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O ya, i paid T en $ for Quintillus.. so you s Till got your way

 

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V is for Vima Tatko! (Soter Megas)


oops...reverse.

 

V is also for Vitellius.. with a bun even!...

 

W is for wreath:


Constantine I, AD 307-337
Roman Æ Centenionalis; 2.59 g, 18.4 mm
Aquileia, AD 321
Obv: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head right
Rev: D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, laurel wreath around VOT XX; ·AQ · below.
Refs: RIC vii, p. 404, no. 85; RCV 16216; Cohen 123.

 

..and W is also for Wayne G. Sayles and the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild, it's mission, members and board. (and those like me who donate to it)

 

X is for Xusro (an alternate spelling of Khusro):

Sasanian Empire, Xusro II (590-628 AD), AR drachm. Rayy, year 30.

 

Y is for Yadavas!




Yadavas of Devagiri (Mahachandra, 1261-1270AD), AR unit

O: lion to right? R: inscription? 10 mm, 2.1 g

 

And Z is for Zeus!

SICILY, Syracuse
AE Dilitron. 21.31g, 27mm. SICILY, Syracuse, Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 336 - 317 BC. Calciati 80; SNG Cop 725. O: [ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ], laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios left. R: [ΣYPAKOΣIΩN], horse prancing left.

 

Z is zebu!


Apollodotos I, Backtria, 174-165 BC
AR, drachm, 14mm, 1.4g
Obv.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΠOΛΛOΔOTOY SΩTHPOΣ; Elephant standing right, MI monogram below
Rev.: Maharajasa Apaladatasa tradarasa (Karosthi script); Zebu standing right, Karosthi legend around, MI monogram below

Dang, beat again...

 

Edit...ooops sorry...one of the mods please delete the post




V is for Vardanes

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Vardanes I (40-47 AD) A very rare type
AE Chalkous 11mm/1.8gr..
Obverse- Bust left with short beard, wearing diadem and spiral torque; hair in three distinct waves with earring visible; diadem pendants shown as three lines; circular border of pellets.
Reverse- Monogram ΜΤΘ; legend as dashes
Mint- Mithradatkart-Near modern Askabad in Turkmenistan.
Ref- Sellwood 64 type variant (ΜΤΘ monogram)

 

We should move on to numbers on coins. (year 13, officina 1)


ANA (officina 1)

Constantius II

Antioch, AE 2
DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, horseman standing left, spearing a fallen horseman who is bearded, hair in braids, clutching the horse's neck. Γ in left field. Mintmark ANA.
RIC VIII Antioch 135


YEAR 1


Otho Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria . YEAR 1
C. 69 AD
13.44g
25mm
obv. Otho laureate head right, LA before / rev. bust of Alexandria right in elephant skin headdress. RPC 5358. Dattari 324
Grey tone with good metal and detail. SCARCE
Ex John Casey Collection

 

Officina 2

Licinius I AE3 Follis. AD 318-320.

Obverse- IMP LICI-NIVS AVG, laureate bust right, wearing imperial mantle, holding globe, sceptre and mappa

Reverse-PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG, campgate with three turrets, no door,6 layers, Λ in right field.

Mintmark SMHB RIC VII #48 ( Heraclea mint 2nd oficina)

(Note: RIC wrongly describes the bust as facing left.)

 

Numbers, huh? Okay!

Can't decide so I'm posting two threes.

Antigonos III Doson


KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos III Doson, 229-221 BCE
struck 227-225 BCE, Amphipolis mint?
AR tetradrachm, 32 mm, 17.1 gm
Obv: wreathed head of Poseidon right
Rev: Apollo seated left on prow left, holding bow; monogram below.
Ref: Panagopoulou 50–3 var. (unlisted dies); EHC 436; Touratsoglou 52–3; SNG Saroglos 933; SNG Alpha Bank 1046; SNG Ashmolean 3266
Hmm, not sure why I haven't fancied up these images with the reflection template.

Alexander III


KINGS OF MACEDON, Alexander III
AR tetradrachm, 17.14 gm
late lifetime issue, struck in Aradus c. 324/3 BCE
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; I in left field; AP monogram below throne
Ref: Price 3325
ex Colosseo Collection (images by Colosseo Collection)

 

Killer of the Templars... France's PHILIPPE IV LE BEL :


FRANCE PHILIPPE IV LE BEL CE 1285-1314 AR 25mm GROS TOURNOIS À L'O ROND AR 25mm DUPLESSY 213 - Killed off Knights Templar Friday 13 October 1307

 

FIVE

A 5 mm coin:

MACEDONIA, uncertain
c. 500 BCE
AR trihemitetartemorion (trihemiobol), 5 mm, 0.26 gm
Obv: monkey squatting left
Rev: round shield or pellet within incuse square
Ref: "Uncertain Thraco-Macedonian Coins, Part II", Nomismatika Khronika (1998, Tzamalis), 67

Philip V:

KINGS OF MACEDON, Philip V
221-179 BCE
Tetrachalkon (AE 22 mm, 8.37 gm, 12 h), struck circa after 186
Obv: Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress
Rev: BA / Φ Two goats recumbent right; below, grain ear
Ref: Mamroth, Bronzemünzen 14c. SNG Alpha Bank 1090. SNG Copenhagen 1250.

Regnal year 5:

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian
billon tetradrachm, 22.5 mm, 12.9 gm
regnal year 5 (CE 120/1)
Obv: laureate head right, crescent in right field
Rev: Agathodaemon serpent standing erect right; L-E
Ref: Dattari-Savio plate 71, 1532 (this coin); RPC 5270; Emmett 803.5
ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)

 

Simply BEAUTIFUL lifetime Alexander TIF!!!

 

O..ya wanna play rough eh?!?... ok... (a coin of) Mithradates VI see?!?.. nyah!..became a household name in medicine and poetry..

 

I see your Mithradates VI and raise you a Kleopatra VII


EGYPT, Ptolemaic dynasty. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera
51-30 BCE
AE 40 drachmae
Obv: Diademed and draped bust right
Rev: KΛEOΠATPAΣ BΑΣΙΛΙΣΣHΣ, Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; double cornucopiae to left, M (mark of value) to right
Ref: Svoronos 1872; Weiser 184-5; SNG Copenhagen 422-4

 

Henry 8 Groat (note it uses an 8 not VIII)

 

Officina 9 (in this case 4+5=9) Anonymous Pagan Antioch