Restitutor Posted June 22, 2022 · Administrator Share Posted June 22, 2022 11 hours ago, Prieure de Sion said: Here comes the sun with an Lion ... sun as an radiant wreath on the neck at this Caracalla reverse from 216 AD. This reverse design is one of my favorites. Hopefully one day I’ll acquire one as nice as yours Prieure! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted June 22, 2022 · Member Share Posted June 22, 2022 25 minutes ago, Restitutor said: This reverse design is one of my favorites. Hopefully one day I’ll acquire one as nice as yours Prieure! You can have my coin, it was to sell, send me some bucks, and it is yours 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted June 24, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 24, 2022 A little tenuous but.... Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Plautius Plancus. 47 BC. AR Denarius.. Rome mint. Facing mask of Medusa with disheveled hair; coiled serpents flanking / Aurora flying right, conducting four horses of the sun and holding palm frond. Crawford 453/1a; CRI 29; Sydenham 959; Plautia 15; RBW 1583. Condition: Very Fine Weight: 3.60 gr Diameter: 17 mm I celebrate Litha and saw the Sun rise. the moon fall and heard a cockerel in the distance and lit a bonfire at night, It was very cold and I had to leave for work at 06.30 am. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted June 24, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 24, 2022 Great thread! Been so busy lately. TGIF Here are some sun coins and then my son photo bombing me while I was trying to photograph some coins: Straight up rascal. I didn't even hear him come in my office: 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirityoda Posted June 25, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 25, 2022 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted June 25, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 25, 2022 Sterling silver proof but imaged through an orange filter to compliment the sunrise/sunset feature 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted July 11, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) Well, now that we're well into summer, I did get around today to photograph my other Argentine sunface 8 reales, 1813. This coin was purchased many years ago from Henry Christensen. Argentina 8 reales 1813, Potosi Mint. Ex Henry Christensen. KM 5 26.9 grams Edited July 11, 2022 by robinjojo 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor LONGINUS Posted July 11, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 11, 2022 The season of light. I’m loving it ☀️! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted July 11, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2022 Today is a lot sunnier than this coin, but it does have a sun... Commonweath Shilling, 1651Tower. Silver, 32mm, 5.8g. English shield within laurel and palm branch; mintmark sun; THE. COMMONWEALTH. OF. ENGLAND. English and Irish shields, value .XII. above, beaded circle, date at top; .GOD. WITH. VS. (S 3217). 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted July 11, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted July 11, 2022 Here's a snap I took today of the Cuzco sunface 8 reales, kind of a mid-grade coin. Peru, South Peru, 8 reales, Cuzco, 1838 BA. KM 170.4 27.1 grams 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Benefactor DonnaML Posted July 11, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 11, 2022 Here are some coins showing Sol or Helios: Roman Republic, L. Lucretius Trio*, AR Denarius, 76 or 74 BCE.** Obv. Radiate head of Sol right / Rev. Crescent moon surrounded by seven 8-pointed stars (three above and two on each side); TRIO between horns of crescent***; L• LVCRET[I] below crescent. Crawford 390/1, RSC I Lucretia 2 (ill.), BMCRR I Rome 3245 (ill. BMCRR III, Pl. XLII No. 11), Sear RCV I 321 (ill.), Sydenham 783, Harlan, RRM 1 Ch. 16 at pp. 98-100 [Michael Harlan, Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins, 81 BCE-64 BCE (Vol. I) (2012)]. 18 mm., 3.83 g.**** [Footnotes omitted.] Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 14 (129/130 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Radiate and draped bust of Helios right, L - ΙΔ (Year 14) across fields. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 5737 (2015); RPC III Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5737 ; Emmett 852.14 [Emmett, Keith, Alexandrian Coins (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; Milne 1280 [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]; BMC 16 Alexandria 584 at p. 71 [Poole, Reginald Stuart, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 16, Alexandria (London, 1892)] (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_CR-1075); Sear RCV II 3735; K&G 32.478 (ill. p. 136) [Kampmann, Ursula & Ganschow, Thomas, Die Münzen der römischen Münzstätte Alexandria (2008)]. Purchased Jan. 14, 2022 from Pars Coins at 2022 NYINC; ex. Pegasus Numismatics (Nick Economopoulos). 26x23 mm., 10.51 g. Antoninus Pius AE Drachm, Zodiac Series, Sun in Leo (day house), Year 8 (144-145 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, ΑYΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤѠΝƐΙΝΟϹ ϹƐ-Β ƐYϹ (legend begins at 8:00) / Rev. Lion springing right; above to left, bust of Helios, radiate and draped; above to right, 8-pointed star; L H (Year 8 ) below. RPC IV.4 Online 13547 (temp.) (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13547 ); Emmett 1530.8 (ill. p. 74A); BMC 16 Alexandria 1084 at p. 127 (ill. Pl. 12); Milne 1813-1815 at p. 44 (No. 1815 has same obv. legend break as this coin, i.e., ϹƐ-Β ƐVϹ); Dattari (Savio) 2968; K&G 35.278 (ill. p. 173); Köln (Geissen) 1495. Ex. Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, Auction 428, Lot 555, 28 Apr. 2021; ex. Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün e.K., Auction 79, Lot 1284, 10 Nov. 2020.