BCE if you like this more)

And remember: This is not only for exactly datable coins, but for all coins which fit in the time period, worldwide; i.e. all coins which were at least probably/possibly minted during this period

 

What is there in this time period:

We still have the many coins from all over the world Greek, Celtic, Chinese (Han Dynasty), Indian (Mauryan Empire), Baktria ......
Roman Republic (e.g. Roma/Dioscuri  Denarii)
and much more....

Edited December 22, 2022 by shanxi

[John Conduitt]

Western Han Dynasty Type 4 Ban-liang, 179BC-140BC
Bronze, 23mm, 2.39g. Square hole, no rims, large characters (Hartill 7.17).

Edited December 22, 2022 by John Conduitt

[John Conduitt]

Gallic Import Bull MA Hemiobolion, 150-120BC

Massalia. Bronze, 15mm, 3.92g. Head of Apollo left. Bull butting right, MA above (for Massalia, usually ΜΑΣΣΑ) (ABC 115). Found in Dover, Kent on 25 Sep 2018. This type of cast bronze inspired the first coins made in Britain (the Apollo/Bull potin). About 20 have been found in the UK.

[AncientOne]

 

 

 

Antiochus IV Epiphanes. AE16. Queen Laodice

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochus IV Epiphanes serrated AE16. 175 - 164 B.C. Seleucia-in-Pieria mint. Veiled bust of Laodice IV r. Border of dots / BASILEWS ANTIOCOU, North African Elephant (Extinct) head left, prow of galley right.

 

 

Lycia, Phaselis. AE18. ca. 190-167 BC.

Obv: Prow right, above crowning Nike flying right.
Rev: Φ - A, Athena advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield.

 

 

Macedonian Kings, Philip V. Bronze AE17. Aegis shield.

Macedonian Kingdom, Philip V, 221 - 179 B.C. Bronze AE 17, obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse B-A / Φ, Athena Alkidemos standing right, brandishing javelin in right, aegis in left hand with head of medusa, dolphin lower right. SNG Cop 1244-1246var.

 

 

Prusias I, Kingdom of Bithynia. Æ19.

Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right.
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠΡOYΣIOY, bow and quiver.
230-182 BC.
BMC 9

 

 

 

[Spaniard]

Phrygia, Eumeneia Circa 200-133 BC. AE 15mm (3.98 gm).
Obv...Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rev...EYME-NEΩN, legend in two lines within oak-wreath.
SNG Copenhagen 377-378

[DonnaML]

My first contribution to this thread, after missing a number of opportunities:

Islands off Caria, Rhodes, AR Plinthophoric Drachm (ca. 188-170 BCE), Artemon, magistrate. Obv. Radiate head of Helios right / Rev. Incuse square containing rose with bud right, Isis crown in left field, APTEMΩΝ above, P - O across fields. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group A [ca.188-170 BCE], No. 20 [Jenkins, G. "Rhodian Plinthophoroi - a Sketch" in Kraay-Mørkholm Essays (1989), pp. 101-119, pls. XXIX-XXXIV); HNO [Historia Numorum Online] 1999 (temp.) (see http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?idType=1999); BMC Caria 253 at p. 253 [Head, Barclay V., A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Caria, Cos, Rhodes, etc. (London 1897)]; SNG Keckman 640 [Westermark U. and Ashton R., Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Finland, The Erkki Keckman Collection in the Skopbank, Helsinki, Part 1: Karia (Helsinki, 1994); SNG Copenhagen 813 var. (symbol of shield on rev.) [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Volume 5: Ionia, Caria & Lydia (Parts 22 - 28) (West Milford, NJ, 1982).)]; HGC 6, 1457 [Hoover, Oliver D., Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (Excluding Crete and Cyprus), 6th to 1st Centuries BC, Vol 6 (Lancaster/London, 2010)]. 16x17 mm., 3.04 g.

[expat]

15 minutes ago, DonnaML said:

My first contribution to this thread, after missing a number of opportunities:

Islands off Caria, Rhodes, AR Plinthophoric Drachm (ca. 188-170 BCE), Artemon, magistrate. Obv. Radiate head of Helios right / Rev. Incuse square containing rose with bud right, Isis crown in left field, APTEMΩΝ above, P - O across fields. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group A [ca.188-170 BCE], No. 20 [Jenkins, G. "Rhodian Plinthophoroi - a Sketch" in Kraay-Mørkholm Essays (1989), pp. 101-119, pls. XXIX-XXXIV); HNO [Historia Numorum Online] 1999 (temp.) (see http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?idType=1999); BMC Caria 253 at p. 253 [Head, Barclay V., A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Caria, Cos, Rhodes, etc. (London 1897)]; SNG Keckman 640 [Westermark U. and Ashton R., Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Finland, The Erkki Keckman Collection in the Skopbank, Helsinki, Part 1: Karia (Helsinki, 1994); SNG Copenhagen 813 var. (symbol of shield on rev.) [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Volume 5: Ionia, Caria & Lydia (Parts 22 - 28) (West Milford, NJ, 1982).)]; HGC 6, 1457 [Hoover, Oliver D., Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (Excluding Crete and Cyprus), 6th to 1st Centuries BC, Vol 6 (Lancaster/London, 2010)]. 16x17 mm., 3.04 g.

