Coins of yours that no one else on CT has and other hijinks;)-

Here is a rare Alexandrian drachm.



Trajan, 34 mm. 21.08 grams,
Roman Alexandria, year 13 = 110 AD.
A complicated reverse with
LI Γ across field
Naked man standing left, arm out over flaming altar, holding vertical spear while holding drooping olive branch in left (clearer on the coin, PRC wonders if it is thunderbolt), with eagle with half-spread wings on perch to the right.
First published by me in SAN XII.4, page 67, Winter 1981-2. This coin later mentioned by Howgego in A Survey of Numismatic Research 1978-1984. Then RPC III 4461.3 this coin illustrated on-line and in the book, plate 205.

 

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Volusian (251 - 253 A.D.)
AR Antoninianus
O: IMP C C VIB VOLVSIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
R: ROMAE AETERNAE AVG, Roma seated left with Victory & spear, shield at side, ui in ex.
Antioch Mint
4g
20mm

Unlisted

Published on Wildwinds

 

Cilicia, Trasos. Satrap Tiribazos
386-380 BC [Sear]
23-17 mm. 9.00 grams.
Satrap seated right with headdress
His head right in satrapal headdress
TRZ in Aramaic for Tarsos
SNG Burton Berry 1281 this coin
noted there as unique and previously unpublished

SNG Levante --. SNG France 2 Cilicia --
Everywhere else --
Finally, one has been published in an article in Pangerl's recent glorious picture book 400 years of Hellenist Greek Portraits, page 219-220, coin 19, in "From symbol to likeness: The development of coin portraits in the Graeco-Persian world."
Of great rarity and SNG pedigree to Berry before 1961-2 when SNG Berry was published. One of the first portrait coins.

 

It also goes without saying, but this is one of the most beautifully realized Armorican silver staters I have seen.
Unusually good metal, mostly complete, well centred and of a much more refined (or should we say less devolved) style than usual.
Impressive

 

Julia Domna Æ 33mm of Mopsus, Cilicia.
AD 194-195.
26.79g, 33mm, 7h
Obv: IOVΛIA ΔOMNA CEBACTH, draped bust to right
Rev: [AΔΡΙ]ΑΝѠΝ ΜΟYЄ[ΑΤ]ѠN, Tyche standing to left, wearing kalathos,
holding rudder and cornucopiae; ЄΤ BΞC (date) across fields.

I like the nice Julia Domna portrait, and it is a large coin. ROMA cataloged this one as extremely rare, with only one other example on CoinArchives.

 

1795 Ireland Mule

 

Hi All,

Here is a coin that's unlisted with this combination of field marks. It's not even in Lorber's recent catalog.





- Broucheion

 

He he he thanks for the demonstration . I agree the differences are minor but have been interesting enough to give this coin it´s own Cohen and Gnecchi listing. It will also be listed in the next volume of RIC.

I noticed that there are no less than 13 surviving Medallions of Numerianus (most of them in Museums however) surviving from a single obverse die, which might be a record number of die matches for Roman Medallions with the exception of the 8-Aureus piece of Claudius Gothicus of which two dozen were found in a shipwreck.

This coin here is certainly not unique, but I do not remember having seen another portrait Sestertius of Tiberius in this forum yet:


TI CAESAR AVGVSTI F IMPERATOR V - bare head of Tiberius left /
ROM ET AVG - The great Altar of Roma and Augustus at Lugdunum, flanked by columns surmounted by statues of Victory right and left, the altar ornamented with row of uncertain objects along the top and three wreaths on the front panel.
Sestertius, Lugdunum AD 10-11 (under Augustus)
36,43 mm / 22,06 gr
RIC (Augustus) 240; BMCRE (Augustus) 572-3; CBN (Augustus) 1737; Cayon (Los Sestercios del Imperio Romano) 4; Cohen 28; Sear (Roman Coins & Their Values I) 1753

 

Wondering if anybody else has this Blaundos with Herakles and club.

The only other example I managed to find is from the same auction house (Savoca)... and appeared in an auction 2 weeks before mine.

 

I could be wrong, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone post an ancient with a fox on it before. This one's from 'fox island':
THRACE, Alopkonessos
AE13. 2.33g, 13.5mm. THRACE, Alopekonnesos, circa 3rd-2nd centuries BC. HGC 3.2, 1307; Yarkin 59. O: Helmeted head of Athena to right. R: ΑΛΩ-ΠΕΚΟΝ, Fox standing to right; ear of grain before.

On the other hand, camels are comparatively common. How about a camel with a rider on it, though?

MESOPOTAMIA. Adiabene. Natounia
AE22. 6.62g, 21.8mm. MESOPOTAMIA, Adiabene. Natounia, circa 2nd - 1st centuries BC. CSE II 846; Hoover, Natounia Series 1, 1-7; Seyrig, Trésor 13a. O: Radiate and diademed male head (Helios-Shamash?) right. R: Rider (Arsu?) on camelback right, holding short staff in right hand; all within wreath border.

