Coins you rarely post (or have yet to show)

Wow, some awesome stuff in this thread like VK's pentanummium, Orfew's Cato Uticensis, and Zumbly's lavender tet. To think I might not have seen them otherwise, and all the other stuff too! (Actually, I think I've seen Orfew's but very happy to see it again!)

Too right!!!

Here are some others that don't get out enough.

Pallavas of Kanchipuram: Mahendravarman I (600-630). The Pallavas became a major power during his reign, and dominated the Telugu and northern parts of the Tamil region for about 600 years until the end of the 9th century.


Mughal: Sher Shah Suri (1538-1545), rupee, AH 946. I believe this is the second year of the rupee, though I haven't yet seen an AH 945 myself.


Abbasid Revolution (744-751), AR dirham, AH129 (746-747), struck by partisans of 'Abd Allah b. Mu'awiya, an Aliid. Album 206.1.


Zengid: Badr al-Din Lu'lu (1233-1259), AE dirham, struck in Mosul 1233-34 (AH 631). The first former slave to rise to the level of Sultan, Lu'Lu' helped Hulagu in his campaigns in Syria, leading the latter to spare Mosul in the Mongol invasion, which included the catastrophic sack of Baghdad in 1258.


Golden Horde: Anonymous (1270-1310) 1/5th dirham (0.25g). Golden Horde tamgha/six-petaled flower. Album B2020 (RR).


Odo, elected king of the Franks (888-898), and the first king of the Robertian dynasty. (The Capets were a cadet branch of this family.) He was nearly the only Carolingian to have marked success against the Vikings, successfully defending Paris from them in 885-86.


OK, better stop now...

 

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Probably coins from lesser known eras and regions.

Elymais


Nabataea

 

OK- this one is in honor of the guy that the Native Americans discovered lost on the east coast who had set out from Spain in 1492 to discover a new route to the land of spices.
It may also be good to start a new thread- "THE WORST LOOKING ANCIENTS YOU OWN"
Spain, Carteia AE Semis
Circa 1st Century BC
Obverse: Head of Zeus right
Reverse: Dolphin swimming right, S before, crescent above; CARTEIA in exergue
Rarity: Extremely Rare Right Facing Zeus Variety (Compare to AB 649 for similar type)
Size: 19mm, 6.32g

I'm not sure if it is as rare as it is said to be, but it is kind of a one of kind in this dogged state no doubt. I very much like the dolphin and the moon however.

 

Here are some I don't think I've shown:

 

wow- that last one is a beauty! Is that Libera? nice tone also
I found it - VESTA - very nice issue!

 

SATRAPS OF CARIA, MAUSSOLLOS
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: Head of Apollo facing slightly to the right
REVERSE: Zeus standing right, holding labrys and spear
Struck at Caria 377-353 BC
3.50g, 14mm
Sear 4956

IBERIAN
AE As
OBVERSE: Diademed male head right.
REVERSE: Sphinx standing right, raising forepaw; star above paw, letter below
Struck at Castulo Early 2d century BC
33mm, 25.3g
CNH pg. 332, 9; Burgos 697

PERGAMON, MYSIA AE20
OBVERSE: Bust of Athena right wearing triple crested helmet
REVERSE: AQHNAS NIKHFOPOY, trophy of armor, PERG monogram to lower right
Struck at Pergamon 133-27 BC
4.11g, 20mm
SNG France 1880-2

 

For some reason, I haven't posted this 'dude' in quite a while----most of the others would be very low grade examples with crappy photos...and those of little interest to others like brockage or fourree types....

 

Nice idea for a thread. Hmmm... Some of my unposted or scarcely posted coins:


RR denarius 88 BCE Cn Cornelius Lentulus Sear 254 Craw 345-1


RR Anon 157-156 Triens - very rare - agora - craw 198b-3 sear 989


RR Double Litra 275-270 BCE AE Dilitra Diobol Semuncia Apollo-Lion Crawford 16-1a


RR L Licinius Crassus Cn Domitius Ahenobarbus 118 BCE NARBO Serrated Attic Helmet Gallic Biga Sear 158 Craw 282-3


RR Marcius C Fabius L Roscius AR Denarius 118-117 BCE Roma Quadriga


RR L and C Memmius L F Galeria 87 BCE AR Denarius Saturn harpa EX S C Venus Biga Cupid Sear 262 Craw 349-1


RR M Vargunteius 130 BCE AR Denarius Roma Jupiter slow Biga Sear 133 Craw 257-1


RR Allius Bala 92 BCE AR Den Diana Biga Stags Sear 221 Craw 336-1


RR L Julius 141 BCE Roma XVI Diascuri Gallop S 100 Cr 224-1

 

Here's another one I've not shown yet

Mn. Cordius Rufus. 46 B.C. A denarius (18 mm, 3.80 g). Rome. RVFV[S · III · VIR] behind, heads of the Dioscuri right, wearing pilei surmounted by stars / MN_ · CORDIV, Venus Verticordia standing facing, head left, Cupid on her shoulder, holding scales and scepter. Crawford 463/1b

 

My Rufus is pretty grody, and I never really have the chance to post it either!


