Tribute Penny / Tiberius Denarius

Thanks for reposting the coin. I don't know the scholarship behind the different types, and the base detail of the chair on your reverse hard to discern, but if I had to make a call, I would say type 4. In any case if your choice is between a rare variety and a common one, prudence dictates it is likely to be the common one. Mine is a type 4 as well.

 

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Thanks. Agree, likely a type 4. I did just find an example of the coin with the olive branch similar to mine from an auction website listing. First I've found. I'll upload a jpeg of it.

 

Your coin is of a very nice quality!

 

Thanks for the kind comment
Having not studied these I don't know to which group my example belongs (and don't care I must admit) as I'm happy enough with it for not looking for another one

Q

 

Achaemenid Kings of Persia
Time of Darios I to Xerxes I c. 485-450 BC. Time of the War with Greece
AR Silver Siglos 17 mm x 5.51g
Sardes Mint
Persian Hero King in Kneeling -running stance right, holding spear and bow
Reverse: Incuse punch, bankers mark.
Ref: Carradice Type IIIa (pl. xi, 14); Carradice, " Two Achaemenid Hoards", in NumChron 1998, 136-7.
Note: Near VF, Good Metal.
ex. Zeus Gallery Beverley Hills, CA 5/2013

 

Awesome countermark - haven't seen one like that before.

 

ACHAEMENID EMPIRE
AR Siglos
OBVERSE: Persian king or hero in kneeling/running stance right, holding spear and bow
REVERSE: Incuse punch
Struck at Persia, 485-420 BC
5.5g, 16mm
Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XII, 18)

 

This is my Siglos

 

Since the exact type of the denarius mentioned in the biblical account is unknown, those of you that want to collect a "tribute penny" should get one of these as well, just to cover your bases...



These denarii of Augustus were minted up to the year of his death, AD 14. They are of the same weight and fineness as the Tiberius denarii, and Tiberius was Augustus' chosen heir after the deaths of Gaius and Lucius. So there's no reason these coins couldn't have been found in circulation alongside the denarii of Tiberius. They would not have been melted down because of a damnatio, or some such censure, and they would not have been hoarded for their silver content.

 

Nice coin! I'll add to my wish list.

 

Just for kicks, here's my fourée tribute penny. We've had enough beautiful coins in this thread. Let's try ugly...

 

Man that is ugly JA (ugly in a good way, you know what I mean).

 

You know, I thought for sure that coin would crumble apart in short order, but it's been perfectly stable for a year. The green spots haven't budged.