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The trident on the reverse could certainly be a cool coat of arms.


NEXT: fancy corinthian tridents

 

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Brutal! But fair! I suck at these. Guess I'm gonna have to do my own and all the others in between.

There... surely thats enough to pick the next topic.




Oh I dunno.... post your biggest coin by weight.

 

My biggest struck coin by weight:



ZEUGITANA, Carthage
early 2nd century BCE
AE 15-shekel, 45 mm, 95 gm
Obv: wreathed head of Tanit left
Rev: horse standing right, left foreleg up; solar disk with uraei (or is that the Flying Spaghetti Monster?) above
Ref: Alexandropoulos J (2000) Les monnaies de l'Afrique Antique, 103; Müller L (1861) Numismatique de L'Ancienne Afrique, 131; Luynes 3782; Jenkins GK and Lewis RB (1963) Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins, Royal Numismatic Society, London, pl. 28 12


It's as big as an island



Next: a coin weighing less than 0.5 gm.

 

Caria, Mylasa 450-400 BC, 500mg Hemiobol

not exactly the lightest but close to it and my favorite of the tiny coins.

 

Mysia, Kyzikos Circa 450 BC, Hemiobol 0.35g. My actuall smallest coin.



Am I suppossed to pick something new? Im still kind if into very large and very small.

 

Something that big is struck? totally thought it would be cast. Very impressive indeed. My largest isnt half that big *Applause*

 

Late again - carry on. I think next is defined by @iameatingjam as : "Im still kind if into very large and very small."

 

RR AS, cast Aes Grave,C. 270 BCE.
Apollo / Apollo.
288.5 gm.

next, another large coin.

 

another of these Roman hocky pucks:



next: another hocky puck coin

 

This one is 70.57g 34mm - calling it a "coin" is a bit of a stretch - more "lump of bronze".

Greek Northern Apulia, Luceria, c. 220 BC. Cast Æ Biunx (33mm, 70.66g). Scallop shell. R/ Astragalos

Next: another "calling it a coin is a stretch"

 

A tessera stretches it nicely:


Next: hacksilber or more 'calling it a coin is a stretch'.

 

Here's my only hacksilber ingot. This from the Late Bronze Age, Levant, 13th-10th centuries BC, and weighs 25.90 grams, the equivalent weight of two shekels.



Next: A Roman or Celtic hacksilber.

 

The term hacksilber always makes me chuckle.
Did the ancient Celts have peanut butter on their tongues when describing it?


Next up: detailed Celtic coin

 

Eastern Europe, AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.32 g, 9h), Imitating Philip III Arrhidaeus of Macedon, 3rd-2nd centuries BCE, minted in the lower Danube region
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin
Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; two monograms in left field, Greek Z below throne
Ref: OTA 581/4; Lanz 904–5; CCCBM I S191; KMW 1469

Next: More Celtic silver

 

LOWER DANUBE CELTS
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: Stylized head of Herakles with wild hair, right
REVERSE: Stylized Zeus seated left holding an eagle, kantharus to left
Struck by the Lower Danube Celts, 2d-1st Century BC
2.9g, 20mm,
CCCBM I 217, Kostial 896
ex JAZ Numismatics

Next: Another Celtic coin

 

Celtic Senones tribes, who sacked some in 390 BC, although this coin is from 52 BC.

Next, Roman enemy.

 

next: Philip V of Macedonia

 

KINGS OF MACEDON, Philip V
221-179 BCE
Tetrachalkon (AE 22 mm, 8.37 gm, 12 h), struck circa after 186
Obv: Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress
Rev: BA / Φ Two goats recumbent right; below, grain ear
Ref: Mamroth, Bronzemünzen 14c. SNG Alpha Bank 1090. SNG Copenhagen 1250.



Next: Another Macedonian Philip

 

Sasanian Empire. Bahram /Vahran V, 420-438.
...And someody beat me to this. Guess what? with my logistical issues, that's just going to happen. Can I have a pass on this? I'll defer the one who got here first --even though I was really keen about getting some c. late Classical-Medieval stuff up in here.

 

next: Macedonian ruler before Philip II