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Here is that Fatimids coin that got forgotten....

 

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Where is the symbol? I see a TR only. On mine is a half sun like symbol.

 

Sorry, I got the meaning wrong

 

I think it went awry before that - the Susa coin of Seleukos didn't fit the bill!

ATB,
Aidan.

 

True, but after 48 hours a new category should be started.

 

How about if we pick it up from the symbol in the exergue?
Two captives:

Constantine I
Lugdunum (Lyons) mint, A.D. 320
RIC 79 (var.)
Obv: CON-STANTINVS AVG
Rev: VICTORIAE LAET PRINC PERP - Two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT/PR above altar
P[2 captives]L in exergue
19 mm, 3.2 g.

Next Up: Cross-cultural god or goddess.

 

Cross-cultural god or goddess? How about Isis and Horus on a Roman coin?


Julia Domna, AD 193-211
Roman AR denarius, 3.61 g; 17.7 mm.
Rome, AD 201.
Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: SAECVLI FELICITAS, Isis standing right, foot on prow, nursing infant Horus.
Refs: RIC 577; BMCRE 75; Hill 504; Cohen 174; RCV 6606.

Next up: somebody named Julia.

 

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Julia Maesa
CE 218-224/5
AE 27, 12.71g (11h)
Obv: IVLIA MAE - SA AV[G] Draped bust right, wearing stephane
Rev: TVRIORVM Dido standing left on deck of galley sailing right, extending right hand and holding cornucopia in left; to left, sailor throwing sack of sand overboard; to right, sailor extending right hand and holding curved staff in left; stern decorated with a shield and aphlaston, [two murex shells] in exergue
Ref: CNG e320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 323 (same dies). Rouvier 2408

Next... rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub: post a galley carrying at least three people.

 

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ As (25mm, 10.26 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 124-128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / COS III above, S C in exergue, galley rowed right by three oarsmen: at the stern is a hortator and an arched cabin under a curved aplustre, at the bow a mast raking forward with flag and sails attached. RIC II 673. VF, green and brown patina, areas of roughness.
Ex Simon Shipp Collection.

Next: Hadrian’s travels

 

Denarius of Hadrian Rv Hispania Next coin one from Hispania or Spain

 

Spain. Bolskan/Osca. AE25-24. 10.73 grams. Second half of second C. B.C.

SNG Danish VII Bolskan 325. SNG BM2 Spain 734.

Next Theme: Single horseman

 

Philip II Actually a posthumous tetradrachm minted during the reign of Alexander III Next coin Coin of one of the later Macedonian kings

 

Later Makedon King


Makedon
Antigonus I Monophthalmus, 323 - 301 B.C., In the Name of Alexander the Great
AR Drachm, 3.906g, 16.5mm, die axis0o
Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint, c. 319 - c. 305 BCE
Obv: , Hd of Alexander R, clad in Nemean Lion scalp headdress tied at neck
Reverse AΛEΞAN∆POY, Zeus seated left on throne without back, nude to waist, himation around hips and legs, right leg drawn back, feet on footstool, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, ΣΩ monogram left, AT monogram under throne
Ref: Price1970, Müller Alexander 793, Prokesch-Osten II 84, SNG Cop-, SNG München-, SNG Alpha Bank
EX: Forum Ancient Coins

Next Up: Achaemenid

 

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire
AR Siglos. 5.5g, 15.3mm max. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III, circa 375-340 BC. Carradice Type IV, Group C (pl. XIV, 46); Meadows, Administration 326; Sunrise 33. O: Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left. R: Incuse punch.

Next: Coin of a Persian satrap

 

Datames. 385-362 BC, Tarsos AR stater Artemis/Ares with bull countermark of Ba'al that created a flat spot on the obverse

Next: Hmmm, lately there seems to be a trend to posting a next that only the poster collects so I'll suggest the next coin should be an unusual combination of two (or more) features on one coin either of which would make the coin special to you all by itself.

 

Lovely stater, @dougsmit !

This one has three such features:

1. It shows evidence of ancient coin manufacturing techniques, specifically that the flan was cast en chapelet, that is, using open or closed molds in which a number of mold hollows were connected by channels. Clear evidence for this method exists; the runners that connected the flans were not always completely removed.

2. I collect lifetime issues of Faustina I and this is one.

3. I collect Juno in all of her various guises, such as Juno Regina, Juno Lucina, Juno Martialis, etc.


Faustina I, AD 138-140.
Roman Æ as, 10.10 g, 27.1 mm, 11 h.
Rome, AD 139-140.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVG AN-TONINI AVG PII P P, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: IVNONI REGINAE S C, Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter; at her feet, peacock standing left, head right.
Refs: RIC 1091; BMCRE 1129-1130; Cohen --; RCV --; ERIC II 280.

Next up: Coin with a deity alongside his/her associated animal.

 

AV Dinara ND Peshawar Mint
Sasanian Princes former Kushan Empire
Ardashir I 240-70AD
Coin imitates Kushan Dinara of Vasu Deva I
reverse shows Siva with Bull "Nandi"
ex; Triton XIX Adams Coll.
Next topic: Sasanian Empire coin

 

Shapur II

Sasanian Kingdom AD 309-379. Drachm AR23mm., 4,04g.Bust of Shapur II right, wearing mural crown with korymbos and inner ribbon / Fire altar with ribbon and bust right in flames, flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown with korymbos, legend on altar shaft.very fine. Former Savoca

Next up: Severed head

 

Constantine I (again)
Cyzicus mint, A.D. 311-312
RIC 92, var.
Obv: IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG
Rev: SOLE IN-VICTO - Sol, radiate, wearing long robe and holding head of Serapis
MKV in exergue; Γ in left field
22 mm, 5.4 g.
(Note: Although RIC does not list this reverse type for Constantine, several specimens have appeared in recent years.)
Next: Atheletic event.

 

Aspendos AR stater wrestling / slinger


Nest: a coin with a countermark on each side