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  1. Sulla80

    Sulla80 Well-Known Member

    this coin deserves a better picture... Sauromates Sestertius.jpg
    Kings of Bosporus, Sauromates I AD 93-124 AE
    Obv: BACIΛЄVC CAVPOMATOY
    Diademed and draped bust right.
    Rev: Large MH (mark of value) within wreath.

    Next: Another Client King to Rome
     
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  3. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Vabalathus of the Palmyrene empire was a Roman client king of sorts, wasn't he?

    Here he is on a coin with Aurelian.

    My old scans of it:

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    @Mat's subsequent photos, since it now belongs to him:

    [​IMG]


    Next: another two-headed coin.


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  4. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Not what you expected, but two-headed nonetheless:
    THRACE, ISTROS.jpg
    THRACE, ISTROS
    AR Drachm
    OBVERSE: Facing male heads, the left inverted (Polydeuces Castor and Pollucs (AKA Dioskuri)
    REVERSE: Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; ISTRIH above, Q between wing and tail, K beneath dolphin
    Struck at Istros, 400-300BC
    5.3g, 19mm
    AMNG 434

    Next: two-headed coin
     
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  5. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Axumite Empire
    Endbyis 270-90AD
    AV 1/3 Aureus ND
    next/ Two headed but one non human/ ie: God/ animal 4950f1dfb0070d21a74c12fdaefb2af0.jpg
     
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  6. TuckHard

    TuckHard Well-Known Member

    238-244 AD AE 27 Gordian III BMC 1 13.27g S2 Combined.jpg
    Roman Empire
    Mesopotamia Province
    Singara Mint (present-day Sinjar, Iraq)
    AE; 28mm - 13.27g
    Gordian III
    238-244 CE
    Busts of Gordian and Tyche
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    Next: Completely script-less including monograms
     
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  7. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Many Greeks fit this requirement. This is an Aigina AR stater. g40990b01850blg.JPG

    Next: no letters, no animals just a figure of some type
     
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  8. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Yeah, there is a Flower punch in there

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    India - Shakya Janapada
    AR 5-Shana
    6th-5th Century BCE
    25mm x 21mm, 7.05g
    Obv: Central Pentagonal punch plus several banker's marks
    Rev: Blank
    Ref: Hirano Type I.8.29
    19 known.
    Coinage from the Ghaghara Gandak River region
    Minted in the Shakya Janaprada during Siddhārtha Gautama's (Later the Buddha) lifetime while he was prince, and under the authority of his father as King

    Next: Amphibian
    [EDIT] 12-Hour Rule - ANY Animal
     
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  9. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    ..i'm bidding on a coin of Val/Aurel...it ends in a few minutes..from what i have gathered, he was a client/king as you state, of that state...
     
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  10. TuckHard

    TuckHard Well-Known Member

    Any animal now?

    Combined.jpg
    Srivijaya Empire
    Recovered from the Musi River of Palembang, Sumatra
    Tin Unit; 5.11g - 13mm, 7mm thick
    Obv: Sea Turtle
    Rev: Stylized flowing vase motif
    Unlisted and unpublished

    Side.jpg

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    Next: Another thick and curvy coin where the thickness is at least half the diameter.
     
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  11. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Thats easy.....
    AV Stater ND struck 50BC
    Senones (Gallic Tribe in NW France) ex: Rudd
    Looks like a musketball! Next up: coin under 7mm. in diameter. thumb00012.jpg
     
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  12. TuckHard

    TuckHard Well-Known Member

    Srivijaya Gold Combined.jpg
    Srivijaya Empire
    c. 800-1300 CE
    Gold 1/32 Massa; 0.15g - 5mm
    Obv: Sandalwood flower
    Rev: 'ma' character in Nagari script, Sumatran style
    Unlisted
    Ex. Recovered from Musi River in Palembang before being sold to a Singaporean dealer who sold it to me

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    Next: Any scyphate (cup-shaped) coin that's not Byzantine or a related imitation
     
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  13. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Easy again...
    Hunnic/Kidarite Kings
    Hunnic Empire
    Kidara/ on Kushano-Sasanian AV Dinara
    Balkh Mint
    300-330AD
    Next: Another Hunnic coin 4560275 (1).jpg
     
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  14. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Hunnic

    HUNS
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    HUNS Nezak Huns - Spalapati Deva AR Jital 750-850 CE Horseman-Bull Tye 5

    Next: Scythian
     
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  15. TuckHard

    TuckHard Well-Known Member

    Does Indo-Scythian count? If so I have one.

    -35 BC-5 CE AE Quarter Unit Azes II 2.27g 16mm.jpg
    Indo-Scythians
    Azes II
    Circa 35 BCE - 5 CE
    AE Quarter Unit; 2.27g - 16mm
    Obv: "BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY AZOY", humped bull with monogram above
    Rev: Lion standing right with Kharoshthi script around
    Ref.: Senior 102.113b (?)
    Added to Numista, see it here

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    Next: either a bull or lion but facing left
     
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  16. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    MYSIA Kyzikos A.jpg
    MYSIA
    AR Hemiobol
    OBVERSE: Forepart of running boar left, tunny fish behind upward
    REVERSE: Head of roaring lion left within incuse square, star above
    Struck at Kyzikos, 480-450BC
    0.41 g, 9.5 mm
    Sear 3850

    Next: tunny fish
     
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  17. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    EL Myshemihekte
    Mysia
    Kyzikos Mint
    Tunny Fish Head
    Next: Tunny Fish with animal friend. 00102q00.jpg
     
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  18. pprp

    pprp Well-Known Member

    Here's a tet from kyzikos with a lion and a tunny fish
    Next: a different species of fish

    Kyzi.jpg
     
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  19. TuckHard

    TuckHard Well-Known Member

    Unclear what species of fish this but it looks quite smaller and rounder than that.

    Fish.jpg
    Srivijaya Empire
    Recovered from the Musi River of Palembang, Sumatra
    Tin Unit; 0.48g - 7mm, 3mm thick
    Obv: Fish
    Rev: Five rays from center
    Unlisted and unpublished
    Circa 830-1300 CE

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    Next: Something smaller than either 0.48g or 7mm
     
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  20. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Here is my tiniest coin.... Crossed Keys/ Imperial Eagle
    AV 1/32 Dukaten ND (1741) MS-67 877284l (1).jpg
    Imperial City of Regensburg
    Under HRE Karl VI
    5mm. 0.11g. .986
    nest up: another coin under 7mm.
     
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  21. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

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    Ionia AR Tetartemorion 4mm 0.13g 530-500 BCE Rosette - Incuse sq punch 5 pellets SNG von Aulock 1807

    Next: Archaic
     
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