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  1. ValiantKnight

    ValiantKnight Well-Known Member

    Under Yazid II, Umayyad Caliphate
    AR dirham
    Obv: (center, in Arabic) "There is no God but Allah. He has no equal"
    (in margins, in Arabic) “In the name of Allah. this Dirham was struck in Wasit in the year two and one hundred” (AH 102)
    Rev: (center, in Arabic) "Allah is One God. The eternal and indivisible, who has not begotten, and has not been begotten and never is there His equal"
    (in margins, in Arabic) “Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it”
    Mint: Wasit
    Date: 720-721 AD
    Ref: Klat 695

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    Under Al-Mansur, Abbasid Caliphate
    AR dirham
    Obv: Kufic legends: There is no deity except God alone He has no equal (in center); In the name of God. This dirham was struck in Madinat al-Salam year 155 (in margins)
    Rev: Kufic legends: Muhammad the Messenger of God (in center); Muhammad is the messenger of God. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it (in margins)
    Mint: Madinat al-Salam (struck 771-772 AD)
    Ref: Album 213
    Size: 25 mm wide

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  3. ValiantKnight

    ValiantKnight Well-Known Member

    Change of theme: silver Byzantine coin.
     
  4. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

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    BYZANTINE EMPIRE. Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine
    AR Hexagram. 6.42g, 25mm. Constantinople mint, AD 615-638. DOC 64; Hahn MIB 140; Sear Byzantine 798. O: ∂∂ NN hЄRACLIЧ Єτ hЄRA COnS, Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine seated facing on double throne, each crowned and holding globus cruciger; cross between. R: ∂ЄЧS A∂IЧτA ROmANIS, cross potent on globe above three steps; K to right.

    Next: 7th Century Sasanian silver
     
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  5. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

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    Khusro II: 591-628 (Son of Khusro I)

    AR Drachm, Year 14 (603/604), Ram-Hormizd GDH apzwt | hwslwb
    Facing bust, head right, wearing winged crown with star and crescent, inside double dotted-border, crescents with stars at 3, 6 and 9 o'clockAPD in lower-right margin chldh | RAM Fire altar with two attendants standing facing, both hands on sword hilt, crescents on heads, all inside triple dotted-border, crescents with stars at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock
    31mm x 33mm, 4.12g
    Göbl SN, Xusro II, IIb/3 (Plate XIII/211-215); Valentine 50

    Next up: a different silver winged hat
     
  6. maridvnvm

    maridvnvm Well-Known Member

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    L Papius Denarius Serratus

    Obv:– Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin tied under chin. Behind head, Harpa
    Rev:– Gryphon running right; in ex., L. PAPI.; in field, Winged Petasos
    Minted in Rome from . B.C. 79.
    Reference(s) – RSC Papia 1. RRC 384/1. RCTV 311.
    Symbol variety – RRC 150. Babelon 149. BMCRR -.

    Symbols of Mercury

    Next up: Another harpa
     
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  7. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Harpa on a tiny bronze:

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    Perseus, 179-168 BC
    Greek AE 14.8 mm; 2.77 g
    Macedonia
    Obv: Macedonian shield; wheel-ornament in center.
    Rev: ΒΑ-ΠΕ above and below harpa, star below.
    Refs: Sear Greek 6809; SNG Cop 1281; Lindren II (Europe) 1339; Gaebler 12.5.36.

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  8. maridvnvm

    maridvnvm Well-Known Member

    Augustus Denarius

    Obv:– CAESAR AVGVSTVS, Bare headed bust of Augustus right
    Rev:– Round shield inscribed S • P • Q • R/CL • V in two lines
    Minted in Spanish mint (Emerita?). 19-18 B.C..
    Reference:– RIC I Augustus 42a. RSC 294.

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    Next up:- Coin from a Spanish mint
     
  9. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Castulo, Spain AE28
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    Next: Other weapons as the major design element (no people using weapons allowed)
     
  10. R*L

    R*L Well-Known Member

    Troas, Birytis Æ11 c. 4th Century BC. 11mm., 1.37g. Head of Kabiros left, in pileus; star on either side of pileus. B-I P-Y in two lines to left and right of club, all within laurel wreath.

