Ancient Camels?—Show em' if you got em'

Actually I don't exactly have em' yet
It's in the mail and I'm anxious to get it. I'm expanding my Judaean collections to include first century Roman Judaean provincial and Judaea capta. $$$ Stand by for more updates! Thanks for your support!

 

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OOooooh, very nice!!

 

Looks expensive. Very nice coin, deacon.

Here is my camel. Notice the similarities between yours and the M. Scaurus denarius.

 

I have many, as I collect ancient Silk Road coinage and Bactrian camels were indispensable for it. Here is one, but its Roman. I did a posting on it a while back. What makes it particularly interesting is that its a Bactrian camel struck in Arabia. The only guess why would be Bostra was a destination for the Silk Road along with the Spice Road from Arabia, thereby being a very powerful trading city.

 

M. AEMILIUS (POMPEY Victory v ARETAS ); GENS AEMILIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: M . SCAVR / AED CVR above king Aretas kneeling beside a camel r., EX on ,S . C on right, REX ARETAS in ex
REVERSE: HYPSAE (vs) / AED CVR above Jupiter in quadriga left, CAPTVM on right, c. HYPSAEVS cos PREIV (ER) in ex. scorpion below horses
Rome 58 BC
3.1g, 17mm
Cr422/1a; Syd 912

A PLAUTIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS PLANCIA
AR Fouree Denarius
OBVERSE: Turreted hd of Cybele right, A PLAVTIVS before, AED CVR SC behind
REVERSE: supplicant offerng palm-branch, camel behind; IVDAEVS before, BACCHIVS below
Rome 55 BC
18mm, 3.2g
Cr431/1, Syd 932, Hendin 741, Plautia 13

TRAJAN
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: AYT KAIC NEΡ TΡAIANO CEB ΓEΡM, laureate head right
REVERSE: ΔHMAΡX EΞ UΠAT Γ, Arabia standing left holding branch and cinnamon sticks, camel to left at feet.
Struck at Caesaria, Cappadocia, or Bostra, Arabia, 100 AD
3.45g 18mm
Sydenham183
ex Ken Dorney

 

Thanks for posting, Bing. Your second image is a version of the same coin. Very interesting!

 

Trajan, 98 - 117 AD
Silver Drachm, Arabia, Bostra Mint, 18mm, 3.05 grams
Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan left.
Reverse: Camel standing left.
Metcalf, Tell Kalek 20 // Kindler Pl. VI, 12
Very rare.

 

@Deacon Ray ! WOW, nice coin! Well done!

My Camels:


RI Trajan CE 98-117 AR drachm Struck CE 114-116 Arabia Petraea Bostra - Camel SNG ANS 1158


RR Aemilius Scaurus and Plautius Hypsaeus 58 BC AR Denarius camel scorpion quadriga 4-1g 19mm Rome Cr 422-1b

 

That's an ancient! Same package design as the one that the World War One Doughboys carried with them to France a hundred years ago.

 

Excellent camel Deacon Ray

My somehow smoked camel "brown grey patina"


M. Aemilius Scaurus and P. Plautius Hypsaeus. Denarius Rome mint, 58 BC
M SCAVR AED CVR In two lines above camel, EX | SC, in exergue REX ARETAS, King Aretas of Nabataea, kneeling right beside a camel, holding an olive branch
P HVPSAEVS AED CVR in two lines, CAPTVM in the right field, C HVPSAE COS PREIVER in two lines, Jupiter driving a quadriga left, holding a thunderbolt
Ref : RCV #379

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@Deacon Ray excellent camel.

@medoraman sigh. Still not quite over it
My only camel

More rare than the "with scorpion", but I think I would like the scorpion one better.

 

Beautiful coin, Sallent! The chariot is spectacular! Maybe next pay day!

 

One of these is on my short list Ray, thanks for sharing that pretty example!

 

I need to get me one of those.

Camels are awesome!

Erin

 

I need to get me one of those.

Camels are awesome!

Erin

 

You've really peaked my interest! Looking forward to what you will be acquiring!

Very nice 'camel' coin too!

 

For any camel afficianados, here are the camels I own:

Bostra, Bactrian camel
Bostra, small Arabian camel
Sogdia, Bactrian camel with fire alter reverse
Sogdia, Bactrian camel with tamgha reverse
Kushan, Bactrian camel, (small and large module)
Roman Republic, 3 different Arabian camel types, (all three shown in this thread)

I sure there are a lot more, but that is my camel mini-collection.

 

I prefer @Ken Dorney 's and @medoraman 's hybrid, die match denarius


And I have this Aemilius. I need to reshoot this.