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Probus 276-282 AD mint of Cyzicus (CM)


Next: a coin bearing the initial of this mint in Greek (K)

 

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Diocletian
Cyzicus
27 mm. 9.78 grams.
KΓ in exergue
RIC Cyzicus 12a "c.295-296"

Next: Diocletian, not a follis.

 

Edited. Valentinian beat me to it.

Diocletian:


Diocletian, AD 284-304
Roman AE Antoninianus; 19.4 mm; 3.32 gm
Cyzicus mint, AD 293-94
Obv: IMPCCVAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and draped bust, r.
Rev: CONCORDIA MILITVM, Emperor standing r., receiving Victory from Jupiter standing l., Γ in field, below; XII in exergue.
RIC 306; Cohen 33; RCV 12635; Hunter iv 60-62.

Next: Concordia or Homonoia.

 

Denarius " AN" 194-190 B.C. Craw 136/1 Next coin Luna

 

LUNA on a rough denarius


RR Anon 189-179 BCE AR Denarius Roma Luna driving Biga Sear 69 Craw 158-1

Next up: TRIGA

 

Looks like I am out of order I guess by rights the next coin should be Concordia Next coin Triga

 

Hope this fixes everything Sorry

 

Here's a triga, C. 382/1b - its only saving grace is that it's from the Haeberlin Collection, sold in 1933.



Next... something with an old provenance.

 

Ptolemy I Tetradrachm CNG Triton XXII MH Basel Auction 4 Lot 949 October 1 1935 Next coin Egypt

 

Ptolemy I Soter

305-282 BCE. Æ (15mm, 3.85 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck after 294 or 289/8 BC. Diademed head of Alexander the Great right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings displayed.

Next up: Your favorite Alexander the Great

 

Okay Stater of Alexander III minted 323 B.C. Babylon. Next coin Babylon

 

Babylon...


Head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck

Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, eagle in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, right leg drawn back, ΦIΛIΠΠOY downward on right, BAΣIΛEΩΣ in exergue, radiate head of Helios facing on left, KY under throne

Struck under Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I,

c. 323 - 317 B.C

Babylon mint, 17.056g, 29.2mm, die axis 90o,

Price P205, Müller Alexander P117, SNG Cop 1083, SNG Alpha Bank -, SNG Saroglos -



Next up Terina

 

BRUTTIUM, Terina
AR Drachm. 2.17g, 15mm. BRUTTIUM, Terina, circa 300 BC. SNG ANS 865; cf Holloway & Jenkins 116 (obv); 112 (rev); BMC 32; Manchester 364; Hart 134. O: TEPINAIΩN, Head of the nymph Terina right, triskeles behind. R: Nike seated left on cippus, holding bird in her hand; TE monogram before.
Ex Frank James Collection

Next: Cippus

 

Philip I Sestertius 249 A.D. RIC 157a Part of the Secular games issue Next coin animal

 

Troas Dardanos
AR Hemitartemorion
5mm, 0.07g
Forepart of horse / Rooster


Next coin: Weighs less than 0.1g

 

Syracuse hexas 5mm 0.05 but a part of that is loss to damage/exfoliation,

Next: another small silver coin marked with the denomination

 

Here is a small silver coin marked with its denomination. It's a two dot:


THRACE, Thasos
AR Obol
435 - 411 B.C.
0.50 grams, 8 mm
Obv: Two dolphins swimming
Top dolphin to rt bottom to left
with pellet above & below
Rev: Quaripartite incuse punch
Grade: a VF
Other: Rosen Collection 146, Lockett 1224, Ex (Lewis Egnew Collection) Superior 30 May 1995 lot 7224, Ex Harlan Berk, Allen Berman Dec 2014

Next coin should have a dolphin or two.

 

Lucius Verus, 161 - 169 AD
Æ19, Thrace, Coela Mint, 19mm, 3.89 grams

Obverse: Uncertain legend, Bare headed bust of Lucius right.
Reverse: AN • N • COELAN, Prow of galley right decorated with two dolphins on the side, the acrostilium decorated with a stellate pattern of six dots, two uncertain objects above.

References:
Unpublished.

Provenance:
CNG 390, February 2017, Lot 310.
Tom Cederlind List 146, 136 and 119.

Notes:
Possibly unique.

Next: A depiction of Semasia.

 

Looks like we need a new one.

 

OK. How about coinage of the Roman mines?