provincial coins

please, post pictures of provincial coins that you bought this year..or best of your provincial coins..unfortuntely, this one is not mine..

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

For me, this is a DIFFICULT request.

EMPIRE PROVINCIALS:

I really do not collect Provincials! However, I did snare these due to their cool REVERSES:

RProv AE18mm 4.3g Elagabalus CE 218-222 Thrace Philippolis Moushmov 5423


RI Augustus 27BC-AD14 Æ20 5.5g 12h Apameia Phrygia Magistrate Attalos c 15BC Two corn-ears above maeander pattern RPC I, 3125 SCARCE


REPUBLIC PROVINCIALS:


RR Roman Occupied Macedonia Gaius Publilius, Questor Amphipolis Mint As AE26 As ROMA Griffin MAKEDONWN TAMIOV GAIOV POPAILIOV oak wreath BC 148-146 SNG COP 1318


RR Macedon occupation Alexander - Club Coin chest Quaestor Chair wreath Aesillas Quaestor AR Tet Thessalonika Mint BC 90-70

 

WOW, the OP is gorgeous!! I wonder if anyone here has an example...

Brian has superb examples posted just aboveand here are a few I purchased that immediately come to mind---featuring the Emperors Geta, Elagabalus and Claudius/Nero.

I just returned home with my new Toyota Corolla, so my newest coin purchases will be limited to one or two a month from now on and somehow that doesn't make me as sad as it normally would . My old Altima essentially 'died' on me at the dealership LOL

 

My "all time fav" provincial coin!


Gallienus of Perge, Pamphylia.
A.D. 253-268
Obverse: AVT KAI AV KAI PO LI GALLIHNO CEB, laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind; I (mark of value) before
Rev: PERGAIWN, Elpis advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt.
SNG France 579 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 4728 (same obv. die).

 

I'm Pleased with these 2 recent bought coins:


Not shure if its an As or Dupondius weighing 17 gram

My All time favourite:

 

There are thousands of wonderful Provincials that trade at prices I will never afford and tens of thousands so 'ordinary' I am not tempted to buy. In the middle are the ones I am happy to own. This category includes:
Coins of Alexandria. If I were honest I might say all my best 2017 coins were from Alexandria but for this thread I will show just one, a Septimius Severus tetradrachm with Serapis, to represent the city and the others I bought this year.


This scrappy remnant of Caracalla's hate for Geta from Stratonicaea may be the ugliest coin I bought this year or, perhaps, the most beautiful if you choose to see it that way. I have posted it so many times here there is nothing gained by repeating the story.


Not this year but recent is this bronze of Tomis by a young Caracalla. The dealer who provided it was a major supplier for my hobby over the last two decades and retired recently. As a parting gesture he showed me this coin an suggested I would appreciate it. I do. The reverse of this 4 assaria shows the Dioscuri reclining as if retired from their lives riding on the reverses of so many coins. I am fond of coins of Caracalla in his youth.


This little Geta assarion of Nikopolis introduced me to the Apollo Sauroktonos reverse and has as clear a lizard on the tree trunk as any I have seen. Through a series of correspondences the coin introduced me to friends who understood the appeal of the coin while most would prefer proof sets.


Of the Roman emperors who issued Provincials, one of the most Prolific was Gordian III here shown representing all his coins with wife Tranquillina on a coin of Tomis with the denomination mark erased from the die leaving a raised mound on the reverse. I would love to find a coin of this die before the erasure to prove whether the erased letter was E=5 or Δϛ (ligate)=4 1/2.


...and last but not least is one of my several Augustus/Agrippa dupondii of Nemausis which I bought at the beginning of 2013 when the crocodile fanaticism overcame me. I have shown better ones but this one was special because it came from a friend and has great surfaces despite the uneven strike and wear.

Unfortunately, it is not mine, either.

 

Here are three that I found in batches of uncleaned coins. This first one would have been a stunner if the green patina had stayed intact:

Marcus Aurelius
Caesar, A.D. 139-161
Augustus, A.D. 161-180
Provincial Bronze (AE26)
Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, before A.D. 161
Obv: AVPHΛIOC OVHPOC KAICAP
Rev: NEIKOΠOΛEITΩNΠPOC IC - Serapis, standing left, holding scepter and sacrificing with patera over altar.
Unlisted in Moushmov or RPC; unpublished?
26mm, 11.0g.

I've always had a soft spot for the bull-and-lion coins from Viminacium. Here's two:

Philip I ("the Arab")
Augustus, A.D. 244-249
Provincial Bronze (AE29)
Moesia Superior, Viminacium, A.D. 247-248
Obv: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG
Rev: P M S C-OL VIM - Moesia standing between bull and lion
ANVIIII in exergue
Varbonov 138
29mm, 14.3g.

