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Here's Zeus seated, on the reverse, teaching his eagle to speak.

Alexander III, tetradrachm, Susa Mint, circa 323 BC (early posthumous issue).
17.2 grams

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Alexander The Great, Macedonian Kingdom, (336 - 323 B.C.)
AR Drachm
Posthumous
O: Herakles' head right, clad in Nemean lion scalp headdress tied at neck.
R: ΑΛΕΞΑΝ∆ΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, eagle in right, long vertical scepter in left, X within Ω left, KH under throne.
Mylasa mint 310-300 B.C.
4.1g
16mm
Price 2480

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Alexander the great AR Tetradrachm, Tyre mint, Tyre. Dated RY 25 of Azemilkos (325-324 BC), Price (Ake) 3262. As found !
rev.: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ; in l. field Price Monogram 1505 above regnal year IIIII'' : 25



A) Alexander the great AR obol, Arados (?) mint, c. 325 - 323 BC, not in Price
Rev.: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, in l. field AP monogram.
Dealers pretend it is very rare (probably because it is not in Price or in Frédérique Duyrat's thesis) but it is not so rare: in acsearch.info there are at least 4 specimens, and there is this one too. Said to be found in Gaza.

B) Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm, Babylon mint, c. 323-317 BC, Price P191
same obv. die as ANS 1965.77.137 and ANS 1944.100.45205 from hoard IGCH 1423 found in Armenak, Turkey.
Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, ΦΙΛΙΠΠOY to right ; in l. field wheel above Price Monogram 1186, consists of Π, Υ, and Ο ; under throne Price Monogram 1158, consists of Π, Μ, Υ, and Β ; graffito

C) Alexander the great AR Tetradrachm, Sardis mint, c. 319 - 315 BC, Price 2664
same obv. die as ANS 1944.100.3135
Rev.: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ; in l. field Price Monogram 1256, consists of Ε and Κ, above star

Er... Yes, I know, just one tetradrachm would have been enough. I just wanted to post all those Alexanders.

Next : any drachm.

 

APOLLONIA PONTICA
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: Gorgoneian facing with snakes for hair and a protruding tongue
REVERSE: An anchor flanked by letter A and a crayfish, which represents the minting city of Apollonia, the major fifth century BC Greek colony on the west coast of the Black Sea, modern Sozopol in Bulgaria
Struck at Apollonia 450-400 BC
3.13g, 14-15mm
BMC IX, Black Sea 150-151

Next: Gorgon

 

This coin started my journey, from a giveaway here earlier this year

NEXT: Faustina the Elder

 

Posthumous sestertius of Faustina the elder (posted before, sorry)

Next: a coin you received (or gave) as a gift (again!)

 

Hi All,

Coin I gifted to one of my wife's family many years ago.

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OBV: Vespasian head laureate, facing right. Legend: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG. Dotted border.
REV: Judea weeping, siting beneath a war trophy made of armor on a pole. Legend in exurge: IVDEA. No border visible.
Refs: Hendin-198 (older edition), RIC-15, Cohen-226.
Note: Ex Malter

Next: continue the "gifts" theme.

- Broucheion.

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Love the color and surfaces on that VRBS ROMA, @lordmarcovan !

I think this coin meets both qualifications:



Next: another uncommonly nice example of a common type

 

Vespasian (69 - 79 A.D.)
AR Denarius
O: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII, laureate head right.
R: VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory advancing right, holding palm and crowning standard with wreath.
Rome Mint (72-73 A.D.)
3.45g
19mm
RIC 362 (C2), BMCRE 74, RSC 618

Next: Another Flavian

 

TITUS
Fouree Denarius
OBVERSE: CAES VESPAS AVG TR P COS III, Laureate head right
REVERSE: Foreparts of two capricorns springing in opposing directions, supporting round shield inscribed S C; globe below
Struck at Rome, 80/1AD
3.06g, 18mm
RIC II 357 (Titus); RSC 497

Next: Fouree

 

Here's an owl that I purchased as a non-fouree coin, but turned out to be one. The breaks in the plating are obvious. I don't think it is an Athenian mint coin, produced as a necessity coin near the end of the Peloponnesian War, but instead one produced elsewhere in the East following the fall of Athens in 405 BC.

14.8 grams



Next: Another owl, Athenian or imitation, or an ancient coin depicting an owl.

 

DOMITIAN
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG - GERM P M TR P VIII Head laureate right
REVERSE: IMP XVII COS XIIII CENS P P P Minerva fighting right with spear and shield atop capital of rostral column, owl at her feet
Struck at Rome, 88-89 AD
3.55g, 18.44mm
RIC 657 (R )

Next: Any Flavian

 

Next - your best portrait of any given emperor

 

Might not be my best but it is certainly my fav due to the good strike


NEXT: Fav Empress portrait

 

PLAUTILLA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: PLAVTILLAE AVGVSTAE, draped bust right
REVERSE: CONCORDIAE AETERNAE, Plautilla & Caracalla clasping hands
Struck at Rome, 202 AD
2.83g, 18mm
RIC 361

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