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Damascus is read on left field of reverse in this Arab Byzantine coin of the Standing Caliph series. I have another similar coin where Damascus is engraved on the right field. I need to clean it.
Next : VOT on reverse of Emperor Jovianus

 

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Can we just let this thread die? Please.

 

We'd rather ask big brother Bing about this. I don't mind either way.

 

Why?

 

I'm enjoying the thread. I think it can be ignored with the "thread tools" option if one does not want to follow it.

 

I agree

 

JOVIAN
AE3
OBVERSE: DN IOVIA-NVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, & cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: VOT V MVLT X in four lines across field within wreath; BSIRM
Struck at Sirmium 363-4 AD
3.0g, 20mm
RIC 118b

Next: Any VOT coin

 

@Bing you're not going to believe this. The coin you just posted is the EXACT coin I'm trying to attribute.

I just opened the bag, set the coin on the table and at the same time opened CT. An alert for your post was the first one I clicked - lol and behold, I'm looking at an exact clone of the coin sitting in front of me!!?!?!?!?!

 

My Votis XX



Next theme: Abstract portraits

 

Wyrd! (Wyrd is a concept in Anglo-Saxon culture roughly corresponding to fate or personal destiny)

 

Seems like a perfect word to describe what happened.

 

Britain, The Iceni, 65 – 1 BC
Silver Unit, 13mm, 1.25 grams

Obverse: Celticized head right, two trefoils before, triple pellets below.
Reverse: Horse rearing right, pellet below tail, wheel above, lozenge shaped box below.

Cost:
£15

References:
Van Arsdell 794 // ABC 2567 // SCBC 434

Provenance:
Purchased at the London Coin Fair, mid 1990’s

Next Theme: Coins cut in ancient times.

 

Man I would love to grab one of those! I wanted to get a coin from the Iceni as I lived in their territory.

 

Clipped in Britain or northern Gaul, during late antiquity or the early medieval period, possibly by the Saxons.

Eugenius, Western Roman Empire
AR siliqua
Obv: D N EVGENIVS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped, bearded, cuirassed bust right
Rev: VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and reversed spear
Mint: Milan or Trier
Date: 392-394 AD



Next theme: Western Roman Empire 380-410 AD

 

I believe this was 383 AD. Western?


Aelia Flaccilla AE4.
AEL FLAC-CILLA, draped bust with elaborate headdress, necklace and mantle / SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Victory seated right, inscribing a chi-rho on shield set on narrow column.

Next theme: More Western Roman Empire 380-410 AD

 

I wonder if you mean "coin" or "type"? Do you mean it is a different coin of the same type and variety?

 

Going by her mints on WW, if it was Siscia on yours, then yeah it would be western. I can't tell on your coin, but even if it wasn't, your next theme kind of renders the whole question moot for the purpose of this thread

 

The coin looked exactly like the one posted by @Bing - the legend, bust, reverse, mint, all of it. I didn't mean to imply that I had somehow ended up with that exact coin he posted. This is another of the same tyro and variety.

 

How about posting it? I would like to see it. Maybe in it's pwn thread?

 

No, it is a magic coin that can be in 2 places at once. Actually 3 places, I have it too. Want to buy it from me? Only 4 grand, a steal. And you can sell it twice and still keep it!