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Lots of them on a palm tree got this as a "unsold lot"
AV 1/1o Stater ND (345-290BC)
Zeugetania
Carthage Mint

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Nabataea, Aretas IV and Phasael AE14, 9 B.C. - 40 A.D.
Obv: laureate head of Aretas right.
Rev: two cornucopias paired right, palm frond left, Aramaic monogram FS (Phasael).
Petra mint.
14mm.

Next: Petra

Just six minutes late.....

 

Wheat/ Barley or Oats on coin....

Cappadocia, Caesarea. Severus Alexander AE20.
Obverse: AYK CEOV ALEΞAND, laureate bust right.
Reverse: MHT P K AIC, three stalks of grain tied together, ET - H.

Next: regnal dated not Alexandrian

 

Hi All,

A seldom seen palm frond behind the eagle of a Ptolemaic tetradrachm.





NEXT: (EDIT - I was late on this, sorry). Go with the previous one.

- Broucheion

 

It was several back: Ryro asked
"Next up: a coin youI still don't have a clear identification on."

 

Double oops! Sorry @Ryro. Third times a charm.

"Next up: a coin you still don't have a clear identification on."

Unidentified for a few years now. Someone suggested Magnesia ad Maeandrum with Meander pattern below the bull.

Obv: Athena in crested helmet r.
Rev: forepart of facing bull r.
17mm, 4.0g.

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Still don't have a proper attribution for this one:


Elagabalus or Caracalla
Roman provincial Æ (diassarion?); 2.41 g, 14.5 mm, 1 h
Mint city:????
Obv: [...] ANTΩNIN, laureate and draped bust, right
Rev: OV[...]ЄΩN[...] or possibly OV[...]CΩN[...] (maybe OVCIЄΩN?), Hermes, nude but for chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing facing, head left, holding purse and caduceus.

Next: Hermes.

 

Ionia, Phokaia, c. 350-300 BC. Æ (15mm, 4.36g, 11h). Phokleon, magistrate.
Obverse..Head of Hermes facing left wearing a Petasos hat tied at the back.
Reverse..Forepart of a griffin springing left. ΦΩKAEΩN (PHOKAEON), name of the magistrate below.
SNG Copenhagen 1039ff (magistrate); BMC 101.

Next..... A Roman Vulcan

 

Vulcan is tough to find on Roman coins, and the only Vulcan type not exceedingly rare is usually sloppily produced:

Valerian I, Roman Empire, AR antoninianus, 258 AD, Lugdunum mint. Obv: Obv: VALERIANVS P F AVG; bust of Valerian I, radiate, draped, l. Rev: DEO VOLKANO; Vulcan, draped, wearing pilos, standing l. in temple, holding hammer in r. hand and pincers in l. hand; at his feet l., anvil. 22mm, 3.16g. Ref: RIC V Valerian 5.

Next: a better portrait of Valerian I

 

I have always been fond of the portrait on this Valerian provincial of Alexandria Troas:


Valerian I, AD 253-260,
Roman provincial AE 19 mm, 4.83 g, 7 h.
Troas, Alexandria Troas, AD 253-260.
Obv: IMP LICINI VALERIANV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: COL AVG TRO, horse feeding, right.
Refs: BMC 17.29, 159; cf: Bellinger A 436, SNG von Aulock 7573, SNG Copenhagen 191, Mionnet Suppl. V 313-314 (variations of inscriptions).

Next: Another horse grazing

 

Does Pegasus count ?


Amisos, AE23 -
Head of Perseus right wearing phrygian helmet
AMISOS, Pegasus left, grazing
12.12 gr, 23 mm
Ref : Sear #3639

Next : another Amisos

Q

 

next Larissa

 

Thessaly, Larissa, AE 20-22 - 400-344 BC
Head of the nymph Larissa facing
ΛΑΡΙ - Σ - ΑΙΩΝ parly retrograde, Horse trotting right
8.88 gr
Ref : Sear # 2131

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Q

 

Elymais Kamnaskires-Orodes


Next...Female facing bust.

 

next: facing bust

 

Do Byzantine coins count? I am not exactly sure if they need to be considered ancient or not.
In school what I learned was that Middle Age starts in 476 but nowadays this is not clearly determined.
Anyways.... SB 1681 Theophilus (829-842 AD). AE Follis. Syracuse mint. Theofil Basil, crowned bust facing with short beard, wearing chlamys, holding cross on globe / Large M, XXX to left, cross above, NNN to right, theta below. SB 1681, DOC 30.


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Note - if the Byzantine follis is not correct for this topic, please ignore and another member should post the current request - facing bust.

 

Kings of the Cimmerian Bosphorus
AV Stater ND
Obverse: Marcus Aurelius/ Lucius Verus
Reverse" Eupator

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VESPASIAN
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate bust of Vespasian right
REVERSE: CAESAR AVG F COS CAESAR AVG F PR, heads of Titus & Domitian facing each other
Struck at Rome, 70 AD
2.69g, 19mm
RIC 16; RSC 5

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