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Really archaic
EL Myshemihekte ND
Unknown Mint City
Unknown King
obv. Swastika
rev. Punch
Struck 650-25BC
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ARCHAIC


Kebren AR Obol Archaic hd Apollo Left - Hd Ram in Incuse sq 5th C BCE 7.65mm 0.64g SNG Ash 1086

Next: Lamb / Ram / Sheep

 

Nurnberg/ Imperial City
AV Quarter Dukat 1700
HRE Leopold I
NEXT UP: Ram

 

PHILIP I
AE30
OBVERSE: AVTOK K M IOVLI FILIPPOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: ANTIOCEWN MHTRO KOLWN D-E S-C, turreted & draped bust of Tyche right, ram leaping right above, star beneath
Struck at Antioch, 244-249 AD
30mm, 14g
BMC 528

Next: Tyche

 

Here's another of the same - or at least similar coin.

Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, Philip I Arab, AD 244-249, Bronze Octassarion Æ 31 mm., 18.78 g.
Obv: AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I right
Rev: ANTIOXEΩN MHTPO KOΛΩN, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right, above, ram leaping right, head left, below, star, Δ-Є and S-C across field.
Ref: McAlee 977
Note: a coin that is included by T B Cartwright (2014) in the "Star of Bethlehem" series, commemorates 250 years since the birth of Christ.

Next: a coin you know more about today than you did last year

 

This one. I had to research what a Peribolos was. Ex @John Anthony ...

COMMAGENE, Zeugma.
Philip I and II. 247-249 AD.
Æ31, 19.2g; 6h (a nice chunky coin, how about that?)
Obv.: AYTOK K M IOYΛI ФIΛIΠΠOC CЄB; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: ZЄYGM-ATЄΩN; Peribolos containing grove of trees, seen in perspective; tetrastyle temple in distance, draped figure within (Zeus?); in exergue, capricorn to right.
Reference: Butcher 31c; BMC 35.

The capricorn was the symbol of the legion stationed in Zeugma



Here is a mosaic from Zeugma featuring the 9 muses....



Next another temple shown in perspective/aspective (for Art History buffs).

 

I have to follow this post with exactly the same coin from my collection, even if it's breaking the rules of the thread a bit, because I never seem to get a chance to post it. You rarely find the Zeugma types in this condition, and with such a clear countermark in such a great place (so as to not interfere with the devices.)

 

Beautiful coin @John Anthony

 

12-Hour Rule:


Teate Apulia 225-220 BCE AE Quincunx 12.5g 26.5mm Athena R Corinthn helmet - TIATI owl K 5 pellets - BMC HN Italy 702a SNG Cop 689 var R

Next: NON-Imperial AE from Italia

 

New Style TROPHY
Next more TROPHY

 

That's not an AE coin, rather an AR example.

 

It is not Italian either. This thread attracts a lot of posts that are likely to invoke the 12 hour rule but this one was only six hours when a wrong coin was posted.

What we need here is a pre-Imperial AE trophy to satisfy both. I don't have one so I will be waiting for the twelve hour point and see who posts something that other people might have....or not.

 

oops I did it again...........Apologies. Like Britany I'll get it right ...eventually.

 

If someone has the trophy, I have the pre-Imperial Italian Æ:

C. Aburius Geminus, 134 BC, Æ Quadrans, Rome mint.
Obv: Head of Hercules right, wearing lion-skin headdress; ••• (mark of value) to left
Rev: Prow of galley right; ••• (mark of value) to right
Size: 4.14g, 20mm
Ref: Crawford 244/3; Sydenham 491a

Next: Trophy

 

Trophy


RR Victoriatus after 211 BCE Jupiter Victory Trophy VF Craw 53-1 Syd 83

next: Nike BCE period

 

too late

 

Gallienus, Antoninianus, Minted AD 258-259 (Joint reign)
Obverse..GALLIENVS dot P dot F dot AVG Radiate, curaissed bust right
Reverse..GERMANICVS MAX V trophy between two seated and bound German captives
RIC VI#18 variant obv legend dots..Cologne

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next Constans

 

Constans 337-50
AV Solidus ND Treveri Mint
ex:NFA
Next: Constantine II

 

Constantine II AE3 London mint BEAT TRA***NQLITAS


Next: another left facing son of Constantine I