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12 hour rule, but I think this is from an anonymous mint so perhaps Sardinia

Carthage Empire
c. 220-210 BCE
AE Shekel
Obv: Head of Tanit left
Rev: Horse standing right, head turned back with staff in background, "ghost legs"
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Nice one. The Outllaws did a good cover of that. Got turned on to that by a Deadhead I went to school with. Kept his watch 5 minutes slow 'so I have 5 minutes.' ...Ironically --or not; crossover comes in many guises-- around the same time, Grateful Dead covers were my first serious introduction to Hank Williams, Sr.

 

Shekel, Bar Kochba, Second Revolt



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Fire Altar


Persia Sassanian
Ardashir III 628-629 CE
AR Drachm 36mm 3.85g
Zoroastrian Fire Alter
Gobl II-1 yr 2 Delta R

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Robinjojo, I'm tempted to respond with theologically inappropriate language. Followed by some that's inappropriate on a broader level. That is One (..., ...) Bar Kochba shekel. I can't read the (beautifully archaic) Hebrew; what year is this?

 

...Rats, no pics of my Sasanians. Could someone do better than another one? Except, Alegandron, that one's truly terrific, starting with how late the reign is.

 

This shekel is the undated variety.

Here's information for my coin:

Judea, No Date (134/5 AD)
Shekel
Bar Kochba
Second Jewish Revolt
Attributed to year 3
Obverse: Paleo-Hebrew 'Simon' on either side of facade of Jewish Great Temple of Jerusalem, star above.
Reverse: Lulav, ethrog myrtle and willow surrounded by the inscription (for the freedom of Jerusalem).
MILD - 79
Ch VF+
14.39 grams
26 mm, 11 h.

Thanks

 

I've got this Indian Gadhaiya Paisa that depicts an abstract fire altar on the reverse

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Many, Many Thanks for that, robinjojo.

 

DOMITIAN, as Caesar under Titus, AR silver denarius. Rome, 80 AD. Lit, garlanded altar.
Next, post a Domitian coin with the silver purity of Republican coins!

 

Bust that looks nothing like a bust (well, okay, a face):
County of Blois, anonymous denier, c. 980-1030. (Corresponding to Comte Eudes II, 996-1037; a contemporary and regional rival of the infamous Comte Fulques Nerra of Anjou. Duplessy 575.) Yeah, the progressive abstraction of the 'Bleso-Chartrain' /'Chinonais' portraits has been compared to Celtic precedent, along with (from one dealer) 'le style Cubiste.'
Um, um, next one: Trees. --No idea where that's supposed to go, but the hope is that other people have better ideas than I do.

 

Oops, JayAg47, you beat me! No great loss. Your Domitian as princeps (orthography--?) is very cool. ...Does that motif show up, later, with posthumous 'DIVVS' issues?

 

Sorry, @+VGO.DVCKS , too slow. @JayAg47 got there earlier and his next:

 

Busted! :<}

 

Are Domitian denarii not as pure as Republican denarii?

Domitian AR denarius, Rome Mint. 86 AD.
Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM PM TRP VIII, laureate head right.
Rev: IMP XIX COS XIIII CENS PPP, Minerva walking right, wielding a spear and holding shield on left arm.

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MARCUS ANTONIUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: ANT AVG III VIR R P C, Praetorian galley, thyrsos behind prow
REVERSE: LEG IIII, legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae 32-31 BC
3.3g, 17mm
RSC 29; Syd 1220, Cr544/16

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@Bing, with the integrity of the legends, that one is looking better from here all the time.

 

ANTONINUS PIUS
AE Drachm. 28.01g, 36.4mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 8 (AD 144/5). Menelaites Nome. Emmett 1819; Dattari 6318; RPC Online Temp #13971. O: AVT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNЄINOC CЄB ЄVC, laureate head right. R: MЄNЄΛAЄITHC, Harpokrates of Canopus (part human, part crocodile) left, holding finger on right hand before mouth, cornucopia on left arm; altar before, L H (date) in exergue.
Ex Phil Peck (“Morris”) Collection

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It has been 30 hours and no Antoninus Pius of Alexandria. How about one issued by him for his daughter? I like the way it spells out twelve, rather than uses numerals.


Faustina Jr, AD 161-175.
Billon Tetradrachm, 13.82 g, 23.2 mm.
Alexandria, AD 148/9.
Obv: ΦΑΥCΤΙΝΑ CЄΒΑCΤΗ, pearl-diademed and draped bust, right.
Rev: L ΔѠΔЄΚΑΤΟΥ (regnal year 12 of Antoninus Pius), Dikaiosyne seated left, holding scales and cornucopiae.
Refs: Köln 1944; Dattari 3238; BMC 1317; Emmett 1938.

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