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Mughal Empire of India
Emperor Humayun
938 AH | 1532 CE
Lahore Mint
AE Bahloli | 8.93g | 19mm wide | 4mm thick
Ref: Mitchiner WOI #3020

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Next: Another Islamic state of India

 

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I'm not sure this is a reasonable post - I share this coin in complete ignorance - hoping, but unsure, that it is even photographed upside right.

as it could be completely off-track - we keep the same "Next"

Next: Another Islamic state of India

 

next: another coin of Bactria

 

BAKTRIA


BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom
Eukratides I Megas, Ca. 170-145 BCE
Æ Hemioble Quadruple Unit (22 mm, 7.66 g, 12h)
Obv: Diademed and draped bust right
Rev: The Dioskouroi, holding palm fronds and spears, on horses rearing right
Ref: Bopearachchi type 19; SNG ANS 551

Next: Baktria again

 

I don't have any Baktria, since it has also passed 12 hrs I'll post its neighbor. This may look like the Hindu dynasty Samanta Deva Jital of 900 AD, but in fact, it's a Coin of the Islamic Ghorid dynasty, minted under Muhammad Bin Sam between 1173-1206. The obv shows a bull and the letters Sri Mahamad Sam, notice the word Sri, which is used in Hinduism for respect. The rev shows standing horsemen and the letters Sri Hamira. Both images are of Hindu origin!
For the next theme, post a coin where the conquerer issues coins that retain the same icons/designs/language, but only the name of the authority is changed.

 

12 Hour rule.
Here is a coin with a before and after cleaning the crust off of it.

Philip II, as Caesar
244-247 AD,
AR Antoninianus.
Obv: M IVL PHILPPVS CAES,
radiate, draped and cuirassed
bust right
Rev: PRINCIPI IVVENT, Philip
standing left, holding globe
and spear. 4.05 grams
RIC 218d, RSC 48. Sear 9240


Next: another before and after pic of a coin you made look better

 

I have only a few examples where "experiments in cleaning" didn't make the coin worse. Here's one that worked out:

Before - as purchased in auction

After - some light cleaning removed "gunk" to show additional detail:


Next: a coin you acquired in August

 

My collection is not very big, so usually I don't post on this thread, but I can do that one!



Alexandria. Claudius. With Messalina on reverse. Dated regnal year 6 = 45/46 AD. Billon tetradrachm. 26.5mm, 12.79g. Obverse: Laureate head of Claudius right, Lς (date) before. Reverse: Messalina standing left, leaning on column, holding figures of two children in her right hand and grain ears in her left hand. Milne 104; Köln 88; Dattari (Savio) 129; K&G 12.54; RPC I 5164; Emmett 74.6.

Presumably the two children are Claudia Octavia and Britannicus.

From CNG E-Auction 474, 12 August 2020.

Next: another coin with Messalina and/or one of her children.

 

MESSALINA


RProv Valeria Messalina m-Claudius 41-54 CE Alexandria BI Tet yr 42-43 13.1g 25mm RPC I 5131

Next: another coin with Messalina and/or one of her children (again).

 

Same coin type, so I apologize for the lack of variety:


Claudius and Messalina
Billon Tetradrachm; 10.32 gm; 24.0 mm
Alexandria, AD 45/46
Obv: ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡ, laureate head of Claudius, r.; LϚ (year 6) before
Rev: ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ, Messalina standing l., holding children and ears of corn
Refs: RCV 1869; SGI 495; RPC 5164; BMCG 75; SNG Cologne 88; Milne 106; Emmett 74.

Next: Provincial coin of Claudius I.

 

CLAUDIUS
AE24. 9.25g, 24.4mm. JUDAEA, Caesarea Panias, circa before AD 49, pre-royal coinage of Agrippa II. RPC 4842; Meshorer 350; Hendin 1259. O: [TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR IM P P], laureate head left. R: [ANTONIA B]RITANN[ICVS OC]TAVIA, the children of Claudius: from left to right, Antonia, Britannicus, and Octavia, the two daughters each holding a cornucopia.

Next: Coin with an emperor/empress on one side and their child/children on the other.

 

When I play the game "What if you could only keep 10?" - this coin invariably makes the list. It is the portrait of Vespasian that seems exceptional to me.
Vespasian, 69-79 AD, AR denarius, Ephesus mint, 71 AD
Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P< Laureate head right
Rev: LIBERI IMP AVG VESPAS, Titus and Domitian, each veiled, togate and holding a patera, standing facing heads left, EPE in exergue
Ref: RIC II 1430 (Group 6)

Next: a portrait that appeals to you

 

That's lovely, @Sulla80 !

This portrait of Faustina II in her mid-forties and within months of the end of her life is elegant and serene. It reminds me of the mannerist art that flourished some 1400 years later.



Next: Cybele

 

Sestertius of Commodus with Cybele riding lion.
Also, 1st century Roman lamp with Cybele ( the MATER CASTISSIMA).

next, bronze of Commodus...

 

I have one... love it for the "Brit" in the legend.... and a pretty cool sestertius...



NEXT: Commodus .. pile it on!

 

Commodus denarius (191-192 AD)- Obv-L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL
Rev- P M TR P XVII IMP VIII COS VII P P Victory

Next, post a coin of Commodus wearing a lionskin.

 

Did you buy that coin from Incitatus Coins?!

 

Yes.. I did. The red background seems to give it away...
Very good to deal with...PM me if you want help with sellers - I will tell you what I know... but it seems difficult to find that info here.. Most don't want to share. Sad.

 

12 hour rule

Ghaznavid Empire
Mahmud | 1012 CE | 403 AH
AE Broad Fals | 30mm | 5.61g
Ref: Album#1614

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Next: Another large 30mm piece you got on a budget (~$10 or less)

 

Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Ptolemy II Philadelphus. 35mm, 18.4g. 281-246 BCE. Bronze diobol or tetrobol. Alexandria mint. Obverse: Head of Zeus-Ammon right. Reverse: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Eagle holding a thunderbolt facing left. Uncertain monogram between eagle's legs. Maybe "A". Svoronos 423(?).

Next: The biggest Ptolemaic hockey puck in your collection.