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Saalfeld  > Datong

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Emperor: Kang Xi, 康熙
Mint: Datong Garnison, Shanxi
Obv: 康熈通寶, Kang Xi Tong Bao
Rev: Tung links, 同 Tong rechts
Yearr: 1667-1671
AE, 3.90g, 27.5mm
Ref.: Hartill 22.125, FD2252, S1423

 

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Datong -Glarentza- Athens

 

AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.95g)
O: Head of Athena with archaic eye right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with palmette and olive leaves.
R: Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and cresent moon above, AΘE to right, all within incuse square.
SNG Cop 31; Kroll 8; Sear 2526
ex Steven Battelle

~ Peter 

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Salamis → Sardes

Sardes, Lydia, AE16, 3.39gr civic issue, 133-1 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / ΣAΡΔIANΩN, club, all within oak wreath. GRPC Lydia 1. Unpublished monogram.

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Segovia → Apameia

Apameia. Ae (Circa 88-40 BC). Magistrate Attalos, son of Bianor, eglogistes.
Obv: Turreted head of Artemis-Tyche right, with bow and quiver over shoulder.
Rev: AΠAMEΩN / ATTAΛOY BIANOPOΣ.
Marsyas advancing right, playing aulos; menander pattern below.
BMC 62; HGC 7, 674. 5,49 g - 18,77 mm
In Greek mythology, the satyr Marsyas is a central figure in two stories involving music: in one, he picked up the double oboe that had been abandoned by Athena and played it; in the other, he challenged Apollo to a contest of music and lost his hide and life.

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Denver → Rome

Elagabalus AR Denarius, Rome 220-222 AD
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate draped bust right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory flying left, open diadem in both hands, shields to both sides, star in right field. RSC 300. RIC 161. BMC 234. 2,8 g - 18,5 mm

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Egypt → Ticinum

TACITUS Antoninianus. Ticinum mint.
Obverse: IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: PAX AVGVSTI. Pax standing left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; P in exergue.
 
RIC 150, Cohen 72.  Ticinum mint, early-June 276.  3,5 g - 22,5 mm

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2 hours ago, expat said:

Egypt → Ticinum

TACITUS Antoninianus. Ticinum mint.
Obverse: IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: PAX AVGVSTI. Pax standing left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; P in exergue.
 
RIC 150, Cohen 72.  Ticinum mint, early-June 276.  3,5 g - 22,5 mm

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Ticinum= Mallorca

Mallorca

AV Real d'oro ND

Mallorca Mint

Pedro IV of Mallorca/ III of Valencia/ I Castile & Leon

Mainz/ Erzbistum

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Sikyon > Nacrasa

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LYDIA. Nacrasa.
Pseudo-autonomous.
Time of Hadrian (117-138).
Artemidoros, strategos.
Obv: NAKPACITΩN, draped bust of Artemis left, with quiver over shoulder; bow to left.
Rev: ЄΠI CTPATHΓOV APTЄMIΔOPOY, Apollo standing left, holding branch.
AE, 8.53g, 24mm
Ref.: GRPC Lydia Vol.3 Nacrasa 3, RPC 1808A-4 (this coin)

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Nacrasa - Side

PAMPHYLIA. Side. Caracalla, 198-217. Pentassarion (?) (Bronze, 30 mm, 17.51 g, 1 h).

Obv. AY K M AY CEY ANTΩNЄINOC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right; above, star; on cheek, countermark: Є within circular incuse.

Rev. CIΔH/TΩΝ The river-god Melas reclining left, holding pomegranate tree in his right hand and leaning left on urn from which water flows.

SNG Paris -. SNG PFPS 699. SNG von Aulock -. For countermark, Howgego 803. Very rare. Areas of weakness, otherwise, about very fine. 

 

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2 hours ago, shanxi said:

Nacrasa --> Amphipolis

 
Alexander III the Great posthum; Struck under Lysimachos; Tetradrachm of the Kings of Thrace Period 288/281 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 30.5mm; Weight: 17.13g; Mint: Amphipolis, Macedonia; Reference: Müller 106; Thompson 191; Obverse: Diademed head of deified Alexander right with the horn of Ammon; Reverse: Athena Nikephoros seated left on throne, holding Nike and spear and resting left elbow on shield; in inner left field, caduceus and in outer right field, monogram. The Inscription reads: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ for Basileos Lysimachou (King Lysimachos).
 
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