HUGE Provincial

I never did get around to posting my other ex. stevex6 coin! I always liked this big SA provincial he had, so I snagged it up. Man, it's even sweeter in hand. Not in bad condition, if it were a nicer one..I couldn't afford it.

Has all sorts of things I like...HUGE at 35 mm, dated, crazy legend they can barely fit on the coin, cool reverse, former stevex...total winner!




Pontus, Amasia. Severus Alexander. 228-229 AD

O : Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, AYT K M AYP CЄOYHPOC AΛEΞANΔPOC. R: Altar above which eagle stands facing, head left; behind, Sol in facing quadriga, holding whip; left of altar, tree. AΔP CЄY AΛЄΞ AMACIA MHT NЄ ΠP ΠON / ЄT CKH (date, CY 228). Dalaison 56. 26.4 g, 35 mm. Ex. stevex6 collection.


Post any medallic provincials, SA provincials, Pontus stuff, dated coins....whatever your like!

 

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O, very nice! i love the reverse and the fact it was SteveX6's.....ya know, i always figured the Steve's last name was Essex..go figure....9_9...

 

Wow, Like a freakin medallion

 

The OP coin => Total Winner!

As Steve would say...

 

It would be more original if I posted other large Provincials but the Amasia type comes in Septimius and Caracalla, too. Both were issued 20 years earlier (ETCH) and have no quadriga.

 

Probably the easiest to find big Severus Alexander is the Antioch, Pisidia, AE33 with wolf. Note it is a Latin language colonial.

 

Nice big chunk of bronze with great detail and love tht patina, congrats I have been after one of that type for a while.The closest I have is this Pontus, Septimius
Septimius Severus, AD 193-211. AE29 (29 mm, 15,1 g). Pontus, Neocaesarea. AY K Λ CEΠ CEOYHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / KOI ΠON NЄO-KAI MHTPO, ЄT PMR, tetrastyle temple with wall visible in background, flaming altar within; date below. Rec Gen 13; SNG von Aulock 100.

 

Glad you gave a home to that one, Chris. I love that reverse type, and still need to get one of them. It's crazy how much it has going on with the altar, tree, eagle and quadriga.

Here's a massive 38mm provincial of Caracalla with(out) Geta.

CARACALLA [and GETA]
Medallic AE. 28.75g, 38mm. CARIA, STRATONICAEA, circa AD 209-211. Epitynchanontos, prytanis. SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG München –; SNG Tübingen –; cf. CNG 100, lot 1728; for c/m: Howgego 84. O: Confronted busts of [Geta - erased as result of damnatio memoriae] right and Caracalla left, both laureate, draped, and cuirassed; c/m: Bust of Caracalla right within incuse circle. R: Hecate standing facing, head left, sacrificing from patera [over altar] and holding torch.

And this Severus Alexander provincial, one of my favorites.

SEVERUS ALEXANDER
AE24. 6.97g, 24.6mm. TROAS, Alexandria Troas, 222-235 AD. Possibly unrecorded : SNG Cop –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG München –; cf. Bellinger A338 (obv A338, rev A225 Type 44). O: IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust left, holding spear & shield decorated with head of Medusa. R: COL AVG, horse grazing right, herdsman (Ordes?) behind holding pedum (shepherd's crook), tree to left, TROAC in exergue.

 

By coincidence I have just finished reading a section in Marvin Tameanko's Monumental coins on his theory regarding this coin, he believes it represents the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos interesting read if you're interested.

 

Biggest one I have:

Provincial Rome - Cilicia
Caracalla, r. 198-217 A.D.
Tarsus, AE Tetrassarion, 35.12 mm x 19.1 grams
Obv.: AΥT KAI M AYP CEYEPOC ANTΩNEINOC. Bust right, in robes of demiourgos, Π left and right
Rev.: ANTΩNEINIANH CEYHP AΔPIA. Emperor standing left, sacrificing over altar, wearing toga, A/M/K left, Γ/B right, TAPCOY/ΛN in exergue

 

Nice snag, Chris! Glad it went to family

Thanks for that information!