This last one I like because an imperial Hostilian is difficult, and usually expensive, to acquire, but can usually be found in a provincial:

HostilianCaesar, A.D. 250(?)-251
Augustus, A.D. 251
Provincial Bronze (AE26)
Moesia Superior, Viminacium
Obv: C VAL HOST M QVINTVS C
Rev: P M S COL VIM - Moesia, standing between bull and lion
AN XII in exergue
Moushmov 55
25x27mm, 12.2g.

 

Two years ago I joined CoinTalk. It has influenced my collection quite a lot: I focused more on Roman coinage, especially Provincial - because of the artistic quality of some and wild eccentricity of other coins. I love to virtually visit (with Google Earth) places in Turkey that once were thriving little Roman Greek towns, of which I happened to have acquired an interesting ancient object.

This is my best (and most expensive) Roman provincial of 2017, an Alexandrian tetradrachm (22 mm, 13.89 gr.) of Gordian III, dated year 7 = 243/4. Gordian died in February 244 in or after a lost battle against the Persians near Ctesipon. On the reverse we see Tyche leaning left on a lectisternium, a dining couch imagining a banquet for the gods. It is one of the details of Roman imperial religion that's not so easy for me to understand.

The rudder is an attribute of Tyche, and so it looks as if she is lazily rowing in an opened box. But probably the Egyptian Romans didn't see it that way.

 

Well said---and a wonderful coin with a terrific reverse!

Here are a few other examples....none are mine

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?similar=4603903

 

I believe this counts. When I get home I can post a few more.

 

My last coin of 2017 is from the Roman Province of Syria :

Philip I the Arab (244-249 AD)
Æ 8 Assaria of Antioch, Seleucia and Pieria; 28.1mm, 12.175g, die axis 180o; 2nd issue, Antioch mint.
Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CΕΒ - Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip right, from behind.
Rev: ANTIOΧEΩN MHTPO KOΛΩN - Towered, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right, Δ-Є / S-C across fields, ram leaping right with head turned back above, star below.
Ref.: McAlee 977; BMC 527
Ex.: Lindgren from the Butte College Foundation

 

That's a nice one, with the 'towered lady' and the visible details.

One of my last coins of the year is this tiny provincial, a 13 mm Alexandrian dichalkon of Trajan, datable to 113/4. The reverse shows the mysterious hem-hem crown, pointing to a religious ritual. I love it when simple coins are in good condition.

 

To be honest, this is the only coin I own that bothers me a little. I got it fairly cheap ($30) and it has crazy high relief. I've often wondered if it is fake, but I think I'm being paranoid. I don't have any other reason to suspect it, other than it just sort of feels off. But no casting seam. I think it feels off because I lack experience with provincials.

Augustus
12-14 A.D.
AE 21 21 mm. 7.94 G. 0°

IMP CAESAR AVGVSTVS; bare head right.
COL IVL [COLONIA JULIA]; priest plowing with 2 oxen. Berytus was a colony founded by Julius Caesar. Present-day Beirut, Lebanon.

 

Thanks for the compliment. Some of the coins on this acsearch link may not be yours, but they are mine. One of the best auctions of the year - for me.

 

JUDAEA, Gaza. Hadrian AE 19 130-31 AD Heracles standing3 viewsReference.
RPC III, 4021;

Issue Year 2 = 191

Obv. Α ΚΑ ΤΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ СƐ
Laureate head right, drapery on left shoulder

Rev. ΓΑΖΑ Β ΕΠΙ
Heracles standing r., with club and lion-skin; to l., מ

6.15 gr
19 mm
12h

 

My last coin of the year is this one from the SteveX6 Collection:


RR Hd Juno Sospita R goat skin hddrss She-wolf R placing stick on fire eagle stndng fanning flames 45 BCE 19.0mm 4.07g Cr 472-1

 

Here is another and one of my favorite coins.


Trajan,‭ ‬AD‭ ‬98-117.‭ ‬
Æ19,‭ ‬5.3g,‭ ‬1h‭; ‬SYRIA,‭ ‬Seleucia Pieria.‭
‬Obv.:‭ ‬AVTOKΡ KAIC NEΡ TΡAIANOC AΡICT ΓEΡM ΔAK‭; ‬Laureate head right.‭
‬Rev.:‭ ‬СЄΛЄΥΚ ΠΙЄΡΙΑС‭; ‬Filleted thunderbolt set upon stool.‭
‬Reference:‭ ‬RPC III‭ ‬3785,‭ ‬BMC‭ ‬35.

 

I have a few Roman Provincial coins as I have not purposefully went and purchased many of them. That's going to change in the future as I like them quite a bit.



Roman Provincial Antioch ad Orontem - Syria, Herennius Etruscus Caesar (250-251 AD) BI Tetradrachm

Obverse: EPENN ETPOV ME KV ΔEKIOC KECAP, Barehead draped bust seen from behind three dots below.

