Hello everyone! I wanted to share with you my recent purchase from our own Ken Dorney, a provincial...or is it more correct to say pseudo-autonomous coin (?) from the time of Gallienus: Pisidia, Termessos Major, Time of Gallienus, 253 - 268 AD AE 9 Assaria, 29mm, 14.17 grams Obv.: TEΡMHCCEΩN AVTONOMΩN Θ; aureate head of Zeus right. Rev.: TΩN MEIZONΩN / Θ in left field; Tyche standing left wearing kalathos and holding rudder and cornucopia. This coin immediately caught my eye with Zeus muscular build and and apparent high relief in the portrait and legend. Taken from Ken's listing "Unpublished and very rare. Two examples previously sold, Divo Hess AG Auction 317, Lot 386 and Numismatik Lanz Auction 144, Lot 259." From acsearch: Divo Hess AG Auction 317, Lot 386 (not a paying member, so no hammer price) https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=875062 From Lanz: Numismatik Lanz Auction 144, Lot 259 Hammer $292 http://www.lanzauctions.com/coin.ph...GscNZ+9YpErOlwfibgqnWeuN3Kuh/fN3wKgKULyY=#n66 I do not own any references but looking at Wildwinds there is a similar coin, however the obverse legend is different. Here is the coin from Wildwinds: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/pisidia/termessos_major/SNGFr_2190.jpg Termessos Major, Pisidia, AE31. AD 238-268. TEΡMHCCEΩN Θ, laureate head of Zeus right / TΩN MEIZONΩN, Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopiae, Θ in left field. SNG France 2190-2191; Paris 885. After purchasing the coin, I was poking around and was quite taken in by other from the same time and I'm hoping to further expand my collection into this area. Oh, my new coin also reminded me of this coin already in my collection: LYDIA, Bagis. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Æ28, 9.1g, 6h; AD 200-268. Obv.: CVNK–ΛHTOC; Youthful male bust of the Senate right. Rev.: KAICAPЄΩN BAΓHNΩN; Apollo standing right, holding lyre. Please feel free to share your coins from the time of Gallienus or any other pseudo-autonomous coinage!
I just recently got a Gallienus! Gallienus, Antoninianus, Rome, 21mm, 3.62g. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right Rev: ABVNDANTIA AVG, Abundantia standing right, emptying a cornucopiae. B in left field. RIC V-2 157; RSC 5a; Cunetio 1159; Goebl 660q1.
What a great addition to your collection, @Jwt708 ! That's a hefty one -- bigger than the imperial sestertii of that time period.
Nice coins everybody. It's only since joining coin talk 2 years ago that I have come to appreciate the Gallienus era. Lots to choose from and interesting types. After a scary interval with the Post Office, I just got a new Gallienus pseudo-autonomous from Troas featuring my avatar Marsyas. I haven't quite figured it out yet, but it appears to be a variety of Bellinger 497A - there is sort of a strange C/G to the right of Marsyas's feet that I haven't seen yet - but I'm just digging in:
Fabulous acquisition, @Jwt708! Aren't provincials fun? Here's an assortment of pseudo-autonomous issues: CAPPADOCIA, Caesaraea Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Trajan AE 13 mm, 3.3 gm Obv: turreted and draped bust of Tyche or city goddess to right Rev: pyramid; ЄTIϚ (date) below; uncertain mark or object to left; MO-YΛ (I'm not sure of those letters and there may be more letters at ~12:00, mostly off flan) Ref: (pending) MYSIA, Pergamon CE 40-60, time of Caligula to Nero Æ15, 3.2 gm, 12 h Obv: ΘЄON PΩMHN; bust of Roma with mural crown right. Rev: ΘЄON CYNKΛHTON; laureate bust of Senate right. Ref: RPC 2374; SNG Aul.1385 Syria, Antioch ad Orontum 56-57 AD Pseudo-autonomous issue under Nero AE18, 4.35 gm. Antioch mint. Obv: ANTIOCEWN; turreted and veiled head of Tyche right Rev: EPI KOUADRATOU; ram leaping right, head reverted; crescent moon and star which may depicts Jupiter's occultation of Aries in 6 B.C. Ref: SNG Cop 101
Yes! Most of the coins I've been after are provincials...about a third of the coins I've purchased over the last two years have been provincial. 2018 was a pretty lean year with only 10 coins bought...I meant to do a top ten...
A little update to this thread, last night I emailed Dane at Wildwinds with my coin and she posted it! My first coin published on Wildwinds! Wildwinds is a great resource for looking up coins. I've used it to help fill in gaps on coins I have when I couldn't read the inscription or tell what something is. I'm happy my coin got added and I feel like I helped contribute something. http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/pisidia/termessos_major/t.html Prokesch 1854 p58 (1)
