COINS BY CITY: An Alphabetical A to Z of Coinage

arab bukhara
abassid caliph al-mahdi
775-785

 

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Provincia Arabia, Philip II
AE28, 14.85g; Bostra mint, 244-247 AD.
Obv.: [MARC IVL] PHILIPPOS CESAR; Radiate bust right.
Rev.: COL METROPOLIS BOSTRA; AKTI/A ΔOVC/APIA in wreath.
Reference: Spijkerman 59, SNG ANS 1247-50.
Note: The ‘Aktia Dousaria’ was the festival in honor of Dushara, or Dusares, a Middle-Eastern deity worshipped by the Nabataeans at Petra and Madain Saleh.



Provincia Arabia: Julia Mamaea, after 180 - 235
AE22, 4.3g, 12h; Bostra Mint, 222-235
Obv.: IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA; Draped bust of Julia Mamaea right.
Rev.: COLONIA BO-STRA; Turreted bust of Tyche left, cornucopiae over left shoulder.
Reference: SNG ANS 6: 1231-1236



Provincia Arabia, Trajan, AD 98-117
AR Drachm, 17mm, 3.37g; Bostra: AD 114-116.
Obv.: [AVTOKP] KAIC NEP TPAIANW APICTW CEB ΓEPM ΔAK; Laureate, dr. and cuir. bust r.
Reverse: ΔHMAPX EΞ [VΠATO S]; Camel to left
Reference: SNG ANS 1058

 

Ummm, how b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-bout => B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-Bruttium?!!

BRUTTIUM, Rhegion. AR Litra
Circa 445-435 BC
Diameter: 13 mm
Weight: 0.71 grams
Obverse: Facing lion’s scalp
Reverse: RECI within wreath



Birytis, TROAS. Æ18
4th-3rd centuries BC
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 5.80 grams
Obverse: Head of Kabeiros left, wearing pilos; two stars above
Reverse: Club within wreath



Byblos, Phoenicia, King Uzzibaal AR 1/16 Shekel
Date: 365-350 BC
Size: 11.03 mm
Weight: 0.76 grams
Obverse: two hoplites with shields in war galley sailing left (roaring lion’s head on prow), hippocamp swimming left below (N O in field)
Reverse: Phoenician inscription; Lion attacking bull, left



Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Siglos Bull
c. 340-320 BC
Diameter: 17 mm
Weight: 5.31 grams
Obverse: KALC (KALX) Kalchedon/Calchedon? … Bull standing on corn ear
Reverse: “mill-sail" incuse



THRACE BYZANTION AR HEMIDRACHM
C. 340-320 BC
Diameter: 14mm
Weight: 2.48 grams
Obverse: Cow standing left on dolphin
Reverse: Incuse 'mill sail' punch



PHOENICIA, Berytus. Titus. Æ23
AD 79-81
Diameter: 23 mm
Weight: 13.28 grams
Obverse: Bare head left
Reverse: Founder plowing right with ox and cow




Wow, Z-Bro => this thread is fantastic (so many amazing coins already and we're only on fricken "B" my friend!!)

cheers

 

A lovely assortment, Steve, but you missed the memo on posting only cities beginning with the letter of the day

 

thanks, TIF => *rats* curious? => which ones did I f-up?

Hi

 

Bruttium and Bithynia

 

=> man, close enough ... hey, I know that I can't get kicked-out of this site for accidentally posting coins of "regions or districts" rather than "cities" ...

=> so hold onto your hats as I continue to lamb-baste this thread with the occasional ancient-coin-faux-pas ... yeeehhaaaa!!

deal?

I'll try my best, my friends!!

 

Mmmmmmmhh.... Lamb baste....

Glad the Party is back in town. Welcome home, Steve.

Oh, did you post any non-B cities? I didn't even notice... been too busy keeping an eye on the stuff Bing's been posting .

 

Hmm, tomorrow is C-day. It is tempting to launch the First Airborne Division Pigasus Squadron but I will stick with the K spelling (Klazomenai).

 

please post cameron diaz again.

 

Okay.



Did any of you see this movie? (Being John Malcovich). I loved it. Can you imagine pitching that movie to a studio? Crazy-- but kudos to the executive to was able to see its brilliance.

 

Really? Um, I think I'll pass

 

Haha, I love that movie. Malkovich? Malkovich. Malkovichmalkovichmalkovich... MALKOVICH!!

 

Whose next? Phyllis Diller?

 

Well, as expected, "B" has had a weaker showing, but thanks for posting all those excellent coins. Here's the final tally for our B-city coins.

Babylon (1)
Baghdad, Iraq (1)
Barke, Kyrenaika (1)
Beikthano, Pyu (1)
Beroea, Syria (1)
Berytos/Berytus, Phoenicia (5)
Birytis, Troas (3)
Bolskan, Iberia (1)
Bostra, Provincia Arabia (3)
Bristol (1)
Bukhara (1)
Byblos/Byblus, Phoenicia (3)
Byzantion, Thrace (2)

Total cities shown: 13
Total coins shown: 24

I've kept 'ancient' Bristol in there since we needed all the cities we could find .

On to "C"!

 

In the name of Honorius, Vandal Kingdom
AR siliqua
Obv: D N HONORI-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
Rev: VRBS [ROMA], Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and spear
Mint: Carthage (RVPS in ex; struck 440-480 AD)
Ref: MEC 1, 1-3; BMC Vandals 6-9

 

Thanks for getting the "C" ball rolling, VK. I'll continue with two of mine from...

CARTHAGE


MAXENTIUS
AE Follis
10.27g, 27.9mm
Carthage mint, 2nd officina, early 307 AD
RIC 57; Failmezgar 123
O: IMP MAXENTIVS PF AVG, laureate head right.
R: CONSERVATOR AFRICAE SVAE, SE-F in field, Africa standing left, wearing elephant skin headdress and holding signum and tusk, at feet to left a lion with captured bull, B in exergue.


GALERIUS
AE 1/3 or 1/4 Follis
2.0g, 20.5mm
Carthage mint, 303 AD
RIC 35
O: GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB C, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right.
R: VOT X FK - legend in three lines within wreath.

 

I love these colts and wish I could buy more of them, but coins of others cities beckon...

CORINTH

 

I was also in CASTULO phase for awhile...

 

Probus - Cyzicus
Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, Radiate, bust left in imperial mantle, holding scepter surmounted by eagle
Rev:– SOLI INVICTO, Sol in a spread quadriga facing, radiate, cloak billowing out behind, raising right hand, holding whip in left (Sol always facing front for this emission)
Minted in Cyzicus (E in exe) Emission 2 Officina 5. end of A.D. 276 to begining of A.D. 277
Reference:– RIC 911 Bust type H