Reverse: ΔHMAPX EΞOVCIAC, SC, Eagle standing left head left, wings spread, standing on palm, wreath in beak.

Reference: Mcalee 1153, Prieur 632

Ex: Kayser-i Rum Numismatics +photo



Roman Provincial Adramytion Mysia, Philip II (244-249 AD), AE

Obverse: M IOVΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC, Bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right.

Reverse: ΕΠΙ CTP AVP ΦABIANOV + city, EITΩN, Tyche standing left, wearing mural crown, holding patera and cornucopia.

Reference: Fritze Mysien 172, Kraft Systeme p.30 no.13, Waddington 629

Ex: Kayser-i Rum Numismatics +photo



Macrinus and Diadumenian AE27, 5 assaria of Markianopolis, Moesia Inferior, Magistrate: Consular Legate Pontius Furius Pontianus, 217-218 AD, 10.9g, 27mm

OBV: AV K OΠEΛ CEVH MARKRINOC K M OΠEΛ ANTΩNEINOC, Dual confronting busts of Macrinus and Diadumenian. Macrinus laurate and cuirassed bust right, Diadumenian bareheaded and draped bust left.

REV: YΠ ΠONTIANOY MAPKIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Bonus Eventus, head left, sacrificing from patera over altar, right hand holding branch, Epsilon field mark right.

REF: Varbanov I 1153 var (obverse legend)



Augustus & Agrippa AE Dupondius. Nemausus Mint, 20-10 BC. 11.2g, 26mm

OBV: IMP DIVI F, Back-to-back heads of Agrippa, wearing rostral crown, & Augustus, laureate.

REV: COL-NEM, crocodile chained to palm, wreath with long ties trailing above.

REF: RIC 155, Cohen 7, RPC 523, Sear (RCV 2000) 1730, aorta 580



Roman Provincial Hostillian, as Caesar, AE27 of Viminacium, Moesia Superior, 250-251 AD, 12.0g, 27mm

OBV: C VAL HOST M QUINTVS CAE, Bare-headed, cuirassed bust right, paludamentum visible from rear.

REV: PMS COL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head left, hands outstretched over a bull and a lion, AN XII in ex.

REF: Moushmov 54, Martin 4.01.14

Ex: Haik Ourfal



Roman Provincial Edessa, Mesopotamia, Gordian III (238-244 AD) with Abgar X Phraates, AE24 apx

Obverse: AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CЄ, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; star to right.

Reverse: Rev: ABΓAPOC BACIΛЄVC, Draped bust of Abgar right, wearing tiara; star to left.

Reference: BMC Arabia 144, SNG Copenhagen 225

 

I wish this coin was pleasing. I saw it online and passed on it. Then I saw it at the Whitman coin show in April. It looks even worse in hand than the picture. There is a filled-in hole! Yet at the show I couldn't resist it.

I was disappointed because I had driven four hours to go to the show and couldn't find anything in my collecting area. I inspected this coin because it is a nice mythological type with Perseus. The coin is 36mm in diameter. That doesn't seem much bigger than typical 32mm coins ... but the surface area and weight of an AE36 is nearly 27% greater than an AE32. The coin is huge. Even with the strange surface it is interesting to look at and hold. It also has an unusual bust type, showing Gordian wielding a shield with Medusa on it.


Cilicia, Tarsos, Gordian III (238-244 AD), Æ 36mm, 29.76g
Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC [CΕΒ] Π Π; Radiate and draped bust right, holding spear and shield, gorgonian and snakes on shield
Reverse: ΤΑΡCΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩC ΑΜΚ ΓΒ; Perseus standing left, holding statuette of Apollo Lykeios, harpe and Medusa head.
Reference: SNG Levante 1133-4, SNG Paris 1710

 

That would consist of about 90% of my purchases of the year, so at a guess of around 34 provencials in 2017.
I'll share a few now then more later
.

LYDIA, Hierocaesarea. Pseudo-autonomous.
Æ15, 2.0g, 6h; Time of Trajan-Hadrian, AD 98-138.
Obv: ΠЄΡСΙΚΗ; Draped bust of Artemis Persica right, with quiver over shoulder and bow and arrow at breast.
Rev: ΙЄΡΟΚΑΙСΑΡЄΩΝ; Lighted altar.
Reference: RPC III 1856; SNG von Aulock 2952.


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


Trajan, AD 98-117.
Æ10, 8.6g, 12h. SYRIA, Cyrrhestica, Cyrrhus.
Obv.: AVTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOS APIST CEB ΓEPM DAK ΠAΡΘI; Laureate head right.
Rev.: KYPPHC/TWN in two lines; A below; all within wreath.
Reference:Butcher 1; BMC 2; SNG Copenhagen 45 var. (B on reverse).


This will get me started arleast. I have more to pile on later