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    Next: Herakles (or Hercules if you prefer) holding his club
     
  11. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

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    NERO
    AE
    OBVERSE: NERWN KLAYDIOS KAISAR GER, draped bust right
    REVERSE: QYAT-EIRH/NW-N, labrys (double axe)
    Struck at Thyateira, Lydia, 55AD
    2.97g, 17mm
    RPC 2381; SNG von Aulock 3216; BMC 58; SNG Copenhagen 595;
    SNG Munich 612; Weber 6931; Mionnet VII 596; Lindgren I 834

    Next: Nero
     
  12. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Too late: Next up "Herakles (or Hercules if you prefer) holding his club"
     
  13. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

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    MAXIMIANUS
    AE Follis. 10.5g, 26.7mm. Alexandria mint, 1st officina, AD 304-305. RIC VI 38. O: IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, laureate head right. R: HERCVLI VICTORI, Hercules standing slightly right, head left, holding club and apples, with lion skin draped over arm; S in left field, P over A in right field, ALE in exergue.

    Next: Maximianus, struck during his second reign.
     
  14. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

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    MAXIMIANUS
    AE Antoninianus
    OBVERSE: IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right
    REVERSE: FELIX ADVENT AVGG N N, Africa standing facing, looking left, wearing elephant-skin headdress, holding standard and elephant's tusk, lion with captured bull at feet, H in right field, mintmark PKB
    Struck at Carthage. AD 298
    9.1g, 28mm
    RIC VI 25b

    Next: Coin from Carthage
     
  15. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    Nice coin, Bing, though not from his second reign (AD 306-308). :pompous: Anyone else?
     
  16. maridvnvm

    maridvnvm Well-Known Member

    Maximianus Herculius

    Follis
    Obv:– IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
    Rev:– GENIO IMP-ERATORIS, Genius standing left holding patera and cornucopia
    Minted in Antioch (_ | Theta / E //ANT Dot). Early to Later A.D. 309
    Reference:– RIC VI Antioch 112c (R) (Citing Oxford; Apparently a rare issue for Maximianus Herculius and only issued from this officina)

    6.39 gms. 26.19 mm. 0 degrees. Better than the RIC plate coin (reverse only illustrated).

    From RIC Notes "A very remarkable innovation, peculiar to this issue, is the reappearance of Herculius (with the long legend Imp C M Aur Val Maximianus P F Aug matching those of Galerius and Licinus, and with cuirassed bust) on rare coins with Genio Imperatoris; this is parallelled at the same time (see RIC VI page 656). Expelled from Italy c. April 308, and rejected at the Carnuntum conference in November 308, Herculius had received ample share in the coinage of Constantine's mints, and it seems that Maximinus (now antagonisitc to both Galerius and Licinius) may have been momentarily willing to demontsrate his hostility by including the name of the man who might still play and anti-Galerian part in the west."

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    Next:- A follis from Antioch
     
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  17. Sallent

    Sallent Live long and prosper

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    Helena, Mother of Constantine, 327 - 328 AD
    AE Follis, Antioch Mint, 20mm, 2.88 grams
    Obverse: FL HELENA AVGVSTA, Diademed and mantled bust of Helena right.
    Reverse: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Securitas standing left holding branch and raising robe with right hand, DE in right field, SMANT in exergue
    RIC80

    Up next: Another mother of an emperor
     
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  18. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    Mother of Commodus:
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    Next: A mother of two emperors.
     
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  19. Sallent

    Sallent Live long and prosper

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    Julia Donna

    Up next: Caracalla with a mean scrowl across his face.
     
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  20. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

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    Caracalla, Ruled 198-217 AD
    AR Denarius, Struck 212 AD
    Obverse
    : ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, head of Caracalla, laureate, right.
    Reverse: P M TR P XV COS III P P, Serapis, wearing polos on head, standing left, raising right hand and holding transverse sceptre in left hand.
    References: RIC IV Caracalla 194

    Next: His dad with BRIT in legend.
     
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  21. Severus Alexander

    Severus Alexander find me at NumisForums

    This counts, right? (Double "BRIT." :D)

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    SEVERVS PIVS AVG BRIT / [VICTORIAE B]RITTANNICAE S C

    Also here's an Islamic Spain coin, missed earlier:
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    'Abd al-Rahman III (912-961), AR dirham

    Next: A coin that celebrates a specific victory
     
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