ANCIENT - Alphabetical Coins of Rulers!

Great details on that Probus!

 

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I know there are plenty of P coins for you ancient folks to post. All I've got are some Corinthian coins depicting Pegasos but he didn't rule anything. How about Poseidon for P? He definitely ruled. .

Looking forward to all your P coins over the weekend.

 

I have a few Ptolemy issues...

Here's one, Ptolemy IV. 42mm, great patina.

 

Here's another Ptolemy, 47.5mm >90 gm. Haven't checked the attribution yet. Not the greatest specimen but I wanted a representative maximum size. This one was collected in the late 1800's by Professor James Eaton and it has been in his family until I bought it last month.

 

i just posed on of these yesterday, but here are my two favorite coins brought to you by the letter "P".

ptolemy iii








and probus

 

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor and Ptolemy VIII Euergetes, 170 - 163 B.C. The others are Ptolemy III, II, I

 

Probus

 

Philip I AR Antoninianus. Antioch? mint, 244 AD. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right, PM below bust / VIRTVS EXERCITVS, Virtus standing right, holding spear & resting hand on shield. RIC 74, RSC 245

Philip I, the Arab, First Half of 244 - End of September 249 A.D.

Silver antoninianus, SRCV III 8932, RIC IV 32b, RSC IV 55, VF, 3.820g, 23.3mm, 45o, Rome mint, 244 - 245 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse FIDES MILIT, Fides standing half left, standard in each hand;



Philip II, as Caesar, AR Antoninianus. M IVL PHILPPVS CAES, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, the prince standing left, holding globe & spear. RIC 218d, RSC 48.


Philip I AE Sestertius (18.42 gm). IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / LAET FVNDATA, S-C, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and rudder RIC 175. Ex Sosius

 

Philip II AE Unit
359-336 BC
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 6.2 grams
Obverse: Head of Apollo right
Reverse: Youth on horse right ... spearhead in exergue
Reference: Sear 6696-6698





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I missed Pius the first time around

 

I have a lot of P


Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II, 359 - 336 B.C.Bronze AE Unit, SGCV II 6697, aVF, 7.079g, 16.9mm, 0o, Macedonian mint, obverse head of Apollo right wearing taenia; reverse FILIPPOU, young male rider on prancing horse right;



Pontos, Amisos. Circa 85-65 BC.
Æ 21 mm
Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolfskin headdress / AMISOU, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. SNG BMC Black Sea 1218-1219; SNG Stancomb 704; SNG Copenhagen 165.

 

Philip II, Ar Tetradrachm, Amphipolis mint
Obv:– Laureate head of Zeus right
Rev:– FILIP-POU, king riding left, wearing kausia and chlamys, raising right hand in salute, erased protome of pegasos below, bow under right foreleg
Minted in Amphipolis mint. 355 - 348 BC
Reference:– Le Rider 164 (D75/R135)

 

Philip II, Ar Tetradrachm, Amphipolis mint
Obv:– Laureate head of Zeus right
Rev:– FILIPPOU, naked youth on horse pacing right on horseback holding palm, stalk of grain under belly, P below foreleg
Minted in Amphipolis mint.
Reference:– SNG ANS 667 - 680
Test cut on reverse.
14.114g, 24.3mm, 0o

 

Philippi AE17
356-345 BC
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 5.4 grams
Obverse: Head of Herakles covered with lion's skin
Reverse: Tripod




=> "$20" delivered ........ wow, the P-Coins are my thriftiest!!!

 

Pergamene Kingdom, Philetairos, AR tetradrachm, 282-263 B.C.
Obv:– Laureate head of Philetaurus right
Rev:– FILETAIPOY, Athena seated left, left elbow resting on shield set on ground behind, holding wreath in right hand above legend; grape bunch in outer left field; strung bow in right field
Minted in Mysia, Pergamon, 241 - 197 B.C.
Reference:– Westermark Group IV B, SNG Cop 336, SNG von Aulock 1358.

Weight 16.74g. 31.69mm

 

The P section is going to take ten pages I have a lot of them, not sure if they are all on my computer and I'm not home. Looking forward to posting more and seeing more!

 

Philip III Arrhidaeus, drachm, Price P43
Silver drachm
Obv:– Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress knotted at base of neck
Rev:– FILIPPOU, Zeus on throne, feet on footstool, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and scepter, lyre left
Minted in Ionia, Kolophon, posthumus issue, , c. 323 - c. 319 B.C.
Reference:– Price P43

 

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy I Soter, 294 B.C., Tetradrachm, Svoronos 236
Silver Tetradrachm of Ptolemy I Soter, founder of the Pteolmaic Kingdom
Obv:– Diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis
Rev:– ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, monogram left
Minted in Alexandria, B.C. 294
Reference:– Svoronos 236, SNG Cop 75
14.379g, 29.9mm, 0o

 

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy II Soter (285 - 246 B.C.), Tetradrachm, Svoronos 774
Silver tetradrachm
Obv:– Diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis
Rev:- PTOLEMAIOY [SOTERWS], eagle standing left, head left, on thunderbolt, wings closed, PT and ME monograms left, date AL and Q right
Minted in Galilee, Ake Ptolemais, Year 31. B.C. 255
Reference:– BMC.112 var. Svoronos 774 pl. XXV/10 (4 ex.) SNG Cop.470. Delepierre- Gülnar 2/4074 pl. 129(6 ex.)