Curtis JJ Posted January 21 · Supporter Share Posted January 21 Nicomedia --> Apollonia-Mordiaeum (Wow, a lot of "A" mints also end in "a"... I guess this one could end in "a" or "m", depending.) Pisidia, Apollonia-Mordiaeum AE Großbronze (Tetrassarion [?], 29mm, 16.34g, 6h), alliance issue w/ Koinon of Lycia, temp. Caracalla or Septimius Severus, c. 193-217 CE. Obv: ΑΛΕΞΑ ΚΤΙΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ. Head of Alexander the Great in lionskin right – the founder of the city. Rev: ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤ ΚΑΙ ΛΥΚΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ. Tyches of Apollonia & Lycia clasping hands. Ref: Mabbott 2045 = von Aulock Pisidiens II 29 (this coin). Prov: Ex Thomas Ollive Mabbott (1898-1968) Collection, Part I, H. Schulman (6 Jun 1969), lot 2045 [Catalog Online LINK]; ex Morris / Phil Peck Collection, Part IV, Heritage 61160 (10 May 2020), lot 97068; ex CNG 543 (2 Aug 2023), 319 (cat. by T.M.); ex NGC 4884253-014 (removed, w/ tag). 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted January 21 · Supporter Share Posted January 21 Apollonia-Mordiaeum > Mopsouestia-Mopso Faustina II Cilicia, Mopsouestia-Mopso Tetrassarion Obv.: ΦΑΥϹΤƐΙΝΑ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust of Faustina II, r. Rev: Α[Δ]ΡΙΑΝωΝ ΜΟΨЄΑΤωΝ / ЄT - AΛC Male figure standing left (Mopsos in the guise of Apollo?), wearing toga, holding laurel wreath AE, 29 mm, 17.60g, 1 h Ref.: RPC online IV.3 10293. SNG Levante 133. SNG Paris 1978. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted January 21 · Member Share Posted January 21 Mopso-Orange Orange/ Principauté AV Florin d'or ND Orange Mint mint mark "Hunting Horn" 20mm. 3.38g. .986 8h Raymond V 1340-93 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 21 · Supporter Share Posted January 21 Orange--->Egypt EGYPT, Arsinoite Nome. Alexandria. Hadrian, 117-138. Obol (Bronze, 19 mm, 5.21 g, 12 h), year ΙΑ = 11 = 126/7. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ Laureate head of Hadrian to right, slight drapery on his far shoulder. Rev. ΑΡCI - L ΙΑ Head of the Pharaoh Premarres (= Amenemhet III of the 12th Dynasty, 1831-1786 BCE) to right, wearing the nemes head cloth and the uraeus serpent. BMC N73. RPC III 6296. Attractive and clear with a brown patina. Minor deposits. Good very fine 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted January 21 · Member Share Posted January 21 Alexandria---Ashanabad 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted January 27 · Member Share Posted January 27 Ahsanabad---Hadrat Dataulabad AV Tanka ND Hadrat Dataulabad Dehli Sultanate Firuz I Shah Tughlaq 1351-88 Citing Abbasid Caliph al-Mutawakkil 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 27 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 27 Hadrat → Thessalonika RPC Volume: I №: 1568 Reign: Tiberius Persons: Tiberius (Augustus) City: Thessalonica Region: Macedonia Province: Macedonia Denomination: Leaded bronze (22 mm) Average weight: 9.26 g. Obverse: ΤΙ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ; laureate head of Tiberius, right Reverse: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ; bust of Livia, right Reference: Touratsoglou, Tiberius 1–32 (c. 14–20/23) Specimens: 46 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted January 27 · Member Share Posted January 27 Actually "Hadrat"= Dehli term for Mint/ Mint City= Dataluabad🙂 Thessalonika-Akka (Acre) Kingdom of Jerusalem AV Bezant ND (imitation of Fatimid AV Dinar al-Amir type) Akka Mint Baldwin III of Jerusalem 1143-63 Just got this from Hornung/ MA-shops 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted January 27 · Supporter Share Posted January 27 Baldwin III: Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin III, BI Denier, 1142–1163 AD, Jerusalem mint. Obv: BALDVINVS REX; cross pattée. Rev: + DE IERVSALEM; Tower of David. 16mm, 0.97g. Ref: CCS 21. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 27 · Supporter Share Posted January 27 Jerusalem--->Macedon THRACO-MACEDONIAN REGION, Uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.25 g). Primate crouching left / Pellet or shield within incuse square with slightly rounded corners. Tzamalis 67. Toned, patches of find patina, some granularity. VF. Rare. From the Jim Gilman Collection, purchased from John Jencek, 7 August 2009 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted February 20 · Supporter Author Share Posted February 20 Macedon → Nicomedia Constantius II AE follis. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left, globe in hand / FEL TEMP-REPARATIO, Emperor, bare-headed and in military dress standing, holding standard with chi-rho on banner in his right hand, resting left hand on shield, two bound captives wearing Phrygian helmets kneeling, leaning to the left before him, star in left field. Mintmark SMNS 21mm, 3.62gr. RIC Nicomedia 71 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 20 · Member Share Posted February 20 (edited) Nicomedia - Arpi Arpi, Apulia 325-275 BC AE20 (20mm, 7.07g) O: Laureate head of Zeus left; [thunderbolt] behind. R: Kalydonian boar running right; spearhead above, [Α]ΡΠΑΝ[ΟΥ] below. SNG ANS 639; SNG Cop 605; HN Italy 642; Sear 569; BMC 1, 4 ex Andre C Edited February 20 by Phil Anthos 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted February 21 · Supporter Share Posted February 21 Arpi > IЄPOKAICAPЄΩN Lydia, IЄPOKAICAPЄΩN First half of the second century Obv.: ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ, draped bust of Senate, r. Rev.: ΙΕΡΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΩΝ, Artemis in short chiton standing l. beside stag looking up to her, on whose neck she places her r. hand, holding bow in l. AE, 16mm, 2.80g, 6h RPC III, 1865 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 21 · Member Share Posted February 21 Nicomedia... Julian II 'The Philosopher' (as Augustus) 361-363 AD AE3 (19.8mm, 3.12g) O: Diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding shield and spear; DN FL CL JVLIANVS AVG. R: VOT X MVLT XX in four lines within wreath; NIK[A] below. Nicomedia mint, officina A. RIC VIII Nicomedia, 123; ERIC II Julian 422; Elmer 132; Sear 4074v Some smoothing, re-patinated. ex Nemesis Ancients 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted February 21 · Supporter Author Share Posted February 21 Nicomedia → Asia Volume: I №: 3062 Reign: Claudius Persons: Claudius (Augustus) Magistrate: Artemas, son of Demetrios (stephanephoros) City: Cadi Region: Phrygia Province: Asia (conventus of Sardis) Denomination: Brass AE 20 Obverse: ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; laureate head of Claudius, right Reverse: ΕΠΙ ΑΡΤΕΜΑ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΚΑΔΟΗΝΩΝ, ϹΤΕΦΑΝ; Zeus standing, left, with eagle and sceptre. ΡTΛΩ monogram in left field. Specimens: 33 RPC I 3062; SNG Copenhagen 246-7; SNG von Aulock 3685; BMC 18-19. Weight: 5.35 g. Diameter: 19 mm. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 21 · Member Share Posted February 21 (edited) Asia - Akragas Akragas, Sicily 275-240 BC AE22 (21.8mm, 6.945g, 315o) O: Laureate head of Zeus Hellanios right; symbols before and behind. R: Two eagles standing left, devouring hare upon which they stand, nearer head up and wings closed, farther head down and wings open, caduceus above wings. HGC 2, 159; Calciati p. 212, 125; SNG ANS 1128; Sear 1030; BMC 2, 131 ex Forvm Ancient Coins Edited February 21 by Phil Anthos 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted February 21 · Supporter Author Share Posted February 21 Akragas → Salamis mint Alexander III of Macedon, AE15. Salamis Mint, Cyprus, struck c. 323 - 315 BC, Facing gorgon with lolling tongue at center of ornamented Macedonian shield with alternate 5 pellets and double crescents. / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet, caduceus below left. Price 3158 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 21 · Member Share Posted February 21 Salamis - Soloi Soloi, Cilicia Circa 100-66 BC Æ19 (19mm, 5.02g) O: Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right. R: Filleted piloi of the Dioskouroi; stars above, ΣOΛEΩN and EΠ below. SNG France 1206v (monogram); cf SNG Levante 866; Sear 5624v (monogram) ex Gac Antiquity 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted February 22 · Member Share Posted February 22 Soloi=Istrus 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted February 22 · Supporter Author Share Posted February 22 Istrus → 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. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted February 22 · Supporter Share Posted February 22 Sardes-->Sicily Sicily. Syracuse. Dionysos I (406-367 BC). AE Hemilitron. Obv. Head of Arethusa left, wearing necklace, hair bound in ampyx and sphendone; olive leaves behind. Rev. Dolphin swimming right; Σ Y P A and cockle shell below. CNS II 24/1-7; HGC 2 1480. AE. 2.58 g. 16.00 mm. Good VF. Purchased from Artemide Aste 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 22 · Member Share Posted February 22 Sicily - You're Kidding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 22 · Member Share Posted February 22 I'm going to tag this one onto 'Syracuse'... Eion, Macedonia 500-437 BC AR Trihemiobol (12mm, 0.92g) O: Goose standing right, head turned back; lizard and H above, all within dotted border. R: Quadripartite incuse square. cf SNG ANS 276; Sear 1295v (lizard) ex Antike & Klassische Numismatik 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted February 23 · Supporter Share Posted February 23 1 hour ago, Phil Anthos said: Sicily - You're Kidding! Not intentionally (awkward). I just posted a place. so that I can avoid further embarrassment, what did I do wrong? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 23 · Member Share Posted February 23 Ha! I was just teasing because I couldn't think of anyplace that begins with 'y'. ~ Peter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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