RR Cordius Rufus 46 BCE AR Denarius Jugate Dioscuri Venus scales Sear 440 Craw 463-1

 

I have never posted this coin before because I don't know what it is.


Euboea, Chalkis (?), 1.28g, AE11
Obv: Female head wearing triangular earring right
Rev: Cross or Χ (Chi) upon circular shield
ref: Pozzi 3359ter, otherwise perhaps unpublished
ex-CNG, Triton VI, January 2003, lot 1563 (part of) "David Freedman collection". Described as 'Uncertain, possibly Selge'.

This mystery has a nice glossy patina. I have owned it for nearly fifteen years. It came out of a group lot that included another coin I needed.

At first I could not identify it but then I found a similar coin in Boutin's catalog of the Pozzi collection. Serge Boutin placed it under Chalkis perhaps because of the symbol on the shield.

A few months ago a poor specimen of this tiny coin sold on eBay Germany. I recall it went for $100+ so perhaps the buyer knows what it is and really wanted it. I wish I knew what it was. Every few years I search for "Chalkis", "Selge", "shield", "triangular earring" and "patera" but I haven't seen another match.

 

I've fallen quite far behind on posting new purchases. Here are a couple recent ones:

An Alexander distater (16 grams, not the usual 8)


Mithradates VI:


100 litrai:

 

Too many projects for me to post a lot. Recent purchase of a scarcer usurper from HJB.

Antiochus Hierax
Mint: Alexandria Troas
AR Tetradrachm
242 to 227 BC
Obvs: Diademed head of Antiochus Hierax with prominant cheekbone.
Revs: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r., ANTIOXOY on l., partially nude, with slight drapery on thigh, Apollo seated l. on omphalos, testing arrow and resting l. hand on grounded bow that has pellets that symbolize the handle. Horse symbol in exergue and two control monograms in left field.
29x30mm, 16.35g
Ref: Sear GCV 6919, SC Vol.1 877.2

 

A couple that I haven't shared in a while. The first is a rare variety of the "CROT" victoriatus issue without the "CROT" on the reverse.


A sextans of the "Bull and MD" series, ex McCabe, RBW and Goodman collections. It's not a pretty coin but few of the examples of the type are so I'm happy to have it and it's a great illustration of how two-sided molds were used to make flans during this period and how coins would look if the halves were misaligned.

 

Why have you not shown these? I have no records on which coins I have shown and which I have not but I usually figure few people would be interested in the things I have and have not shown. I note that no one here cares in the least about Pescennius Niger. I recently posted my better one but I don't know if I have ever shown #2 (he tries harder, really he does).

I would love to see others like this BONI EVINTV(S?) but have no reason to think there are any. There are many dies and few coins (common ones may exist by the dozen but there are many spelling variations like this that are not in common catalogs). Many people here spend more than this price level on other coins but Pescennius gets no respect.

 

Awesome coins, @ValiantKnight ! The Justinian coins are particularly interesting because we don't see coins of that period very often. The Hieron II and the Maroneia are great—nice horse images. I did a double take on the Maine denier. Ninety-nine percent of the time when we—North Americans—see the word Maine in print we think of the lobster state—pronounced Lobstah' if you're from Down East like myself. Anyway we forget that the State's name honors that of the Maine Province of Normandy. Great to see you posting again!

 

Here are a few that I haven't posted, a couple that I haven't identified...
I know what this is - just posting it 'cos i'm just happy with the way the photo' came out! Syracuse tetradrachm - SNG ANS 664. Kore/Persephone has a bad dose of acne. The reverse (Nike constructing a trophy) isn't great, so here's just the obverse:


This is a nice diobol of Arados, which I can't locate at the moment:


I don't know what this is - it weighs about 0.6g and is small - it looks like a male head left on the obverse and there is something in the incuse square on the reverse. It could even be another head. I believe it's from somewhere in Asia Minor and I've had it for maybe 12 years. Any ideas gratefully received.


I think this is a hemidrachm from Maroneia, but haven't seen anything exactly like it yet. It's got the forepart of a horse left on the obverse and a sail pattern on the reverse. It weighs 2.0g and is ~11mm in diameter. Again, if anyone has a reference, it'd be great - thx.


This is a recent acquisition and the photo' lighting is much too harsh and the contrast too high - it's actually very nice and doesn't really look golden.
Crawford 71/1a.


Not my photo', so it looks better - the reverse is off-centre and loses the SICIL part of the legend. Crawford 401/1.



I think this was once in a slab, as it was sold by Heritage in 2014, but had been freed by the time I got it in 2015 - Cr. 344/1b:

 

Looks like an obol of Kebren:
https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=317107

 

Thanks, @zumbly - it certainly might be - I'll dig it out and have a look again.

 

The one you think is from Maroneia is very like this from CNG, which they give as Maroneia too, but I believe the attribution is not altogether certain.
https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=316968
It does look like a sail-pattern in the reverse of your coin, but I suspect it may look that way as a result of wear.