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Roman Egyptian drachms are of course huge but not particularly "medallic". Here's one that is more in that vein, and a current favorite


LYDIA, Philadelphia. Caracalla
Ioulianos, strategos
Æ 31, 16.7 gm, CE 198-217
Obv: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNЄINOC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: ЄΠI CTPA IOVΛIANOV A ΠOΛ ΦIΛΑΔЄΛΦЄΩN; horse prancing left surmounted by serpent coiled left
Ref: BMC 85. Rare.
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-these-exist-snake-cowboys.314032/

 

That's a huge one! Very nice, Chris.

 

Thanks everyone, and thanks for showing off your big'nes.

That's interesting. Did you notice doug's Caracalla has a little pyramid on top instead of an eagle?

 

Great coins all!

 

Could be but looks more like a lighted altar, which only reinforces Marvin's theory as why would you have an alter on top of an altar? to my way of thinking the main brickwork structure on the coin has to represent a building of some sort.

 

Every coin below is at least 30mm. I really like large provincials!


Caracalla
Æ30, 16.2g, 7h; THRACE, Serdica.
Obv.: AVT K M AVP CEVH ANTWNEINOC; Laureate head right.
Rev.: OYΛΠIAC CEΡΔIKHC; Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent in arms.


Caracalla
Æ30, 16.5g, 1h. THRACE, Augusta Traiana.
Obv.: AYT MAYPH ANTΩNINOC; Laureate head right.
Rev.: AYΓOYCTHC TRAIANHC; Cybele seated left on throne, holding patera and resting arm on drum; lion seated to either side.


Septimius Severus, 193 - 211 AD
Æ Assaria, 32mm, 15.31g, 8h; Thrace, Pautalia Mint.
Obv.: AV K A CEΠTI CEVHPOC ΠEP; Laureate head of Septimius right.
Rev.: OVΛΠIAC ΠAVTAΛIAC; Fourfold coiled serpent with erect head right.


PISIDIA, Antioch. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217.
Æ35, 25.8g, 6h.
Obv.: IVLIA A-GVSTA; Draped bust right.
Rev.: COL CES ANTIOCH; Mên standing facing, head right, left foot on bucranium, leaning on low cippus, holding sceptre and Nike; to left, cock standing left; S R across fields.


Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE30, 14.9g, 7h; Thrace, Pautalia.
Obv.: AVT K MAVP CEV ANTONEINOC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: OVΛΠIAC ΠAVTAΛIAC, Asklepios standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff.


Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE31, 16g, 12h; Serdica.
Obv.: AVT K M AVR SEVH ANTΩNEINOC Laureate head right.
Rev.: OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC; Apollo standing facing, head left, holding patera in right hand and palm-branch in left.

 

Thanks for sharing all your big provinicals!

Can I pile on my own thread? Why not!



ANTIOCH PISIDIA, GORDIAN III 238-244 AD

O:Laureate and draped bust of Gordian III right; R: Mên standing facing, head right, foot on a bucranium, holding scepter and Nike on a globe to the right, rooster to left "COL CAES ANTIOCH SR" SNG France 1207. 35 mm, 26.0 g.

 

I have the OP type:


37-35 mm. 12:00 die axis. 25.84 grams.
Same obverse die as the OP coin of @chrsmat71 (Note the die break connecting P and C at 11:30.)
Same ID as the coin OP coin.
Also, BMC Pontus, Amisia 39, page 12, plate II same obverse die and the same reverse die, but on mine the MHT at 4:00 is there which is not reported (in error) in BMC.
Price and Trell page 93 comments on the city and type. "Altar of Zeus Stratios with chariot of Helios above and sacred tree.
Sear Greek Imperial 375, coin photographed has different dies.

Any 35 mm or larger coin is impressive, even if it is not in great shape.

 

This coin from Ephesus although worn is very rare and big, Antoninus Pius with three temples and Artemis central. 35.6mm, 19gm, BMC 78, 235.

 

That’s my boy:


Caria, Mylasa
Geta as Caesar. AE 38. SNG von Aulock 2630
39mm, 20.33g
Much better in hands.
Highlands’ green patina!