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SELEUKID:


Seleukid Demetrios I Soter 162-150 BCE AE 17 serrate 16.8mm 3.9g Antioch on Orontes mint Horse Hd L - Elephant Hd R- SC 1646 SNG Spaer 1299-1304

Next: a Xoanon or a BCE Omphalos

 

Omphalos, ca 200 BC



Mysia, Pergamon
AE 17
Obv.: laureate head of bearded Asklepios
Rev.: AΣKΛHΠIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ, Asklepian snake coiled around omphalos, owl standing on the snake's back
AE, 8.66g, 17.3mm
Ref.: BMC Mysia p. 129, 160; SNGvA 1371; SNG BnF 1813; SNG Cop -

Next: pseudo-autonomous omphalos

 

Maybe too difficult. This coin would have been a possibility.



Lydia, Nakrasaionia
Pseudo-autonomous issue
Time of Trajan and Hadrian, 98-138 AD
Obv.: EΠΙ CΤΡΑ - ΜΑΡ ΙΟΥΝΙΑΝΟΥ, bearded head of Herakles right
Rev.: NAKRA-CITΩN; snake encircling omphalos
AE, 16 mm, 2.8 g
Ref.: SNG München 335, SNG Copenhagen 295, Lindgren III 496

Next and hopefully not a game blocker: Omphalos no matter from when or where

 

I like those Belly-buttons @shanxi !!!

 

You ask for Omphalos..... This coin of Characene may depict an Omphalos stone.

Kingdom of Characene
(Tigris Valley - Kuwait)
Attambelos I
AR Tetradrachm
44 - 39 B.C.
12.39 gms, 27.1 mm
Obv: Diademed bearded head right
Rev: Naked Hercules seated left on stone (possibly an Omphalos stone)
club resting on knee held with right hand. Monogram above right arm. BAΣΙΛ[?] / ATTAMB[?] to right, [Σ]ΩTHP[?] to left.
Grade: gVF with sharp strike on good silver fabric. Coin is nicely centered
with attractive toning. Some letters off the flan as noted with only rough planchet surface in exergue.
Other: BMC 3. Listed in the Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Arabia, Mesopotamia, and Persia page 291 & plate LV #11. Coin may be dated
269-273 a.s. = 44-39 B.C. The existence of king Attambelos I was unsuspected until 5 silver tetradrachms were acquired by a soldier in Mesopotamia and submitted to the British Museum in 1920. Purportedly purchased from BC Universal, New Britain CT in 2011. From private sale March 2014.

Next up- A coin from Characene.

 

I think I'm safe to use the 12 hour rule here. Is Chersonesos close enough?


THRACE, Chersonesos.
Circa 386-338 BC. AR Hemidrachm(11mm, 2.26 g). Forepart of lion right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet over AΓ monogram and cicada in opposite sunken quarters. McClean 4096 (described as fly); SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Berry 503. Good VF,

Next up: another coin from Thrace

 

Next: Lysimachos

 

Tetradrachm of Lysimachos. In the types of Alexander III Kolophon Mint Price L 23 299-296 B.C. 17.17 grms 26 mm Next coin another Lysimachos

 

Per usual, amazing coin Terrence!


Lysimachos
Kings of Thrace. Uncertain mint. 305-281 BC. AE (19mm, 3.75g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Lion leaping right, spearhead below. Müller 61; HGC 3, 1758.
Former: Kairos

Next up: deep green patina on Hellenistic Greek coin

 

PHILIP II
AE17
OBVERSE: Apollo facing right with tania binding hair
REVERSE: Youth naked on horseback - Filippos (in Greek) above, symbol -bucranium (skull of an ox) - underneath.
Struck at Macedonia 359-336 BC
6g, 17mm
SNG ANS #850-851; Le Rider #24; Sear 6698v; Bellinger 20

Next: coin with Bucranium

 

This "brass as" of Trajan has a bucranium countermark:


Trajan. A.D. 98-117.
Roman orichalcum as, 8.49 g, 23.5 mm, 6 h.
Struck in Rome for circulation in Syria (?); Struck in Antioch (?), AD 115/16.
Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM, radiate and draped bust right; c/m: bucranium within incuse punch.
Rev: DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P around laurel wreath enclosing large SC.
Refs: RIC 647; BMCRE 1094; Cohen 123; RCV 3243; Woytek 937v; McAlee 509; Strack 479; BN 953-5. For c/m: Pangerl 63; Howgego 294.

Next: countermarked Roman imperial

 

Claudius sestertius with DV countermark revaluing it to a dupondius


Next: a 'specialized' Zeus with an additional name (not just Zeus)

 

Zeus Philios (the additional name given in the legend, what is quite unusual)



Trajan
Pergamon, Mysia
AE 17, AD 98-117
Obv: AVT TPAIANOC CЄB, Laureate head of Trajan right.
Rev: ΣЄVC ΦIΛIOC, Bare head of Zeus Philios right.
AE, 3.03g, 17mm
Ref.: RPC III 1719, SNG France 2067-

Next: another Trajan provincial

 

TRAJAN
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: AYT KAIC NEΡ TΡAIANO CEB ΓEΡM, laureate head right
REVERSE: ΔHMAΡX EΞ UΠAT Γ, Arabia standing left holding branch and cinnamon sticks, camel to left at feet.
Struck at Caesaria, Cappadocia, or Bostra, Arabia, 100 AD
3.45g 18mm
Sydenham183
ex Ken Dorney

Next: Coin with Arbaia

 

Coin with Arabia:


Trajan, laureate bust right with slight drapery on far shoulder
Denarius. 19 mm.
SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI
ARAB ADQV in exergue
Arabia standing left, holding branch and bundle of canes, forepart of camel to left
[It is not an ostrich. Some aurei show all four legs clearly.]

RIC 245. Sear II 3118. Hill 579 "113."


Next: Coin of Trajan that refers to a particular event.

 

Celebrating the capture of Dacia.

Trajan, AD 98-117, AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.26 g, 7h)
"Dacia Capta" commemorative, Rome mint, struck circa AD 108-109

Obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P Laureate bust right, slight drapery
Rev: COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, DAC CAP in exergue, Dacian seated left on pile of arms, in attitude of mourning, foot on helmet; one round and one oblong shield; on left, two curved swords; on right, two spears
Ref: RIC II 98; WRSC 120
This coin commemorates Trajan's greatest achievement, the conquest of Dacia.

Next: a coin with shields

 

Each of these soldiers leans on a shield on these GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS types:



Next: A non-GLORIA EXERCITVS type of Constantius II.

 

Shields

MARSIC CONFEDERATION (Social War 90-88 BCE)

Marsic Confederation
Denarius 89 BCE
Obv: Italia
Rev: Italia seated shields, -victory crowning, In Ex: retro B
Corfinium Mint
Campana 105 HN Italy 412a
Sear 228 RARE

Next: Cow [edit] what Roma Collector said

 

How about a FEL TEMP

Constantius II AE3
Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier standing left, spearing bearded horseman, hair in two braids, who is reaching backwards.

Next: Another battle scene