kapphnwn Posted October 12, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 12, 2023 Zagaba Dynast of Lycia 470-440 BC Obv Forepart of a charging boar. Rv Triskeles within dotted square Museler IV 4 7.78 grms 21 mm Photo by W. Hansen The boar is one of the most iconic animals found on the coins from this region. The boar has always been a symbol of fighting spirit and being a dangerous and worthy opponent, 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cazador Posted October 12, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 12, 2023 On 10/10/2023 at 8:02 PM, kapphnwn said: Tyre Ar Tetradrachm 114-113 BC Obv Head of Melqart right laureate. Rv Eagle standing left wings folded HGC 357 Cohen DCA Tyre 2,13 This coin illustrated 14.29 grms 28mm Photo by W. Hansen It is generally considered that the obverse of this coin is an extremely modified portrait of Antiochos VII. The eagle on the reverse signifies that this coin is struck on the old ptolemaic standard, a standard which survived the collapse of Ptolemaic power in this region. Fine style 100% I have the same style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted October 13, 2023 · Patron Share Posted October 13, 2023 HOLD ON A DARN MINUTE, EVERYONE!!! Aren't we on IOTA, which comes after Theta in the Greek alphabet?? We still have to get through KAPPA before we get to LAMBDA. I is for Isis (Ἶσις) on a coin from Isinda. Annia Faustina, 3rd wife of Elagabalus, Augusta, 221 CE. Roman Provincial Æ 25.0 mm, 8.55 g. Pisidia, Isinda, 221 CE. Obv: ANNIAN FAVCTEINAN, Dr. bust of Faustina r. Rev: Confronted heads of Serapis and Isis, in field, E-Delta (yr. 4 ). Refs: Ex Lindgren I A1322A, ex von Aulock, Pisidia I 833 (Plate coin for both references). 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 13, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 13, 2023 5 hours ago, Roman Collector said: HOLD ON A DARN MINUTE, EVERYONE!!! Aren't we on IOTA, which comes after Theta in the Greek alphabet?? We still have to get through KAPPA before we get to LAMBDA. I is for Isis (Ἶσις) on a coin from Isinda. Annia Faustina, 3rd wife of Elagabalus, Augusta, 221 CE. Roman Provincial Æ 25.0 mm, 8.55 g. Pisidia, Isinda, 221 CE. Obv: ANNIAN FAVCTEINAN, Dr. bust of Faustina r. Rev: Confronted heads of Serapis and Isis, in field, E-Delta (yr. 4 ). Refs: Ex Lindgren I A1322A, ex von Aulock, Pisidia I 833 (Plate coin for both references). On the previous page it was noted that we had gone out of order. We are continuing with L until we change letter this evening. Then we are going with I then K, then M and hopefully onwards. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 13, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 13, 2023 So, now we go to I (IOTA), have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted October 13, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 13, 2023 Sorry about the Lamda vs Iota mixup. I misread that one and then everyone followed. 😞 Caria. Idyma circa 350-300 BCE Æ 10 mm, 0,77 g Female head to right, her hair bound in sphendone. Rev. ΙΔΥ/ΜΙΟΝ Fig leaf Karl 161. SNG Copenhagen 420. SNG Keckman I 63 Cyclades, Keos. Ioulis Late 3rd-early 2nd century BCE Æ 11mm, 1.38 g, 6h Laureate head of Apollo right / Radiate forepart of Sirius left. Papageorgiadou-Banis Series VIII; HGC 6, 525 Ex Aleph Collection Ex Errett Bishop Collection Isaura Palaia(?), Cilicia Silver hemiobol c. 335-325 BCE 8.1mm 0.294g obverse head of Herakles facing slightly left reverse facing head of lion, YAYPCOM (or similar) below Göktürk p. 150, 86 (Isaura Palaia), SNG Kayhan 1062, SNG Levante -; SNG BnF - ex Leu Numismatik web auction 13 (15 Aug 2020) ex Roma e-sale 52 (10 Jan 2019) Moesia, Istros 350 - 250 BCE AE 12mm 1.95g Head of the river god Istros facing slightly right / Sea eagle on dolphin left. SNG BM Black Sea 260 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 13, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 13, 2023 4 minutes ago, kirispupis said: Sorry about the Lamda vs Iota mixup. I misread that one and then everyone followed. 