Valens, with decidedly non-Christian goddess Isis on reverse.
VALENS. Festival of Isis.
AE. 1.11g, 12.7mm. Rome mint, circa AD 364-378. Festival of Isis issue. Vagi -; Cohen VIII -; Alföldi -; Tesorillo online 6/29 (this coin illustrated). O: D N VALEN S P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: VOTA PVBLICA, Isis standing left, holding sistrum and situla. Notes: Unpublished in the standard references and apparently the only example known.

Not one of Augustus's more common (or popular?) reverse types?
AUGUSTUS

AR Denarius. 3.64g, 19.9mm, Rome mint, 19-18 BC, P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. RIC 297 (R2). O: CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right. R: P PETRON TVRPILIAN III VIR, Pegasus walking right.

 

Not one of Augustus's more common (or popular?) reverse types?
View attachment 1368972 AUGUSTUS

AR Denarius. 3.64g, 19.9mm, Rome mint, 19-18 BC, P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. RIC 297 (R2). O: CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right. R: P PETRON TVRPILIAN III VIR, Pegasus walking right.[/QUOTE]

I can bust you on the last one - though yours is much nicer than mine!



Obv.: CAESAR AVGVSTVS - Bare head right
Rev.: Pegasus walking right - P PETRON TVRPILIAN III VIR
Mint: Rome (19-18 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.48g / - / -
References:

• RIC 297
• RSC 491

Provenances:

• Ex. T.R. Hardaker Collection

Acquisition: Baldwins of St. James Online auction BSJ Auction 48 #591 24-Sep-2020

ATB,
Aidan.

 

I could post several of my Macrinus provincials but, knowing that i am the only person who owns an example seems pretty pointless. ( i don't do bragging )

I will post a little coin of Valens instead. ( following @zumbly )
The most interesting thing about the coin to me is that it was minted in Lyon ( Gaul ) for the man of the Eastern Empire.
I have only found 1 example that has sold in the past, that was in 2007ish and nothing since.

Valens - Restitvtor Reip - Lyon Ric IX 11b

 

Here's another I think no one else has here?
I'm pretty sure @TIF and some other members have a similar type but of Trajan not Augustus......Lets see....
Phoenicia, Arados 2 B.C
Aradus mint, year 258 (local Era) = 2/1 BC. 8,9 g - 20mm
Obverse: Bust of Astarte-Europa right with smaller head of Augustus in front.
Reverse: Humped bull galloping left, head facing, Phoenician letters beth (B), taw (TH), zayin (Z) & aleph (´) above, Aradian era date 258 (ΣNH) below.
RPC I 4483.

 

Here's a rarity, as I understand otherwise unknown.

 

It's HARD to think of any RRs that this Roman republic obsessed group, myself included, doesn't have!
However, shockingly few of these have graced CT and they are one of, if not, the main reasons I fell in love with coins of the RR.
If I get called out, awesome cause I love looking at these coins.
Despite mine being fourré it has one of the best portraits I've seen of the type. Possibly Vercingetorix himself... or his second cousin Vericinspatorix
Either way, spooky as heck while also being historically important

L. Hostilius Saserna. Fourré Denarius (18-19 mm, 2.86 g), Rome, 48 BC.
Obv. Bearded male head to right, his hair straggling out behind him; cloak around neck and Gallic shield behind.
Rev. L HOSTILIVS / SASERN, Nude Gallic warrior, holding shield with his left hand and hurling spear with his right, standing left in a galloping biga being driven to right by a seated charioteer holding a whip.
Cf. Craw. 448/2; Syd. 952.
Fourré. Very fine. Purchased from Auctiones gmbh March 2021
"The head on this famous and desirable coin has long been identified as that of Vercingetorix. This can not be proven but the head does have remarkably individualistic and naturalistic features, and it must surely represent an actual Gaulish captive seen by the die engraver."

And to cover any losses accrued due to this risky hard to get but popular coin post, here are some MSCs that I know yall aint can't touch!

