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well, I don't have any Marsic confederation coins, not much from Carthage....I've read that @Alegandron doesn't dislike Philip II of Macedon...so this may qualify.

Eastern Europe, imitating Philip II of Macedon, 3rd century BC, AR Tetradrachm, (25mm, 13.80g). Complete legend type. Struck in the central and lower Carpathian region (Modern Romania)
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
Rev: ΦIΛIΠΠ-OY, Nude youth on horseback left, holding rein and palm frond; Λ above torch below, monogram below raised foreleg.

Next: a coin from the @Ryro collection or one that you think @Ryro would like

 

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LOL!!! Thank you.

 

I heard that he was upgrading.



Naw, I think he likes these a little bit:


MAKEDON Philip III Arrhidaios 323-317 BCE Æ 1-2 Unit 17mm 4.2g Miletos mint Makedonwn shield Gorgoneion - Helmet bipennis K Price 2064

Next: An Ancient coin that a fellow CT'er would really enjoy
(pick on @Sulla80 , he deserves it.)

 

I don't know if this coin would appeal to a specific CT member - perhaps collectors of cast coinage, or Gorgoneions?

Recently acquired, in transit.

Scythia, Olbia, circa 400-380 BC
Cast AE, 36 mm.
Obverse: Facing Gorgoneion
Reverse: Flying sea eagle left, holding a dolphin, O-Λ-B-I in field
20.85 grams
36 mm, 12 h.



Next: Another coin with an eagle or other raptor holding prey.

 

next: Phintias

 

Your cast bronze of Olbia is just hauntingly beautiful! The nicest I've seen.

 

as we have passed the 12 hour limit I will post a different coin from Katane, Sicily a place of good wine and fat sheep thanks to fertile, volcanic soil (2 hours drive to the east, as close as I can get to Phintias in Akragas - and with the puzzle of: why is Phintias called a Tyrant not a King?)

Sicily, Katane, circa 204-187 BC, AE
Obv: Janiform head of Serapis; three monograms around
Rev: KATA-NAIΩN, Demeter standing left, holding grain ears and torch
Size: 12.36g, 21mm
Ref: Casabona 10; BAR Issue 9; CNS 14; HGC 2, 619

Next: a coin from Sicily

 

Greek city-state of Sicily, Katane
c. 216-206 BCE
AE Chalkous | 4.42 grams | 18mm
Obv: Jugate busts of Serapis and Isis
Rev: KATANAION, Apollo standing left, column to the right, holding a branch and bow

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Next: Any island issue

 

Thank you.

Here's a stater from Aegina, circa 485-480 BC, 12.0 grams.




Next: An example of Roman or other ancient hacksilver or silver bar/ingot.

 

Here is a group of Javanese silver ingot currency. The dating is probably closer to 700-900 CE than what the insert says but these are usually found in larger fragments so these were evidently the small change of the central Javanese markets during the time. Mitchiner writes of these as a precursor to the standardized silver and gold coins that probably appeared around 780 CE, but archaeological finds and design patterns on some surviving ingot pieces suggests that they appeared around the same time. The insert also attributes them to the Sailendra (Shailendra) Dynasty of Central Java, like many authors, but the more accurate attribution would be the Mataram Kingdom or State of Mataram, of which the Shailendras were one of a few dynasties.

Mataram Kingdom of Central Java
c. 700-900 CE
Five pieces of silver ingot fragments
5.20 grams

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Next: Island issue and/or silver ingot type

Quick edit: Also I had never heard of the term Hacksilver, but it perfectly describes these fragmentary silver ingot pieces and how they were apparently used

 

"Hacksilber, circa 211-206 BC" Weight: 7.63g

Next: Island issue and/or proto-money

 

Israelite
AR 2 Gerah Hacksilber
ca 8th-6th C. BCE
8.8x10mm 1.12g
ex David Hendin
R

Next: proto money ( fun stuff)

 

Chinese bone imitation cowrie shell money. 1200-700 BC
Next, another proto money

 

I'm not sure if these are truly proto-money, I remember my last research pointed towards not a currency but an ancient artifact, but nevertheless that is how they are commonly described and sold. Sorry for the poor photos. If anyone knows anything more about these, I'd love to learn! I don't know much about them.

Celtic tribes of Western Europe
c. 800-500 BCE
2x Bronze Bell Artifact
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Next: Island issue and/or proto-money​

 

Irbguy, your pain is felt. For those of us not born with a silver mouse in our mouth, the navigation on this site is its own job. I've lost whole drafts of ostensible new threads, without ever knowing what happened.

 

...All the way back to the rose of Rhodes from Iamtiberius, here's a fleur-de-lis of Frankish Antioch.

 

ISLAND ISSUE:

SARDINIA


Carthage 216-215 BCE Sardinia mint AE 3.3g Tanit L - BULL stndg R CNP 377a

Next: More from SARDINIA

 

JayAg47, this is making my inner 6-year-old wet his pants. Never heard of anything like this before. That before the operant dynasties were issuing some of the first AE coinage anywhere, earlier ones had effected this kind of transition, no less substantively across media. ...How did these people invent paper money? Look no further.

 

Go to SEARCH above right on your screen, and search for Proto Monies. Several of us have some interesting specimens, including Chinese. Fun stuff.

Oh, and wear some diapers before you search.

 

Thankfully, that was my inner 6-year-old. ...But, yeah, you used to hear 'inner child' so much that you could end up saying, 'what's the difference?'