chrsmat71's summer coin surge

well, i've got to cross several coins off my list lately, but haven't had time to post them or enjoy them much. i'll post them all on this thread when i can make some time for a needed pleasant distraction from an otherwise rough and busy time.

1. wanted a venetian soldino, so now off the list. not the best, but good for the price. still have a venetian grosso on the list.




Republic of Venice
Doge Francesco Dandolo
1329-1339 AD
AR Soldino
Obv: + FRA DAN DVLO DVX, Doge carrying banner.
Rev: S MARCVS VENETI, Nimbate lion carrying banner.

18 mm
1.1g

if anyone wants to post a venetian coin, or any 14th century coin, i'd enjoy seeing them.

here's something interesting about the soldino if interested..

http://finds.org.uk/medievalcoins/denominations/denomination/id/170

 

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Thats cool!

 

I like these and would like to add more in time, nice!

 

Very nice coin. I don't own any medieval coins yet.

 

atta-boy, chrsmat => man, I love those cool medieval coins!! (very, very cool)

=> yup, ya gotta love the lion carrying the banner (those crazy animal coins!!)

 

Here you go Steve. "I'm going cuckoo for animal coins"

Don't mind me, I have too much time on my hands right now and I'm bored. lol

 

=> well, that's a good enough invite for this guy!! (thanks)

LORRAINE, Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine
Double denier AR Gros
1303-1312 A.D.
Diameter: 16 mm
Weight: 0.87 grams
Obverse: + T - DV-X. LOTOR – EGIE. The Duke of Lorraine (in armour), riding caped steed to the right, carrying spear in right hand and shield in left
Reverse: MONETA D - E NANCEI. Downward sword, cutting the legend at the top and bottom, between two Avalerions/Alerions




The Duke of Milan, Bernabo and Galeazzo II Visconti, AR Grosso or Pegione
1355-1378 AD
Diameter: 25 mm
Weight: 2.50 grams
Obverse: Snake with maiden in its mouth between B G; above (an eagle) a aquiletta R/S
Reverse: Ambrose on the throne

 

This grosso coin originates from 1275-1280 under the reign of the Doge Jacopo Contarini.

 

nice grosso! one of those is still on the list..so is one of those awesome knight coins stevex has.

2. ok, here's another i got to scratch off the list...a himyarite coin.



had to use the seller's pics, it was really hard to get a picture of this coin....mine were all horrible.

it's a neat little scyphate coin, i'm uncertain of aspects of it's attribution...

himyarite kingdon
1st century AD

quinarius? light drachm? hemidrachm? AR unit? i've seen all this listed. i assume we don't know what they were called and these are guesses. anyone know? i think i'll go AR unit unless i hear otherwise.

o: male head right, surrounded by border of dots (serpent?), monogram left, what the heck is that far left? a bratwurst???

r: small head, monogram right? sabaean text..."MDN BYN RYDN"

what does that mean? rydn i assume is raidan mint (that is almost always listed for this coins...some time the entire text is listed as a mint mark.



14 mm
1.4 g

feel free to post your himyarites, i know there are a few out there.

 

wow chrsmat71, that's a super-cool hermaphroyarite!! (congrats)

... sadly, I don't have anything to add to your sweet thread ...

=> brother, you have been very busy lately (please keep those new coins comin'!!)

 

I call mine an "AR unit" and it weighs 2.15 grams. Your coin is apparently the same diameter but about 1/2 the weight of mine.

ARABIA, Southern Saba'
AR Unit (Light Drachm)
50 B.C. – A.D. 50

2.15 gms, 14 to 15.4 mm
Obv: Simple diademed head left with
symbols in fields. Pellet within
crescent at top, beaded boarder.
Lower 50% of beading is off flan.
Rev: Bucranium (Bull’s head) facing
with symbols in fields
Grade: Near Mint, lustrous and properly
conserved. Slightly off center on a
small diameter planchet.
Other: Found no listing in Sear for this Southern Saba / Himyarite coin. SNG.ANS.1516. The biblical kingdom of ‘Sheba’ (ca. 1200 BC) was the ancient Semitic civilization of Saba’ in Southern Arabia (modern day Yemen). The ancient Saba’ Kingdom fell after civil war resulting in the rise of the late Himyarite Kingdom. Ex Pegasi, from Allen Berman October 2013

 

that's one of the coins i was thinking about collect, that's a beauty! maybe i'll call mine an AR half unit?

stevex, you better get shoppin' for a himyarite coin stat!

