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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM
Coinage in the style of Alexander III
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin
REVERSE: AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; crescent in left field, monogram below throne
Kolophon, Macedonia 310-301 BC
19mm, 4.5g
Price 1827
ex. JAZ Numismatics

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PHRYGIA. Acmoneia. Nero, AD 54-68.
Æ19, 3.8g, 12h; c. AD 62; Lucius Servenius Capito, archon , with his wife Julia Severa.
Obv: NEPON KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ; Laureate head right; crescent before.
Rev: ΣEPOYHNIOY KAΠITΩNOΣ KAI IOYLIAΣ ΣEOYHPAΣ AKMONEΩN;
Zeus seated left, holding patera and scepter; EΠI APX above; to left, owl standing facing.
Reference: RPC 3174.
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Persian anything Persian

 

Sidon: Phoenicia under Persian rule: 4th century BC: obol
Obv: Galley waves Rx: standing Persian ruler holding a standing Lion. Phoenician letter ayin/circle between them;
Next theme: WAVES or WATER

 

PERSIAN


PERSIA Achaemenid Daris I-Xerxes II 485-420 BC AV Daric 14mm 8.3g LydoMilesian Sardes king wearing kidaris kandys quiver spear bow Incuse Carr Type IIIb Group A-B pl XIII 27

 

Phoenician god of the Sea " Yamm". Reverse shows waves under ship. 350- 400 B.C.
Next : Coin struck in Cyprus

 

Too late

 

So what I have figured is one daric equals 150 obols
one drachma=six obols
twenty-five drachmas equals one daric

 

Is that his name-"Yamm" in Phoenician letters? cool! Yam also means "Sea" in Hebrew.
"Yam (also Yamm) is the god of the sea in the Canaanite pantheon. Yam takes the role of the adversary of Baal in the Ugaritic Baal Cycle.

Yam (ים ym), the Canaanite word for "Sea" , is one name of the Ugaritic god of Rivers and Sea. Also titled ṯpṭ nhr "Judge River",[1] he is also one of the 'ilhm (Elohim) or sons of El, the name given to the Levantine pantheon." the letters yod-mem in Hebrew= Yam. I get from left to right- Nun/N-Yod/Y-Mem/m- "Neyam"?

 

The only coin I had from Cyprus is one of the two coins purchased on ebay that turned out to be FAKE. But even that was probably cast in Bulgaria anyway. Just a little humor here.

 

So what is the next category?

 

How about any deity- god or goddess of laughter? Momus, Comus, Iambe, Gelos or Risus(Roman). Or Thalia-muse of comedy.(Pan would work but we already have had him I think.) Above is the FAKE from Cyprus just to make it official. It was sent back but probably got lost at sea somewhere in a gale.

 

Here's a silver Tet which was struck in Cyprus under Emp. Caracalla. Prieur 1578 Next : Coin with hangnail.

 

Denarius of Antoninus Pius, Rx Pax
next theme: PAX

 

Septimius Severus Rome mint Pax - My hangnail coin was nicer but too late and a Fortuna.
Beard

 

Oops wrong pic anyways

 

Postumus BEARD and a Pax
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2nd Punic War coinage

 

2nd PUNIC WAR COINAGE:


Bruttium Carthage occup AR Half-Shekel 216-211 Tanit Horse SOLAR-O HN Italy 2016 SNG Cop 361-3


Bruttium Carthage occup AR Half-Shekel 216-211 Tanit Horse SOLARdisc HN Italy 2016

Next Theme: CELTIC

 

LOWER DANUBE CELTS
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: Stylized head of Herakles with wild hair, right
REVERSE: Stylized Zeus seated left holding an eagle, kantharus to left
Struck by the Lower Danube Celts, 2d-1st Century BC
2.9g, 20mm,
CCCBM I 217, Kostial 896
ex JAZ Numismatics

Next: Stylized portrait

 

Here's a cute one:

Constantine IV (668-685) decanummium, Constantinople mint, SB 1182.


Or going a little further afield, Paramaras of Malwa c. 1200, billon dramma. Gadhaiya style bust of the ruler facing right/A war scene depicting a horseman killing another warrior who is lying on the ground.


New theme: the Hindu pantheon

 

Kolchis: Diouscurias - before 70 BC: Pilei of the Dioscuri on Obverse; Rx Thyrsus
The Dioscuri were identical with the Hindu Aswins; the Horsemen driving the chariot of the Sun
Next theme: HATS Extraoridnaire