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Woman on a tetradrachm from Alexandria.

Alexandria, Egypt. Salonina Tetradrachm KOΡNHΛIA CAΛΩNEINA CEB, draped bust right / Elpis (Spes) standing left holding flower and hem of skirt, palm before, LIΔ behind. Year 14 = 266-267 AD.

Next: Two coins, Husband and wife with same or similar reverses.

 

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Kashmir.....KshemaGupta and Queen Didda Rani..

Next.... same but Roman

 

Next: several children

 

Don't have a COIN with several children, however I have a Scarab with a charm to MAKE several children...


Egypt 16th-11th C BC Scarab -Amun Create for Thee All Children- 17x12mm ex DeVries Collection Flinders Petrie Buttons and Design Scarabs pg21 679-680 PlateXII

 

next: Sestertius Faustina II

 

Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 25.20 g, 31.1 mm, 6 h.
Rome, AD 152-156.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA AVG PII F, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: S C, Diana, draped, standing front, head left, holding out arrow in right hand and resting left on bow, set on ground.
Refs: RIC 1383(2); BMCRE 2194; Cohen 210 (erroneous obv insc.); Strack 1326.
Notes: Obverse die match to the British Museum specimen.

Next: anepigraphic.

 

Elymais..Orodes III

Next.....Elymais with legend

 

Kingdom of Elymais
Kamnaskires IV
Tetradrachm
Seleukeia on the Hedyphon, dated SE 255 = 58/7 BC
Obv.: Diademed and draped bust of Kamnaskires IV left, [Seleukid anchor behind]; c/m: Nike standing left, within rectangular incuse
Rev.: Zeus seated left, holding sceptre and Nike, who crowns him; IACIΛEΩC KAMNACKIPOY TOY E BACIΛEΩC KAMNACKIPOY around, PK monogram in inner left field, [E]NΣ (date) in exergue.
14.25g, 31mm, 12h
Ref.: Van't Haaff type 8.1, subtype 1-1B; cf. Alram 458; cf. DCA 520

Next: More Elymais

 

Next....Elymais with an eagle...

 

Elymais
Phraates | c. 150 AD
AE Drachm | 3.79 grams
Obv: Bearded bust facing, crescent moon with pellet right and anchor
Rev: Eagle facing left with four crescent moons around

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Next: Non-Roman AE eagle

 

BANAS of MADURAI: Samarakolakalan Copper jital, running Garuda (half-human/half-eagle), the name in Tamil on the obverse. 1300-1500s.

Next, post a non European hybrid animal!

 

Mihara Bhoja I, from the Gurjara Pratiharas, 836-890.
Boar headed lord Vishnu, aka Varaha. Reverse reads 'Shrimad Adivaraha'.

Next, a boar

 

OBV: Laureate male head right,
VOC S T F before, CN behind.
REV: Boar standing right,
Iberian legend KaSTiLO.
CN FVL above, CNF before.
Quadrans - Quarter Unit
Burgos 744 , CNH pg. 333, 21
4.15 GRAMS

Next: a Sphinx

 

A sphinx...

Electrum Hekte of Lesbos, Mytilene
Obv. Forepart of winged lion left
Rev. Sphinx seated right in linear square within incuse square
Date: ca. 412-378 BC
Wt./Size/Axis: 2.46g / 11mm / 0h
References:

• Bodenstedt 63

Next - another electrum coin

 

CARTHAGE EMPIRE ELECTRUM


Carthage Zeugitana 310-270 BCE EL Dekadrachm-Stater 18.5mm 7.27g Tanit Horse 3 pellets in ex MAA 12 SNG COP 136

Next: More Electrum

 

I know I post this piece a lot, but it fits, plus it's my only ancient gold/electrum besides a small (but larger than this) Indian fanam. Almost always described simply as gold or AV, the gold Sumatran coins are actually a (apparantly natural?) composition of electrum; ~70% gold, ~25% silver, and the rest in trace metals with the majority of copper.

Srivijaya of Sumatra
c. 960 - 1300 AD
AV (EL) 1/4 Kupang | 0.16 grams
Obv: Incused sandalwood motif
Rev: Ma in Nagari script
Ex. Recovered from Musi River

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Next: Another electrum

 

Bosporan kingdom – El stater, dated 491 (194-195 CE)
BACIΛΕωC CAVPOMATOV (anticlockwise). Draped and diademed bust of Sauromates II right
Laureate head of Septimius Severus right. Star in right field. Retrograd VPA at exergue (year 491)
7,69 gr – 20 mm
Ref : MacDonald # 502/2, Sear # 5476 var

Next : another Bosporan

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Rhescoporis II and Severus Alexander EL Stater 223-224 AD. Obv Bust of Rhescoporis II right draped and diademed. Rv Bust Of Severus Alexander right laureate MacDonald 563/1 7.63 grms 20mm Photo by W. Hansen Next coin Severus Alexander provincial

 

Severus Alexander provincial:

Severus Alexander AD 222-235.
Roman provincial Æ 24 mm, 9.19 g.
Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Kalykadnon.
Obv: AV K M AVP CEOVH AΛEΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: CEΛEVKEΩN KAΛVΚA-ΔNΩ, confronted, draped, and laureate busts of Apollo and Artemis, c/m: o within Δ within triangular incuse.
Ref: Ziegler 474-476; SNG France 2 1009; SNG Levante 761; SNG Levante Suppl. 195; SNG Pfalz 1056-61; Waddington 4468; Lindgren III 898; RPC Online VI 7043. Countermark: Howgego 670.

Next: countermark on a Roman provincial.

 

Mysia, Pergamon. Alliance with Ephesos. AE34 of Commodus
Obv: laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r.
Rev: to l., Asclepius standing, facing, (head, r.), holding serpent-staff; to r., cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports.
34mm and 20.8g.
Howgego 70, Caracalla laureate, and reported on 114 coins from Pergamum.
Howgego 811 meaning revalued to 6 assarii, and reported on
32 coins from Ephesus.

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