Antigonos II Gonatas
277/6-239 BC. Æ 18mm (3.85 g). Macedonian shield with monogram of Antigonos in central boss / Macedonian helmet; three monograms around. SNG Copenhagen 1222. Very fine. Ex: Savoca


Demetrios I Poliorketes (306-283 BC). Ae.
Obv: Macedonian shield with monogram of Demetrios on boss.
Rev: Macedonian helmet.
SNG Alpha Bank - (cf. 962-969).
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 2.07 g.
Diameter: 12 mm.
One example in ACsearch from matching dies.
nearly very fine
Purchased from Savoca May 2021

Pyrrhos (of Epiros). 287-285 BC and 274-273 BC. Æ Unit (17mm, 4.75 g, 7h). Uncertain mint in Macedon. Monogram of Pyrrhos on boss of Macedonian shield / Macedonian helmet; BAΣI below; all within oak wreath. W. Weiser, “Ein neues Kupferstück des Pyrrhos als König der Makedonen” in SM 144 (November 1986), –; AMNG III –; SNG Alpha Bank 970; BMC Thessaly 38-9. VF, green patina.
Savoca Sept 2021


Time of Philip V and Perseus. Ca. 221-168 B.C. AE unit (17.1 mm, 6.07 g, 12 h). Uncertain Macedonian mint. Macedonian shield, star with spiral arms in center boss / M-K, ΔONΩN, Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, BA monogram below. SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Cop -; McClean 3666. VF. Rare.

And this Seleucus Drachm from Susa:

 

Plenty of unique things here - Eadmund (939-946) 2 line penny by the moneyer Hunsige. HTP2 using North's classification with three pellets at the top, a single one below and O+O across the middle of the reverse. I'm unaware of any others.


Possibly a bit too late for this forum, but a pair of Civil War era halfcrowns.
First up a Hawkins type 3a3 halfcrown struck on a shilling flan - the weight is 5.91g instead of 15g. Initial mark is Eye dating it to the six months between 12th May and 10th November 1645. Ex-
E W Rashleigh 919, Sotheby 21/6/1909
Miss H L Farquhar 46, Glendining 25/4/1955
J G Brooker SCBI 33 no.361
P Earthy, collection bought by M Rasmussen 2002/3
C Adams 134, Spink 177, 1/12/2005 from M Rasmussen Oct. 2003.


W/SA series with Allen dies D-23. The rare bit is the reverse die which is only known paired with this Briot horse obverse and also a right facing bust shilling obverse. Both unique and the latter now in a museum. This coin ex-
E W Wigan, collection bt Rollins & Feuardent 1872
H Webb (I) 560, Sotheby 9/7/1894
J G Murdoch 194, Sotheby 8/6/1903
G Hamilton Smith 126, Sotheby 21/7/1913
Sir K Vaughan Morgan 336, Sotheby 17/6/1935
V J E Ryan 1307, Glendining 22/1/1952
J R Vincent (no D-23 in 1955 sales so presumably purchased separately by Spink)
J G Brooker SCBI 33 no.1153, collection acquired by Spink 1979-80
A Morris, purchased from R Richardson 2/1999
Bt from Lloyd Bennett 15/4/09

 

<Ryro's Vercingetorix>

Well, I've got you on the Vercingetorix coin though, fourrée or not, yours is better than mine:




I'll risk another RR one - human ear symbol denarius...



Obv.: X - Helmeted head of Roma right
Rev.: Dioscuri riding right; below, ear
Exergue: ROMA
Mint: Rome (ca. 199-170 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.71g / 19mm / -
References:

• RSC 20l (Anon)
• Sydenham 286
• Crawford 170/1
• RBW 727

Acquisition: Naville Numismatics Online Auction NN Live 54 #372 15-Dec-2019

Here - maybe the commonest of the later silver sestertii:



Moneyer: T. Carisius
Obv.: Diademed bust of Diana right, bow and quiver over shoulder
Rev.: T. CAR - Hound running right
Mint: Rome (46 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 0.95g / 10mm / 10h
References:

• RSC 7 (Carisia)
• Sydenham 989
• Crawford 464/8a
• HCRI 76
• RBW 1621

Provenances:

• Ex. Gemini Sale X, 2013, lot 227
• Ex. Randy Haviland Collection

Acquisition: NAC Online auction Spring Sale 2020 #660 25-May-2020

ATB,
Aidan.

 

ancient enough, but perhaps not unique enough: C.T.B.S., @spirityoda.
Rama Varma IV, 1860-1880, Chuckram

I dont think anyone else on CT has one of these:

Notes on this coin:AE Coin from Ekkarra, Achaea Phthiotis
Thessaly, Ekkarra, circa 325-320 BC, AE Chalkous

And I am curious to see if one of these would show up - with voting ballot control mark:

Notes on this coin: Roman Voting Laws

 

I had a Trajan at one time, but I have this one from Phoenicia.

Arados
Year 164, 96/95 BC
Obvs: Female bust Astarte-Europa right, wearing stephane, and veil over back of head. Border of dots.
Revs: Phoenician script "Yodh Shin Beth Daleph Mem" (yšbdm) above, Recumbent humped bull lying left. Aradian ΔΞP date in ex.
AE 21x22mm, 10.37g
Ref: BMC 324; Duyrat 4418/4419; HGC 10, 79 (R2)

 

OK. You've forced me to take out the big gun.

This one is so super rare that I doubt anyone has anything like it. I'm pretty sure not many were minted, and I can't recall ever seeing one at auction.