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  1. Terence Cheesman

    Terence Cheesman Well-Known Member

    Looks like this has been idle for a while. Ptolemy XII Ar Tetradrachm Alexandria Year 2 Sv 1848 24 mm Sv1848-3ptXII.JPG Next coin One you have never posted before.
     
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  3. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    This one arrived last week.

    THESSALY Larissa - AR Drachm Horse Plant 3727.jpg THESSALY, Larissa
    AR Drachm. 5.69g, 18.1mm. THESSALY, Larissa, circa 356-342 BC. Lorber, Hoard, L-III, 61-3; BCD Thessaly II 320; HGC 4, 454. O: Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, wearing ampyx. R: ΛAPIΣ/AIΩN, horse standing right, preparing to lie down; plant below.
    Ex Baldwin Maull Collection, purchased from Coin Galleries, 1960

    Next: Another one of these Larissa drachms, with the horse in a different pose
     
  4. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Munchin'

    Thessaly Larissa 344-337 BCE AR Obol 0.68g Nymph Larissa Horse Grazing SNG Cop 1.jpg
    Thessaly Larissa 344-337 BCE AR Obol 0.68g Nymph Larissa Horse Grazing SNG Cop 1

    Next: North Africa (NOT Egypt, NOT Carthage)
     
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  5. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Axumite Empire/ Ethiopia/ Eritrea/ Somalia today...
    AV 1/3 Aureus ND/ NM
    Endubis 270-300AD next topic: coin from Umayyad Dynasty IMG_0804.JPG IMG_0805.JPG
     
  6. Romancollector

    Romancollector Well-Known Member

    12 hour rule???

    Valentinian III (425-455 AD)
    AR Half Siliqua

    Obv: D N PLA VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valentinian III right, seen from front.
    Rev: VICTOR-IA AVGG, Victory advancing left, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left; RM in exergue.
    Weight: 0.93 grams
    RIC X 2087
    Ex: Heritage, CNG

    Valentinian III half siliqua.png

    Next: Anything from the Western empire from Petronius Maximus to Romulus Augustulus
     
  7. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    MARCIAN

    RI Marcian 450-457 CE AE4 11mm monogram.jpg

    RI Marcian 450-457 CE AE4 11mm monogram

    next: Jovian
     
    Last edited: Nov 16, 2019
  8. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

    P1200322xxx.jpg
    next Julian II (361-363)
     
  9. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    This Julian II was in a junk box at a show. I need to rephotograph it because it's nicer than this.

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    Julian II, 361-363.
    Roman Silvered AE 3 Centenionalis; 3.16 g. 18.3 mm.
    Antioch mint, AD 362-363.
    Obv: D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F, helmeted and cuirassed bust, left, holding spear and shield.
    Rev: VOT X MVLT XX, legend within wreath; in exergue: ANTA between two palm fronds.
    Refs: RIC 220; Cohen 151; RCV 19181; LRBC 2642.

    Next: Mint mark containing a symbol other than/in addition to letters of the alphabet.
     
  10. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Again, what happened to complying with the current 'Next'? In all honesty there is not a great likelihood that many of us have a Western coin from the last quarter century of the West but Valens was almost a century too early and came after 5 hours in the middle of the night for North American members. Post what you want.
     
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  11. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Dougsmit has a good point there;)
     
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  12. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    I got lots of these..... 088a8f3a6264c28cd0324ae06b264474.jpg
    AV Florin d'or ND DeHague Mint (Flower)
    Willem the V "The Insane" Comte De Hollande 1350-89
    acquired from Numismatika Genevensis
    Another coin with a symbol for mint.
     
  13. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    My boo-boo, and fixed.
     
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  14. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    Close but no Majorian. :wacky: Marcian was the Eastern emperor. Eh, that whole period in the West is just a pita... let’s just move along. :)
     
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  15. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

  16. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Another coin wth a symbol for mint city/ like the last coin I posted....
     
  17. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    OK, Here is the best I can do:

    Western Emperor after 450:

    RI Valentinian III 425-455 CE AE 9mm Rome mint.jpg
    RI Valentinian III 425-455 CE AE 9mm Rome mint
     
  18. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Valentinian III 425-55
    AV Solidus ND
    Acquired from Kunker
    Next: Back to coin with symbol for mint city (no letters) 08402q00-630x_.jpg
     
  19. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    I believe this coin qualifies as the Capricorn was a symbol for the city (and also a legion stationed there). The city was destroyed in 256 A.D. by invading Sassanian forces under Shapur.

    COMMAGENE, Zeugma.
    Philip I and II. 247-249 AD.
    Æ31, 19.2g; 6h (a nice chunky coin, how about that?)
    Obv.: AYTOK K M IOYΛI ФIΛIΠΠOC CЄB; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
    Rev.: ZЄYGM-ATЄΩN; Peribolos containing grove of trees, seen in perspective; tetrastyle temple in distance, draped figure within (Zeus?); in exergue, capricorn to right.
    Reference: Butcher 31c; BMC 35.

    philzeugma.jpg

    Next: Another coin with a unique perspective on a temple
     
  20. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    It's been over 30 hours now, so here's a different coin and theme:

    Trajan Decius Tarsus Artemis Stag and Hound.jpg
    Trajan Decius. AD 249-251.
    Roman provincial Æ 33 mm, 18.78 g.
    Cilicia, Tarsus, AD 249-251.
    Obv: ΑV ΚΑΙ Γ ΜЄϹ ΚVΙΝ ΔЄΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ, Π Π, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
    Rev: ΤΑΡϹΟV ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΩϹ Γ Β, Α Μ Κ. Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow and arrow; at feet on either side, deer standing left and dog running right with raised paws, head left.
    Refs: RPC 1346; SNG Levante 1156 ; SNG France 1754; SNG von Aulock 6065; SNG Cop 33; Ziegler 808.16.33; Lindgren III, 926.

    Next theme: Hunting scene.
     
  21. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

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    GALLIENUS
    AE28. 8.09g, 27.6mm. IONIA, Ephesus, circa AD 253-268. Karwiese 1136 (this coin cited). O: VT · K · ΠO · ΛIKIN · ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: EΦ-ECIΩN · Γ · NEO, KOPON in exergue, Androklos facing right, wielding spear at boar standing left; hound at his side.
    Ex N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection; ex Marcel Burstein Collection (Peus 366, 25 October 2000, lot 636); ex G. Hirsch 171 (25 September 1991), lot 1273

    Next: from IONIA, Ephesos
     
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