Better late than never, and a wonderful example to announce your entrance

[Octavius]

 RR denarius, Roma / Dioscuri. c. 200 BCE

 

[shanxi]

Carthage
Trishekel, circa 201-195 BCE
Obv: Head of Tanit left, wearing grain wreath.
Rev.: Horse prancing right; pellet between forelegs.
AE, 19.4g, 29mm
Ref.: MAA A.105c; SNG Copenhagen 409-10 var. (pellet).

[Spaniard]

LAODICEA AD LYCUM (Phrygia) 14mm/4.0gr. Ca 200-100 BC.
Obverse: Draped bust of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane, hair in bun.
Reverse: ΛAOΔIKEΩN. Aphrodite standing left, holding dove, rose with stalk to left.
BMC Phrygia (p.284)27, SNG Copenhagen 497; SNG München 340; HGC 7, 744
SCARCE (R1 per HGC) Laodicea ad Lycum mint

[shanxi]

Interesting and very diverse coins!! 👍

 

The ninth time period starts now.

For two days it is 

year -150 to the year -100 (or BCE if you like this more)

 

What is there in this time period:

We still have the many coins from all over the world 

Many Greek coins e.g. now the Cistophoric Tetradrachms, the celtic coins are becoming more abstract, in China still the Han Dynasty , India still active, Baktria, Roman Republican Coins with more interesting depictions and many more

Edited December 24, 2022 by shanxi

[Spaniard]

Spain, Bolskan (Osca). Circa 150-100 BC. AE Unit

Spain, Bolskan (Osca). Circa 150-100 BC. AE Unit (10.35 gm, 24mm). Obverse: Bearded head right; dolphin behind. Reverse: "BOLSKAN" in Celt-Iberian in exergue, rider on horse right, holding spear; star behind. CNH 8; SNG BM Spain 734; SNG Copenhagen 325. VF.

[shanxi]

C. Minucius Augurinus
AR Denarius, 135 BCE, Rome
Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, below chin, X, behind, ROMA.
Rev: C•A – VG Ionic column surmounted by statue, holding staff in r. hand; on either side, togate figure. Togate figure on left holding loaves in both hands, togate figure on right holding lituus. Column decorated with forepart of lion on either side at the base and two bells at the top, grain ears behind each of the lions.
Ag, 18mm, 3.69g
Ref.: Sydenham 463, Crawford 242/1.

This column is the first architectural structure on a Roman coin (the first building comes 57 years later). It honors L. Minucius Augurinus, who, as prefect, introduced price controls on grain and thus fought a famine.

[Spaniard]

Spain, Obulco. Circa 150 BC. AE As (14.94 gm, 30mm).
Obv.: OBVLCO, female head right.CX behind.
Rev.: L.AIMI-M.JVNI AVD, between plow and grain ear. SNG BM 2, Spain 1410-2; Villaronga pg. 343, 16; Burgos 1395

[AncientOne]

 

Aradus, Phoenicia. AE21. 135-112 BC.

Obv: Bust of Tyche right, wearing turreted crown; palm behind.
Rev: Poseidon, naked to waist, seated left on prow of galley, holding wreath in right hand and resting left on trident; as figure-head, Athena left, holding spear (or thunderbolt) and shield; date and letter in exergue.

 

Pontos, Uncertain Æ12. Circa 130-100 BC.

Obv: Head of horse right, with star of eight points on its neck.
Rev: Comet star of eight points with trail.

[shanxi]

Smyrna, 105-95 BCE
magistrate Kratinos, son of Kratinos
Obv.: laureate head of Apollo right
Rev.: IMΥΡNAIΩN / ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟΣ / ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟY, Homer seated left, clad in himation, right raised to his chin, volume on his knees in left
Ref.. Milne.290a
AE, 18.2 mm, 7.83 g

[shanxi]

The tenth time period of our little game starts now.

For two days it is 

year -100 to the year -50 (or BCE)

And remember: This is not only for exactly datable coins, but for all coins which fit in the time period, worldwide; i.e. all coins which were at least probably/possibly minted during this period

 

So many possibilities now. I can't mention them all.

[Spaniard]

Pontos, Amisos. temp. Mithradates VI, c. 105-85 or 85-65 BC. Æ (16mm, 3.98g, 12h). Struck under Mithradates VI.
Obverse..Ivy wreathed head of Dionysos right.
Reverse..Filleted thyrsos, bell attached with fillet, AMI-ΣOY flanking across field, monogram lower right.
Mint..Amisos (Samsun, Turkey)
SNG Black Sea 1192-5; HGC 7, 251. Good VF

[shanxi]

87 BCE

 

L. Rubrius Dossenus
AR Denarius, 87 BCE, Rome
Obv: Helmeted bust of Minerva right, wearing aegis; behind, DO[S].
Rev: Triumphal chariot with side panel decorated with eagle; above, Victory in chariot right. In exergue, L RVBR[I].
Ag, 17.5mm, 4.07g
Ref.: Sydenham 707, Crawford 348/3.
Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection

Edited December 26, 2022 by shanxi

[Spaniard]

Castulo, Spain AE As. 30 mm, 22g. 76-45 BC.
ISCER SACAL, youthful male head right?
CAST SOCED, sphinx right.
Burgos (2008) 709; Ripolles 905; Villaronga 14

Latinization of the script shows the slow intergration of the Iberic tribes into the Roman empire and is referenced that the earlier coins possibly show a depiction of the Goddess Astarte, the Bull and Sphinx being her symbols......