😞 Caria. Idyma circa 350-300 BCE Æ 10 mm, 0,77 g Female head to right, her hair bound in sphendone. Rev. ΙΔΥ/ΜΙΟΝ Fig leaf Karl 161. SNG Copenhagen 420. SNG Keckman I 63 Cyclades, Keos. Ioulis Late 3rd-early 2nd century BCE Æ 11mm, 1.38 g, 6h Laureate head of Apollo right / Radiate forepart of Sirius left. Papageorgiadou-Banis Series VIII; HGC 6, 525 Ex Aleph Collection Ex Errett Bishop Collection Isaura Palaia(?), Cilicia Silver hemiobol c. 335-325 BCE 8.1mm 0.294g obverse head of Herakles facing slightly left reverse facing head of lion, YAYPCOM (or similar) below Göktürk p. 150, 86 (Isaura Palaia), SNG Kayhan 1062, SNG Levante -; SNG BnF - ex Leu Numismatik web auction 13 (15 Aug 2020) ex Roma e-sale 52 (10 Jan 2019) Moesia, Istros 350 - 250 BCE AE 12mm 1.95g Head of the river god Istros facing slightly right / Sea eagle on dolphin left. SNG BM Black Sea 260 No apologies needed, it is all just a lot of fun. A great selection of IOTA´s there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted October 13, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 13, 2023 I is for Istros, as well as Nicopolis ad Istrum and the river god Istros. Thrace, Istros. 400-350 BCE. AR Drachm. Obv. Two facing male heads, left head inverted / Rev: Sea eagle on dolphin, ISTRIH [partially off flan] above eagle, globule under eagle’s tail; letter “A” ligatured with [archaic Π with shortened right stem, or sideways Γ ?] beneath dolphin. SNG.BM.249 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea (London, 1993)] [online ID SNGuk_0901_0249 with Rev. Monogram No. 49]; AMNG I/I No. 417 var. [no globule], see also No. 422 [Pick, Behrendt, Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. I/I (Berlin, 1898) at pp. 161-162]; BMC 3 Thrace No. 6 var. [no globule] [Poole, R.S., ed. A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, The Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, etc., Vol. 3 (London, 1877) at p. 25]; Seaby 1669 var. [Sear, David, Greek Coins & their Values, Vol. I: Europe (Seaby 1978)]. 19 mm., 5.36 g. Septimius Severus, AE Tetrassarion, AD 201-203, Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum, struck for Septimius Severus by Aurelius Gallus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Obv. Laureate head right, AV • K • L • CEΠ – CEVHPOC • Π[ligate with E?] / Rev. River-god Istros, laureate, nude to hips, reclining right (from viewer’s perspective), head turned to right, holding with right hand a tree with four foliate twigs and resting left elbow on urn from which water flows, VΠA AVP ΓAΛΛOV NEIKOΠ; in exergue, ΠPOC IC. AMNG I/I 1310 [Pick, Behrendt, Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. I/I (Berlin, 1898) at p. 366 (ill. Pl. XVII nr. 34), available at https://archive.org/details/p1dieantikenmn01akaduoft/page/366/mode/2up?view=theater].* HH&J 8.14.32.14 [Hristova, H., H.-J. Hoeft, & G. Jekov, The Coins of Moesia Inferior 1st - 3rd c. AD: Nicopolis ad Istrum (Blagoevgrad, 2015)]; Varbanov (Eng.) Vol. I, 2642 [Ivan Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Volume I: Dacia, Moesia Superior & Moesia Inferior (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria, 2005)](var. legends). Possible die match to examples sold by Künker in April 2017 (see https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3782272 ) and posted by Jochen1 at Forvm Ancient coins in March 2006 (see https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=26898.msg175825#msg175825).** 27 mm., 17.54 g., 1 h. Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, LLC (CNG) E-Auction 531, Jan. 25, 2023, Lot 478; from the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection of River-God Coins, previous purchase “PB 12/18/99” according to accompanying coin envelope. *Here is the Pick description of AMNG 1310, which appears to have the same legends as this coin, except for the possible additional letter “E” ligate with the final Π in this coin’s obverse legend, proposed by Dr. Slavin in his coin description on the accompanying envelope: **Here are the Künker and Jochen1 specimens: Note that the Künker specimen, like mine, also appears to have an additional ligatured letter at the end of the obverse legend. The Jochen1 2006 Forvm thread is also of interest for the speculation concerning the possible symbolism of Istros’s head being turned back, and his grasping of the tree. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Di Nomos Posted October 13, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 13, 2023 This Distater from Thurium, c. 410 - 400 BC, has the engraver's signature in tiny letters on the ground line on the reverse ΙΣΤΟΡΟΣ (Istoros). 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted October 14, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 14, 2023 I=Istros 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted October 14, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 14, 2023 I=Ionia 1/ Ionia/ Philiasia EL 1/24 Stater ND 600-550BC Human Leg 2/ Ionia/ Uncertain City State EL 1/48 Stater ND 600-550BC Three Pellets with Incuse Circle/ Human Leg? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted October 14, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 14, 2023 Ionia Teos, Ionia 320-294 BC AR Diobol (10mm, 0.92g) Mentor magistrate. O: Griffin seated right, with left forepaw raised. R: Lyre; MENTΩP (magistrate) downward to right. Kinns 95; SNG Kayhan 611v; Imhoof 126A ex MRB Coins ~ Peter 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted October 14, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 14, 2023 Iberia. Iltirta. After 104 BC. Æ As (25mm, 9.72g, 3h). Obv: Male head right; dolphin behind, two dolphins before. Rev: Horseman riding right, holding palm frond. Iltirta in Iberian script below. Ref: ACIP 1256; CNH 33; SNG BM Spain 625-8. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted October 14, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 14, 2023 Cilicia, Irenopolis-Neronias. Trajan. AD Æ23. Obv: Laureate head right. rev: Hygieia standing right, holding branch and patera from which she feeds serpent. SNG Levante 1605. 4.5 g., 23 mm. Pisidia, Isinda. AE19. Pseudo-autonomous, 2nd-3rd c. Obv: Diademed head of Zeus right. Rev: ICINΔЄΩN. Warrior riding horse right, thrusting spear at serpent to lower right. Lycaonia, Iconium. Æ 15mm. Pseudo-autonomous, c. AD 69-96. Obv: Winged head of Medusa facing. Rev: ΚΛΑΥΔЄΙΚΟΝΙЄѠΝ, Kybele seated to left, holding patera and resting arm on drum. RPC II 1608B Thrace, Istros. Severus Alexander AE20. Demeter Obv: Severus Alexander bust r. AVT K M AVP CEB ALEXANDROC. Rev: Demeter standing left, holding corn ears and torch, altar at her feet. I-CTPI-HNWN. Varbanov 664. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 14, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 14, 2023 Another Istros/Istrus 12 mm, 0,77 g. Moesia, Istrus. AR obol or trihemiobol. 280-256/255 BC. Facing male heads, the left one inverted / IΣTΡIH, Sea-eagle left on dolphin, ΔI beneath dolphin. Dima, Tabelul III, Grupa IV, Subgrupa VII, II – Pl XXI, 10. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 15, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 15, 2023 Now we go to Greek letter K. Post your examples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted October 15, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 15, 2023 Epeiros, Kassope c. 342-330/25 BCE Æ 17.5mm, 5.30g Head of Aphrodite r., wearing stephane. R/ Dove flying r. within wreath. HGC 3.1, 246 Cyclades, Kea Keia Koinon Circa 4th-3rd Century BCE 16mm 4.81g Obverse: Laureate head of Aristaios right Reverse: Forepart of dog Sirius left, within rays of star SNG Copenhagen 623-4, Papageorgiadou-Banis Series II, Issue 6 Mysia, Kisthene 4th century BCE AE 16 mm, 4.15 g, 1 h Veiled head of Demeter to right, wearing wreath of grain ears. Rev. KIΣ Horseman, wearing chlamys, on horse galloping right, raising his right hand in salute; below, dolphin right. Plankenhorn, Mysien, p. 70, 6 (this coin). SNG Paris 163-4. Stauber & Barth 6, l (this coin). Von Fritze 621 Ex collection of G. Plankenhorn Cyprus, Kourion, Pasikrates circa 325 BCE Æ 17mm 5.12g, 2h. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Bow-in-bowcase and club; laurel branch below, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ between. Price 3113; Cox Curium, 8; ANS 1944.100.26537 Crete, Kydonia Circa 4th century BCE Æ 1.89g, 13mm, 9h Young male head to left Hound seated to right, [KY]ΔΩ around. Svoronos, Numismatique 49; SNG Copenhagen 412 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted October 15, 2023 · Patron Share Posted October 15, 2023 K is for the Kerykeion carried by Hermes on this coin from Kyzikos. Faustina II, AD 147-175/6. Roman provincial Æ 26.3 mm, 9.32 g, 1 h. Mysia, Cyzicus (group 2), AD 169-175. Obv: ΦΑVϹΤEΙΝΑ ϹEΒΑϹΤΗ; draped bust of Faustina II, r. Rev: ΚVΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝЄOΚΟΡ; nude Hermes standing facing, head left, holding purse, caduceus and chlamys. Refs: RPC IV.2 699 (temp); SNG Cop 115; Mionnet Suppl. 5, p. 225, 270. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 15, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 15, 2023 Kabiros 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 15, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 15, 2023 Magistrate Kokos Bust of Athena right in crested helmet Text above and beneath eagle alighting right on maeander pattern between two pilei with stars above, and a star upper middle.. AΠAME KΩKOY, Kokos (magistrate) PHRYGIA, Apameia. SA24. (Ae. 7.76g)- 88-40 BC Kokos. SNG Copenhagen 161-2; BMC 78-82; HGC 7, 670, SNG von Aulock 3466-3467; Walcher 2746. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted October 15, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 15, 2023 Kamarina. Circa 410-405 B.C. AR litra. .71 gm. 11 mm. Head of Kamarina left, hair in sphendone / Swan left, wings spread, on waves; below, fish left. Katane. 410-05BCDrachm (Silver, 18 mm, 4.01g. Head of Silenos facing Rev. ΚΑΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ Head of the river god Amenanos horn on his forehead. KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. Circa 294-275 BC. AR Didrachm (22.5mm, 7.67 g, 12h). Head of Zeus Karneios right / Silphion plant; to upper left, serpent coiled left; monogram to upper right. Kition, Cyprus CYPRUS. Kition. Melekiathon (Circa 392/1-362 BC). Ae. Obv: Head of Aphrodite left, wearing stephanos. Kyzikos. Circa 450-400 BC. Hemiobol (Silver, 10 mm). Forepart of a boar to left; on shoulder, ꓘ; to right, tunny upward. Rev. Head of a lion to left; above, facing head of a panther 9 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor rNumis Posted October 15, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 15, 2023 This is a litra from Katane in my collection. Photo and description are from the auction house. I wish it were in better shape, but it supposedly comes from a 1906 Jacob Hirsch sale (lot 969, not 869 per the catalogue) and is R2 in Hoover (HGC Sicily 591). 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted October 15, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 15, 2023 K is for the river god Kydnos in Kilikia (Cilicia) in SE Anatolia: Hadrian, AR Tridrachm, Tarsus [= Tarsos], Province of Cilicia [Kilikia] (SE Anatolia, now in Turkey), AD 117-138 (undated). Obv. Laureate head right, [ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ Τ]ΡA ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡΑI ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹEB / Rev. City-goddess Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated left on diphros [backless stool with four turned legs] (front leg & seat decorated as foreleg and wing of sphinx or griffin), holding palm branch in right hand and touching back corner of seat with left hand [type without cornucopiae in left hand]; at her feet to left, river-God Kydnos,* crowned with wreath of sedge-plant, swimming left with right arm upraised, [ΤΑ]Ρ-CΕΩΝ-ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩC. 23 mm., 9.39 g., 1 h. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 3262 (2015); RPC III Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3262; Prieur 761 [Michel and Karin Prieur, Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms (London, 2000)]; BMC Vol. 21 Cilicia, Tarsus 148 at p. 187 [Hill, G.F., A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Greek Coins of Lycaonia, Isauria, and Cilicia (London, 1900)]; SNG France Cilicia 1401-1403 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France Vol. 2, Cilicia (Paris 1993)]. Purchased from Leu Numismatik AG, Winterthur, Switzerland, Web Auction 20, 16-18 Jul 2022, Lot 2065. *The river-God Kydnos was the personification of the River Kydnos, which “had its headwaters in the Tarsos (Tarsus) Mountains on the Kilikian border with Syria and flowed into the Mediterranean near the city of Tarsos.” See https://www.theoi.com/Potamos/PotamosKydnos.html. K is also for Kyzikos in Mysia in NW Anatolia: Mysia, Kyzikos, AR Diobol, ca. 450-400 BCE. Obv. Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny [tuna] upwards. Rev. Head of roaring lion left within incuse square. Seaby 3846 [Sear, David, Greek Coins and their Values, Vol. 2: Asia & Africa (Seaby 1979)]; Von Fritze II, Group II, No. 9 (p. 36) [Von Fritze, H., "Die Silberprägung von Kyzikos" in Nomisma IX (1914), at pp. 34 - 56]; BMC 15 Mysia 108-113 [Wroth, Warwick, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 15, Mysia (London, 1892) at pp. 34-35]; SNG BnF 361-366 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France, Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothéque Nationale, Vol. 5, Mysia (Paris 2001)]. 10 mm., 1.22 g., 6 h. 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted October 15, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 15, 2023 Achaea. Arcadia, Kaphyae. Septimius Severus Æ22 Obv: Laureate head right. Rev: KAΦYI ATΩN / Artemis, with veil billowing, running left, head right, holding torch and bow. 22mm., 5.2gm. BCD Peloponnesos 1385. Achaea. Epirus, Korkyra. Commodus AE20 Obv: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΚοΜ; bare-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r. Rev: ΚΟΡΚΥΡΑΙΩΝ; statue of female figure standing on base, facing, head, l., raising both hands. RPC 8368. Specimens:1 Caria, Keramos. Antonininus Pius AE33 Zeus Chrysaoreus Ceramus; Asia: Conventus of Alabanda; Caria. Laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, l. Zeus (Chrysaoreus) standing, facing, head, l., holding patera over eagle and long sceptre. BMC Caria, Pl. XII Magistrate P. Ailios Themistokles Protoleontos, arxas (ex-archon?) ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΝ ΣΕΒ ΕΥ (facing outward) / ΑΙΛΙ ΘΕΜΙΣΤΟΚΛΗΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΛΕ ΑΡΞ ΚΕΡΑΜΙΗΤΩΝ 33 mm. 19.91 g Ionia, Kolophon. Caracalla AE22 Obv: Laureate, draped bust right. M AVP AN - TΩNЄINOC Rev: Tyche with rudder and cornucopiae standing left. KOΛOΦ - ΩNHΩN Moesia Inferior, Kallatis. Julia Domna Æ24 Triassaria. Demeter Obv: Draped bust right. Rev: KAΛΛAT-IANΩN, veiled and draped bust of Demeter right; to right, Γ above grain ears. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtisimo Posted October 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 16, 2023 K is for Kyrene (Cyrene) Cyrenaica Cyrene AR didrachm, struck ca. 308-277 BC Magas as Ptolemaic governor Dia.: 20 mm Wt.: 7.62 g Obv.: Bare head of Apollo-Carneius right, with horn Rev.: K-Y / P-A, silphium plant, cornucopia in inner right field Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 1234; BMC 228 NGC 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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