ANCIENT - Alphabetical Coins of Rulers!

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Post coins of rulers whose names start with the day's letter.

Ex.

We start with 'A', from what little remains of the first till the end of the 3rd, then we go to 'B', for the next two days, etc.

ie.
A: September 1st to the 3rd
B: September 4th and 5th
C: September 6th and 7th

 

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Macedonian Kingdom
Alexander (III) the Great



AE13
c.323-315 BC
Salamis, Cyprus
(no legend)
Facing gorgon at center of ornamented Macedonian shield
B | A
Macedonian helmet
Caduceus in exergue
13mm
Price 3158; Müller --

 

I'm gonna come back at this baby, tomorrow ...

Cool idea, W-Dawg!!

 

It was JA's idea.

 

Only rulers or can the coin be a city coin, i.e., Attica for A?

 

We will do Rulers first, and maybe Cities after that.

 

Alexander III

1. AR Drachm from Abydos
OBV: Head of Herakles right in lionskin headdress
REV: ALEXANDROU, Zeus Aetophoros seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. Forepart of Pegasos left in left field, X on W monogram beneath throne
4.2g, 17mm
Price 1505


2. AE Half Unit Salamis mint. Struck under Nikokreon
OBV: Gorgoneion in the center of a Macedonian shield
REV: Macedonian helmet; caduceus and NK monogram flanking below
4.9g, 15mm
Price 3162

 

Ill also only be able to start tomorrow.

 

Augustus

1. AR Denarius from Lugdunum
OBV: AVGVSTUS DIVI F, bare head right
REV: Bull butting right IMP X in exergue
Struck 15-13 BC
3.7g, 18mm
RIC I 167a, BMC 451.


2. AE As from Lugdunum
OBV: CAESAR PONT MAX, laureate head right
REV: Altar of Lugdunum, Victory on each pedestal, ROM ET AVG below
Struck 15-10 BC
8.4g, 26mm
RIC 230


3. AR Denarius from Colonia Patricia mint
OBV: CAESARAVGVSTVS - Bare head right
REV: OB/CIVIS/SERVATOS - Legend in three lines within oak-wreath, ties inward
Struck 19 BC
3.3g, 17mm
RIC 77A


4. AR Quinarius, Uncertain Italian Mint
OBV: IMP VII CAESAR - Bare head right
REV: ASIA RECEPTA - Victory standing left on cippus, holding wreath and palm, snake on either side
Struck 29-27 BC
RIC 276


5. AE As from Rome
OBV: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, radiate head left
REV: S-C either side of large altar, PROVIDENT in ex.
Struck 22-30 AD
10.5g, 28mm
RIC 81 (tib)

 

AELIUS

AE As from Rome
OBV: L AELIVS CAESAR - Bare head right
REV: PANNO-NIA S-C across field, TR POT COS II, Pannonia standing right, head left, holding vexillum in right hand and pulling swath of drapery across legs with left hand
Struck 137 AD
23.5g, 30mm
RIC 1071 (Hadrian)

 

Azes

 

arcadius x2...

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sorry for the tiny pics...

 

Andronicus I

 

Andronicus III

 

Attambelos I

 

apollodotus i....and "A"be also

 

alexius iii

 

Amoghabhuti

 

Ashama I bn Abjar (Armah)

 

Ashoka the Great
AR Drachm
272-232 BC
Punchmarks


Mitchiner 4227-4228


Mitchiner 4173-4174