 

I haven't studied Himyarite coinage all that much, but it occurs to me that the economies of the Southern Arabian kingdoms were so far removed from those of the Greco-Roman world, that one would expect very different weight standards.

 

Yah you're 100% correct, I really should chase one of these babies, eh?

... sadly, this is the first CNG-Auction-Wednesday in a coon's age that I haven't sniped myself a victim ... I have zero new coins (worst month "ever")

*rats* => the auction-estimate was $150 => my maximum bid was stupidly-high @ $555 => but sadly, somebody else had a bigger wallet than me and swooped-in and scoffed my precious!! ($575)





NOTE => sadly, this is "NOT" a photo "MY" coin (this is some other lucky pup's coin ... oh, and by the way => congrats to the lucky pup who scored this sweet bull & serpent!!) ... yup, this a very cool coin and I'm positive that I'll have "shoulda/woulda/coulda" remorse when I think back on it!! (well played, it is a cool coin)

.... *sigh* ....

Oh sorry, chrsmat71 .... ummm yah, I had no other thread to post against, so I chose your cool thread, for I didn't think that you'd judge me for being such a complete coin-crybaby!!!

 

Wow Chris, love your new additions, i had a himyarites but traded it to Master noob..
The coin i traded to Anoob..


My Doge coin..


Had to get one of these after you Steve got one...

 

ah yes, i remembered you had a grosso as well ENG....nice indeed.

ok, i'm going to be unable to post new coins for a while, so here is another coin i can cross off my list...a domitian.






domitian
93-94 AD
AR denarius
o: imp caes domit avg germ pm tr p xiii, domitan righty.

r: imp xxiii cos xvi cens ppp, minerva lefty.

3.4 g
19 mm
rome mint
ric 764

if this coin looks familiar, i purchased it from a forum memeber....who has previously posted it here with much better pictures.

i have 3 more coins in my surge, all also silver, 2 incoming...1 already on my crappy table. i'll post next week.

 

The ol' Domitian Denarius, eh? (good score, my friend => you ticked-off another one of the Twelve Caesars)


I don't have too many of the 12 Caesars, but I do have a sweet Domitian to toss into your thread ...





=> please keep those new coins comin', my awesome coin-brother!!

 

A nice addition

Mind as well post my new even though everyones seen it before.


Domitian (81 - 96 A.D.)
AR Denarius
O IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VI, laureate head right.
R: IMP XIIII COS XIII CENS P P P, Minerva standing right on capital of rostral column, holding spear and shield, owl at foot right.
Rome Mint, 87 A.D.
3.3g
19mm

 

i'm going to post the next two together, wanted an old school pre-mauryan coin and a mauryan puch-a-majig coin. got them both for 30 bucks on the same day.



pre-mauryan gandhara
anonymous
500 -300 bc
(what a range? i've seen a top end of 600 bc may rival the kai yuan tong bao of tang china for longest run of a coin type)
ar 1/8 satamana (satamana fractional unit?)
o: septal radiate pastern with pellet.
r: blank

somewhat scyphate



15X13 mm
1.5g

 

and this neat little thing...




anonymous? or Samrati Samprati?
mauryan ar karshapana (series VI)
270-150 bc
17x14 mm
3.3 g

here are the puchmarks, 5 obverse, 1 reverse...



on my coins, symbol 5 ("barf cow") is lower left, 2 ("funky sun") upper left, 3 ("taxila hills") upper right, 1 ("sun") center left, 4 ("daphnia") lower right.

looks like a daphnia don't it?



reverse: pellet surrounded by 2 crescents and 2 arrow-type symbols (taxila symbol?)

Mitchiner ACW 4195-4197

post your weird indian coins if you would like!