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THESSALY, TRIKKA
AR Hemidrachm
OBV: Youth, petasos and cloak tied at neck, wrestling forepart of bull right
REV: Forepart of horse galloping right; T-PI-KK-A-I around; all within concave incuse
Circa 420-400 BC
2.7g, 17mm
SNG Cop 265
ex: JAZ Numismatics

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Forepart of a horse!

Achaemenid Empire
Spithridates as Satrap
AE10, mint in Ionia or Lydia, struck 334 BC
Dia.: 10 mm
Wt.: 1.5 g
Obv.: Head of Spithridates right, wearing bashlyk
Rev.: Forepart of horse right; TO monogram in upper left
field, ΣΠ-I below and in right field
Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 1538; SNG von Aulock 1823; Klein 367; Babelon, Perses 380
Ex Ryro Collection


Next: A Persian Satrap

 

Next: another silver from Pergamon.

 

next: cistophorus

 

Apamea - 100 talents funded by Mithridates for rebuilding after earthquake damage. Issued ~88-75 BC

Next: cistophoric tetradrachm - any city but Apamea

 

Mine is a common one from Pergamon:

I know that rotating the reverse is cheating, but I just like how it looks with the snakeheads at 12 o'clock.

Next: more snake or snakes on silver/billon.

 

Snakes on AR:


Antony and Octavia.
AR cistophorus, 25.6 mm, 11.71 gm.
Ephesus, 39 BCE.
Obv: M ANTONINVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT, Jugate heads of Marcus Antonius and Octavia to right; he wears ivy wreath.
Rev: III VIR RPC, Cista mystica surmounted by figure of Bacchus, standing to left, holding cantharus and leaning on thyrsus; on either side, coiled serpent.
Refs: SNG Cop. 408; SNG von Aulock 6555; Franke KZR 472; RSC 3; Sydenham 1198; RPC 2202; Sear 1513; BMCRR East 135.

Next: Marc Antony.

 

This is a Lego V
Next up:a different Marc Antony legion

 

LEG XX

Next- Non Marc Antony Legionary denarius

 

Legionary denarius not issued by Mark Antony:

Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AR Denarius [Restored Issue of Mark Antony Legionary Denarius Leg. VI, probably issued for 200th anniversary of Battle of Actium], 168-169 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Praetorian galley moving left over waves with four crew members, ANTONIVS AVGVR around from 8 o’clock, IIIVIR R P C across below galley / Rev. Legionary eagle (aquila) facing left between two standards, ANTONINVS ET VERVS AVG REST [ = Restituit] around from 8 o’clock, LEG - VI across lower field. RIC III M. Aurelius 443 (at p. 248), RSC I Mark Antony 83 (ill. at p. 127), Sear RCV II 5236 (ill. at p. 341), BMCRE 500. 19 mm., 2.86 g.



*See Sear RCV II at p. 340: “Issue of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus restoring the ‘Legionary’ Coinage of Mark Antony. The reasons for this remarkable restoration remain obscure. Mattingly (BMCRE, p. cxxiii) suggests that Legio VI Ferrata, which had fought for Antony at Philippi in 42 BC, may have played a leading role in the Parthian War of AD 164, the exceptional commemoration of this achievement on the coinage being prompted both by the the legion’s long and distinguished history and the similarity of the names ‘Antonius” and ‘Antoninus.” The 200th anniversary of the Battle of Actium [in 31 BC] perhaps provides a more obvious reason for the issue.” (Emphasis added.) [Remainder of footnote omitted.]

Next, another "restoration" issue of an earlier coin.

 

next: Tiberius

 

Tiberius, Dupondius (AE, 30 mm, 16.44 g), Commagene, circa 19-20 AD. TI CAESAR DIVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS Laureate head of Tiberius to r./ Rev. PONT MAXIM COS III IMP VII TR POT XXII Winged caduceus between two crossed cornucopiae. RIC 90. RPC I 3869

Next: A large bronze that you still love despite a few scratches

 

Very nice! Just out of curiosity, what was the original version of this coin?

 

One of my larger bronzes…


Carthage
201-175 BCE
Æ 15 Shekels
45 mm 7.5 mm thick. 102g
Wreathed Tanit
Horse Uraeus above.
MAA 104 SNG Cop 400

Next: AR Carthage Empire, BCE

 

@donna , no idear.



next: horse and palmtree

 

SICILY, Entella. Punic issues
c. 300-289 BCE; AR tetradrachm, 24 mm, 16.8 gm, 12h)
Obv: head of Melquart-Herakles right, wearing lion skin
Rev: head of horse left; astragalos (cut over poppy) to left, palm tree to right, Punic MHSBM (approximate meaning is "quaestors" or financial controllers) below
Ref: Jenkins, Punic 366 (O115/R298), series 5b
Ex Gorny & Mosch 138 (7 March 2005), lot 33

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Roman Republic
269-240 BCE
Aes Grave Uncia astragalos (Knuckle-Bone)
22mm, 10.1g, Cast bronze
Obv: astragalos (knuckle-bone)
Rev: astragaols (knuckle-bone)
Olive-brown patina

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Pisidia. Selge circa 300-190 BC.
Obol (trihemiobol?) AR
10 mm, 0,88 g
Pisidia, Selge AR Obol Circa 350-300 BC Obverse: Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue Reverse: Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet; behind, astragalos References: SNG France 1928. SNG von Aulock 5281
Archaic style and a scarce variety with Athena portrait left. Possibly pre-dating the usual date of 350-300 BC typically assigned to this type.

Next - another coin with a strong archaic style

 

How bout weak Archaic style?


Iona Kolophon
AR Tetartemorion
530-520 BCE
Archaic Apollo
Incuse Punch
0.15g 4.5mm-
SNG Kayhan 343

next: More Archaic

 

I guess I'm confused: what makes that coin a restitution issue, then?