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SICILY, Kamarina
AE tetras, 3.34 gm. 420-405 BCE
Obv: Large head of Athena left, wearing crested helmet with wings
Rev: Owl standing left, with lizard in talon; KAMA (retrograde) upward in right field; three dots in exergue
Ref: Westermark / Jenkins 198 (see FIG. Pl. 35 / 198.24), SNG ANS 1230 Calciati III no. 28/4 (dotted-border type)

Next: lizard

 

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I'm fighting back the urge to post Nero as we cannot see his scaly skin.

Next up: more Sicilian bronzes

 

I love this little coin and show it at every opportunity .


Sicily, Syracuse. Dionysios I
c. 390 BCE
Æ tetras, 14 mm, 1.8 gm
Obv: head of nymph facing slightly left, wearing necklace
Rev: octopus
Ref: CNS 29; SNG ANS 385

Next: More Sicilian bronzes

 

Here's the older sister to my latest Sicilian bronze:


Next up: more Sicilian bronzes

 

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysius I (400-345 BC)
Æ 20 mm, 8.23 gm
Struck c. 390 BCE
Obv: head of Athena left, wearing wreathed Corinthian helmet pushed back on head
Rev: hippocamp left
Ref: Calciati 35. SNG ANS 426
Formerly slabbed

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TIF, that hippocamp is of amazing quality
next more Sicilians

 

Sicily, Katane, c. 216/5-206 BC. Æ Chalkous (3.46 g 17.69 mm). Jugate busts of Serapis and Isis. R/ Apollo standing slightly l., leaning on column, holding laurel branch and bow. CNS III, 22; HGC 2, 609.

Next - haven't seen a bronze from Sicily for a while now so another one please.

 

Heres my favourite Sicilian bronze, showed it many times before:



next Sicily

 

Fantastic coin, Andres.

Sicily, did you say? How about another bronze .


Sicily, Syracuse. Second Democracy
c. 425 BCE
Æ tetras, 13 mm, 1.9 gm
Obv: Female head right (Arethusa?); XXX before; X behind
Rev: Hippocamp right, octopus below
Ref: CNS 30; SNG ANS 1382; rare

Next: something with more than one sea creature, bonus points if from Sicily .

 

Akragas AE quadrans with crab and shrimp reverse

Next: Still Sicily but with two creatures not from the sea nor air
BTW: This was my 500th post to this thread.

 

WOW!

I love this little sliver of silver...

Two non-sea non-air creatures (three, actually: snake, man-faced bull, and nymph), plus a sea creature, plus a celery leaf.


SICILY, Selinos
Circa 410 BCE
AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h
Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above
Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right
Ref: Potamikon, p. 116 figure 152 (this coin); HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare.
ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;
ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;
ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript

Next: Sicily, with Arethusa

 

Next up: tiny Sicilian bronze, 16 mm or smaller

 

next; horse and palmtree

 

4.55 g 16.7 mm

Zeugitania, Carthage; Sicilian mint, c. late 4th - early 3rd cent. BC, SNG Cop-102, Sear-6531. Obv: Palm tree with two bunches of dates. Rx: Horse's head and neck r.Palm tree in high relief .

Next - bronze coin with forepart of horse

 

next: another sicilian with a horsehead

 

I know it's technically the same as the last coin, but I really love the horse, and it's a wee bit different since it doesn't have the 3 dots under the horse.


Carthage, Zeugitana
ca 300-264 BC
AE 20mm
Obverse: Wreathed head of Tanit left
Reverse: Horse head right, no letter or symbol in right field.

If it's allowed, let's see a lesser known empress.

 

Although her coins usually bring very healthy prices at auction, Byzantine Empress regnant Irene is probably not very familiar among many ancient coin collectors.

Here's an Æ Nummus of Irene, with Constantine VI (her son), Constantinople, 792-797 AD, a little crude with a die shift on the reverse.

Supporters of Irene deposed, blinded and imprisoned Constantine VI in 797 AD, making her the first Empress regnant of the Empire, ruling until 802 AD

This coin came to me by way of Roma's E-Sale 82, lot 1753.

2.80 grams



Next: A coin issued by an Emperor, who had a strong Empress, the real power behind the throne, so to speak.

 

Queen Diddarani......The king Kshemagupta even had her name put on his coins and placed before his own!... The populace started calling him "Diddakshema".
Khemagupta 950-957/8 AD
Copper Kaserah or Punchshi 18mm
Obverse- Goddess Ardochsho/Lakshmi seated facing in half lotus position, with Nagari legend 'Di' to left 'kshema' to right
Reverse- King standing facing and sacrificing at altar holding trident, with Nagari legend 'Gupta' bottom right.



Next....Another strong female

 

next: deer

 

Deer:

Gallienus, AD 253-268.
Roman billon antoninianus, 4.63 g, 21.4 mm, 7 h.
Rome, officina 5, AD 267-268.
Obv: IMP GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.
Rev: DIANAE CONS AVG, doe standing right, head turned left over shoulder. Є in exergue.
Refs: RIC 176K; Göbl 728z; Cohen 155; RCV 10199; La Venera 87e.


Gallienus, AD 253-268.
Roman billon Antoninianus, 3.53 g, 20.1 mm, 1 h.
Rome, AD 267-268.
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head, right.
Rev: DIANAE CONS AVG, stag walking right; X I in exergue.
Refs: RIC 179K; Göbl 745b; Cohen 157; RCV 10201.


Next: More Gallienus zoo.