* 33 mm., 20.95 g. [Footnotes omitted.] Probus, 276-282 AD, silvered billon Antoninianus, Cyzicus Mint 280 AD. Obv. Radiate bust left wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre, IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG / Rev. Sol standing facing in spread quadriga, with right hand raised, holding globe and whip in left hand, the horses spread, two on l. and two on r., SOLI INVICTO. CM in lower center above XXI Q in exergue (Officina 4 - Quarto). RIC V-2 Cyzicus 911, Sear RCV III 12041 (ill), Cohen 682, Pink [Karl Pink 1949], p. 44, series 3. 23 mm., 4.1 g. Probus, silvered billon Antoninianus, 278-280 AD, Rome Mint [4th Emission, 2nd Officina]. Obv. Radiate bust left in imperial mantle, holding eagle-tipped scepter, IMP PRO-BVS AVG / Rev. Radiate Sol in quadriga leaping left, with right hand raised and holding globe and whip in left hand, SO-L-I INVIC-TO; in exergue, R- ᴗ [crescent]-B [Rome Mint, Officina 2]. RIC V-2 202B, Sear RCV III 12038, Cohen 644, see also https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=11. Islands off Caria, Rhodos, Rhodes, AR Didrachm, ca. 340-316 BCE. Obv. Head of Helios facing slightly right, hair parted in center and swept to either side / Rev. Rose with bud to right and grape bunch to left [stem connecting bud to rose on right is off flan, as is “E” beneath grape bunch on left], POΔION [RODION] above, all within incuse square. Ashton 98 [Ashton, R., "The Coinage of Rhodes 408-c.190 BC" in Money and its Uses in the Ancient Greek World (Oxford, 2001), pp. 79 - 115, pls. 6.1 - 6.6.], HGC 6, 1433 [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)]; HNO [Historia Numorum Online] 813 (temp.) (see http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?idType=813). 16 mm., 6.55 g., 12 h. 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. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted July 24, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 24, 2022 The weather remains hot and summery. Good reasons to revive this thread here with the latest Helios / Sol coins ☀️ Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus * Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 114 AD * Material: Silver * Diameter: 20mm * Weight: 3.33g * Mint: Rome * Reference: RIC II Trajan 328, BMCRE 625, RSC 189 * Provenance: Ex Michael Kelly Collection * Obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, right with aegis. The inscription reads: IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GERM DAC for Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Optimo Augustus Germanicus Dacicus * Reverse: Bust of Sol, radiate, draped, right with hair falling in two locks down neck. The Inscription reads: PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R for Parthicus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul (the sixth time) Pater Patriae Senatus Populusque Romanus Magistrate Mnasimachos * Didrachm of the Diadochi Empire Epoch 250/230 BC * Material: Silver * Diameter: 20mm * Weight: 6.60g * Mint: Rhodos, Islands of Caria * Reference: SNG Keckman 537, Ashton the Coinage of Rhodes 208 * Provenance: Ex Spink Numismatic Circular XCVII/5 London 1989 Nr. 3034 * Obverse: Radiate head of Helios facing slightly to right * Reverse: ose with single bud to right. P-O flanking stem. Athena Nikephoros standing left in left field. The inscription reads: MNAΣIMAXOΣ for (Magistrate) Mnasimachos 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor jdmKY Posted July 24, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 24, 2022 OK - here are 2 more Marc Antony - 38 BC Clodius Turrinus - 42 BC 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted July 27, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted July 27, 2022 Here's a coin that arrived today. Artuqids of Mardin, AE dirham, Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan, AE dirham, AH 598 (1201/02 AD). SS37.2; Album 1830.1 14.25 grams Some numismatists, including Spengler and Sayles, think the obverse figure is a reference to the sun. This theory is supported by the occurrence of an 84% solar eclipse on November 27, 1201 (early AH 598). The hair of the obverse figure is flared, very similar to some of the depictions of Helios on Greek ancients. Two prominent stars flank the portrait on either side. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted July 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2022 This sun as as beaten up as the Khanate of Khiva. Sayyid Abdullah (under Junaid Khan) Five Tenge, 1919Khorezm. Copper, 30mm, 11.936g. ١٣٣٨ (1338) ضرب / دار / الاسلام / خوارزم (Struck in Dar al-Islam Khwarezm). Full sun and crescent, modified inscription below, بش تنکه فلوس (five tenga fulus) (Kleshchinov 83). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted July 27, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) Nice coins posted! Thanks and keep them coming. Here are two AR dirhams from Roma, part of the shipment that unfortunately was torn open, resulting in the loss of three coins from Roma. These two survived, but another was one of the three coins lost. Left: Seljuks of Rum, Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II AR Dirham. Siwas mint, AH 638 = AD 1240. Lion advancing to right, two stars around; personification of sun above flanked by 'al-i-mâm' / Name and title in four lines; mint and date in outer margins. Album 1218; Broome 270, type A(i). 2.97g, 23mm, 10h. Right: Seljuks of Rum, Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II AR Dirham. Siwas mint, AH 639 = AD 1241. Lion advancing to right, three stars around; personification of sun above / Name and title in four lines; mint and date in outer margins. Album 1218; Broome 272, Type D(ii). 2.88g, 22mm, 11h. Summer's still going strong, but pretty soon it'll be almost gone. Edited July 27, 2022 by robinjojo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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