Your favorite coins by century.

My 1st. Century coin takes on the time of Christ..

Herod Archelaus...6 BC.
AE Prutah
Obv. crested helmet with cheek straps, viewed from front, caduceus below1.
Rev.( of Herod) bunch of grapes on vine with small leaf on left.
Jerusalem Mint..
17mm x 2.9 g.
Hendin 1196..

 

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Are we in the first Century AD today? Here is a bronze prutah ca. 9-11 AD. It was struck under the Roman procurator in Judaea, Marcus Ambibulus.

This coin was given to me in 1965 by the woman that raised me (not my mother).

 

Awesome => it's next-century day!! (good thinking, Collect89)

Sadly, I'm at work so I don't have access to my coins, but I'll post a couple of 1st century AD's when I got home (after the bar) ... *yikes*

=> Super-Bowl weekend!! (yeessssssss) ... I've already booked-off Monday (*sweet*)

 

Ah if you're going to 'da bar looks like I'll miss them until tomorrow (rehearsals).

Sighhh...

 

Rehearsals?

 

I have way too many to choose from, so here are three that are among many of my favorites:

CLAUDIUS AE As
OBVERSE: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TRP IMP P P - Bare head left
REVERSE: CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI - Constantia standing left, raising hand and holding spear; S C across fields
Struck at Rome, 42/3AD
12.7g, 25mm
RIC111, BMC201, S1858

 

OTHO AR Denarius
OBVERSE: IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, bare head right
REVERSE: VICTORIA OTHONIS, Victory standing left on globe, wreath extended in right, palm frond in left
Struck at Rome, Jan-Feb 69 A.D
3.179g, 18.7mm
RIC I 17, BMCRE I 25, SRCV I 2165 var

 

NERVA AR Denarius
OBVERSE: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II P P, laureate head right
REVERSE: CONCORDIA EXCERCITVVM, clasped hands holding legionary eagle resting on prow
Struck at Rome 96 AD
2.9g, 18mm
RIC 3

 

Yup, I'm crew chief (Head honcho of the back stage crew) for an under 18 theater group.

 

Not Rome! This is one of the Claudian bronzes struck in the Iberian peninsula.
http://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-western-mints-of-claudius.213506/

 

Without a doubt you are correct. I miss typed the ID from my catalogue which identifies the mint as a Spanish mint. Reading through the CT thread you posted and the subsequent Forum thread identified on that thread, it is most definitely not Rome mint. The coin presented by cliff_marsland on Forum's thread appears to have an obverse die match to my coin.
Regardless, thank you for pointing out my mistake.

 

Don't consider it a mistake. Most people aren't even aware of the existence of branch mints during the reign of Claudius.

Nice coin, btw.

 

Thanks for the compliment. I know how much I spent on this coin, but I wonder about it's worth in the market place. It is one of my favorite coins, especially from the First Century.

 

My other 1st. century coin..

Pontius Pilate gave the order to crucify Christ...

Pontius Pilate
Ae Prutah
Obv. Lig( Tiberius Caesar, year 16=29/30 AD.)
Libation ladle( simpulum)..
Rev. Juila the Queen, three bound ears of grain, the outer two droop.
16mm x 2.21g.
Hendin 1341

 

Awesome coins, gentlemen ... hmmmm, where to start?

KINGS of COMMAGENE
Antiochos IV Epiphanes Æ28
AD 38-72
Diameter: 28 mm
Weight: 15.57 grams
Obverse: Diademed and draped bust right
Reverse: Scorpion within wreath
Reference: RPC I 3854; AC 199 (obv. legend)
Other: 12h … earthen brown patina, rubbed on the high points, two long scratches near obverse edge





=> super-cool coin ... I love the color and I love the subject-matter

Cheers

 

Moved to separate thread

 

uh-oh ...

=> yah, when Doug starts asking the hard homework questions, I find the best defense is the good ol' pheasant defense!!




=> just be still and hope that he doesn't single you out!!

... just jokes, my friend (I'm all fueled-up!!)

 

Eng => you seem to have quite a few sweet Prutahs?!! (what's the plural?)

=> that seems to be your niche, yes?

Oh => and Go Seahawks, Gooooo!! (if ya can't beat 'em, join 'em!!)