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Instead of a King Sisebut tremissis from Emerita...



I received a King Sisebut tremissis from Toledo...



They are not very different aside from the mint itself, the condition was about the same, and deep down I wanted a mint scarcer than the more common Emerita (like Toledo), but I nevertheless emailed the seller about the mistake. No response was received, so I simply decided to keep it.

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Philip III Av Stater Kolophon Mint Obv. Head of Apollo with the features of Alexander III Rv. Charioteer driving biga right. Le Rider 93.26 8.53 grms Next coin Philip III of Macedon

 

Philip III Arrhidaeus, drachm

Obv:– Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress knotted at base of neck
Rev:– FILIPPOU, Zeus on throne, feet on footstool, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and scepter, lyre left
Minted in Ionia, Kolophon, posthumus issue, , c. 323 - c. 319 B.C.
Reference:– Price P43



Next:- Lyre

 

next: sistrum

 

Hadrian denarius Rv Aegyptos recling left holding sistrum and leaning on basket. RIC 297 2.89grms 18mm Next coin Egypt

 

@Andres2 .. that coin deserves its own thread.... amazing reverse and such an unusual portrait. Its wonderful (to me anyway). I would love to learn more about that coin.

 

next: Triga

@Claudius, here's the thread: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/nero-playing-a-cithara.284566/

 

Triga


RR Naevius Balbus 79 BCE AR Den Venus SC TRIGA Sulla S 309 Cr 382-1

Next up: Non-Persian, Non-Parthian,
Non-Sassanian, Non-Macedonian /Non-Makedon BOW

 

Mysia, Pergamon
AE12, after 282 B.C.
Pergamene Kingdom, Philetairos
Obv.: head of Athena right, wearing helmet decorated with a griffin
Rev.: ΦIΛE/TAIΡOΥ, bow
AE, 12.3mm, 1.75g



Next: Telesphorus

 

ELAGABALUS
AE19. 3.55g, 18.7mm. THRACE, Philippopolis, circa AD 218-222. Varbanov 1795 var. (obv. legend). O: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right. R: ΦΙΛΙΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN NEΩKOPΩN, Telesphoros standing facing, wearing cucullus.

Next: Twice neocorate

 

Column drum from the temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus British Museum
CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Although I have no coins to show the BN or B NE in the inscription referring to the twice neocorate - authorized for two temples - status of a city on a Roman Provincial coin, maybe a little more information will help the right coin come forward.

In 29 BC Augustus granted Pergamum permission to build a temple to Roma and Augustus, the first of it's kind. When the emperor and the Roman Senate granted a city permission to build a temple, that city was designated as neokoros.

Being neokoros was an honor that brought status to a city within its province and recognition for having a relationship with Rome. A temple would have value to the economy with visitors bringing money to the city.

Although at the time there was no imperial cult temple in Ephesus, the story of Paul and the Riot at Ephesus in Acts 19 illustrates the economic value of a temple (Artemis/Diana):
24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

An interesting note on Ephesus and the use of Neokoros on this CNG coin of Nero referencing RPC - shortly after the time of Paul's visit and the earliest occurrence of this word on coins.

Next: still the same "twice neocorate"

 

Macrinus , Nikomedia, AE30 / Ares This one is unusual because the ΔΙC ΝΕΩΚΟΠΩΝ is spelled out rather than abbreviated BN.


Next: another Neokorate coin with more than a three letter abbreviation (does not have to be a second)

 

another Neokorate coin with more than a three letter abbreviation (does not have to be a second)

Balbinus Provincial Bronze coin of Ionia, Miletos 24mm 5.50 g.
Obv: Balbinus laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, seen from three quarters forward, AUT K KAILI BALBEINOS (Caesar Emperor Caelius Balbinus).
Rev: Leto draped facing left walking to the right, holding in her arms Apollo and Artemis, MILHSIWN NEOKORWN (faintly double struck)

Next: Artemis, Apollo, or Leto

 

"Artemis, Apollo, or Leto"

double die match of:
Lydia, Hierocaesaraea
Lucilla (Augusta, 164-182)
Bronze, AE 19
Obv: ΛΟVΚΙΛΛΑ СЄΒΑС, Draped bust right.
Rev: ΙЄΡΟΚΑΙСΑΡЄΩΝ, Artemis standing right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver on back.
Æ, 19.2mm, 5.34g
Æ, 19.3mm, 5.33g
RPC IV online 1588; SNG München 142.



Next: Isis

 

Isis Thermouthis:


EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian
AE obol, 20 mm, 5 gm
regnal year 10, CE 90/91
Obv: laureate head right
Rev: AVTKAIΣAPOMITIANOΣΣEBΓEPM; Isis-Thermouthis standing right; LI in right field
Ref: Emmett 321.10, R5; RPC 2593; Geissen 376

Next: Another Isis

 

Isis Pharia

Faustina II
Alexandria
Billon-Tetradrachm
Obv.: ΦAVCTINA CEBACTH, draped bust right
Rev.: Isis Pharia standing, r., holding sail and sistrum, L - I - Z = year 17 of Antoninus Pius (AD 153/154).
Billon, 11.75g, 22mm



Next: another egyptian god or godess

 

Julia Domna / Horus being held by Isis)

Next: Horus alone

Too hard: Any other Egyptian (not Greek or generic) type

 

Diobol of Antoninus Pius Rv. Agathodaemon standing erect right. Emmett 1736 Alexandria mint Year 8 144-145 A.D. 10.16 grms 23 mm Next coin Any Greek god or goddess

 

Lysimachos
Kings of Thrace. Pella. 305-281 BC. Tetradrachm AR
27mm., 15,95g.
Head of the deified Alexander the Great to right, wearing diadem with fluttering ends and with the horn of Ammon around his ear / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena, wearing robes and helmet, seated to left on throne, holding Nike on her right hand and resting her left elbow on large round shield adorned with a gorgoneion; to left monogram.

2 gods for the price of 1. A god and a goddess

Next up: Greek shield with boss

 

Greek shield with boss

M. Caecilius Metellus
Denarius, 127 BC, Rome
Obv.: Helmeted head of Roma right, star on helmet, star below, ROMA upward behind.
Rev.: M.METELLVS.Q.F., Greek/Macedonian shield with elephant's head in central boss
Ag, 3,90g, 18 mm
Ref.: Crawford 263/1a, Syd. 480.




Next: another elephant