Ancients - 2 Unit Denomination; Anyone have any TWOs?

Please post your coins that represent 2 Units OR 1/2 of a Denomination. Many times these are very common denominations, sometimes they can be very difficult to acquire.

Here are some of mine:

SEXTANS (2 Unciae)

ETRURIA / UMBRIA
3rd century BCE
Æ Aes Grave Sextans
23mm, 25.15 g, 12h
Obv: Club
Rev: •• (mark of value).
Ref: Vecchi & Thurlow 172; ICC 199; HN Italy 54.
Ex: CNG


DIOBOL

Apollonia Pontika, Thrace.
AR diobol
1.3g
410/404-341/323 BCE
Obv: Full-face laureate Apollo with short hair.
Rev: Magistrate's initals around the images. Upright anchor with thick flukes and a rectangular stock. The letter A on one side and the additional symbol of a crab viewed from above on the other side between flukes and the stock.
Topalov 56
Ex: @red_spork


DIDRACHM

Sicily Gela
AR Didrachm, c. 490-475 BC
Gela, Sicily .
AR Didrachm (21 mm, 8.2 g),
ca. 490-475 BC.
Obv. Horseman riding right, casting javelin.
Rev. Forepart of man-headed bull right, ΓEΛAΣ below.
SNG ANS 19.
Ex: FSR


DISHEKEL

Zeugitania, Carthage.
After 241 BCE
Æ Dishekel (27 mm, 10.81 g, 12 h).
Wreathed head of Tanit left /
Horse standing right; in background, palm tree.
MAA 45; SNG Copenhagen 253. Scarce issue. Dark brown-green patina with scattered deposits. Good fine.
Comments: This coinage appears to have been struck in the aftermath of the First Punic War (264-241 B.C.), when Carthage faced a serious revolt of its mercenary forces. This conflict, known as the Truceless War (240-238 B.C.), resulted in the rise of Hamilcar Barca to prominence and provided a Roman for intervening in Sardinia. Hamilcar's son, Hannibal, would later raise the banner of war and come close to destroying Rome in the Second Punic War (218-201 B.C.)
Ex: Triskeles


Please post your coins that represent 2 Units OR 1/2 of a Denomination.

 

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By weight, these are thought to be the diassarion denomination from this city.


Septimius Severus, AD 193-211.
Roman provincial Æ 18.6 mm, 4.37 g, 7 h.
Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, AD 193-211.
Obv: ΑV Κ CΕΠΤΙ CΕΥΗΡΟC Π, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: MAPKIA-NOΠOΛITΩ-N, Herakles standing left, wrestling the Nemean lion.
Refs: AMNG I 585 v.; Varbanov 710; Moushmov 397; H&J 6.14.14.5-6; Mionnet Suppl. 2, 126.



Julia Domna, AD 193-217.
Roman provincial Æ 16.8 mm, 4.33 g, 1 h.
Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, AD 193-211.
Obv: IOVΛIA ΔO-MNA CEB, bare-headed and draped bust right.
Rev: MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Herakles standing right, wrestling the Nemean lion.
Refs: AMNG I 606; Varbanov 673; Moushmov 419; SNG Copenhagen --; SNG Budapest --.

 

Great coins!

Mysia, Kyzikos, AR Diobol, ca. 450-400 BCE:



Islands off Caria, Rhodos, Rhodes, AR Didrachm, ca. 340-316 BCE:



Lucius Verus AR Didrachm 161-166 AD, Caesarea, Cappadocia:

 

I guess the Dupondius should count too, as two Asses.

Augustus with Agrippa:



Julia Titi:



Hadrian:



Don't worry; I won't post any "double-denarii" or antoniniani!

 

Postumus - Double sestertius, mint II (even though this one is lighter than most dupondii or asses).
Obv. : IMP C POSTVMVS · P · F · AVG
Rev. : PM TR P COS II P P / -|- /
Bastien 350
7.98g


Another one while we're at it.
Postumus - Double sestertius, mint II
Obv. : IM C M CA POSTVMVS P F AVG (sic) / B
Rev. : LA[TITI]A | AVG (sic)
Bastien 346var ; Méricourt-L'abbé 25 (same dies) ; Néry 37 (same dies)
13,42g


And a chinese 2 cash
Xuan He Tong Bao / 宣和通寶 (seal script) - 2 wen
Xuanhe (1119-1125), sixth era of Huizong, eight empeor of the Northern Song dynasty, between 1100 and 1126.
33mm ; 7.57g
Hartill #16.475

 

Here's an Alexandrian diobol of Trajan:

Trajan
AE Diobol, Alexandria, Egypt
Year 12, Struck 108/109 AD
Obverse: Laureate and draped bust right.
Reverse: Agathodaemon-serpent r., coiled about kerykeion and grain ears; L-IB (RY 12) across field.
References: Emmett 643 (R3)
Size: 23mm, 7.92g

Here's a half shekel:

Zeugitania, Carthage
AE Half Shekel, Second Punic War (218-201 BC)
Struck 215-201 BC
Obverse: Wreathed head of Tanit left.
Reverse: Horse standing right, head left; Punic letter ‘Beth’ or ‘Bet’ below.
References: SNG Cop 273, MAA 95a, Müller 206
Size: 16mm, 2.46g

And a half unit from the Iberian peninsula:

Hispania, Castulo,
AE Half Unit (Semis), mid 2nd century BC
Obverse: Diademed male head to right; palm-branch before.
Reverse: Bull advancing right, head facing; crescent with central dot above; Iberian “KASTILO” in exergue.
References: CNH p. 336, 42; SNG BM Spain 1345
Size: 22mm, 5.3g

 

Great thread idea @Alegandron with some great coins ta boot! That is one sexy Sexton from Eutruria Bulky club and very fun patina colors
Here's a tiny double:

IONIA, Phokaia(?).
Circa 6th-5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm or Diobol (10mm, 1.57 gm). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. BMC Ionia pg. 215, 82; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Kayhan 514; SNG von Aulock 2116 var. (seal right). Good VF, porous, small flan. Ex-Savoca
Similar pieces with a seal behind the griffin's head are clearly Phokaian (as von Aulock 2116). Coins without the seal are possibly from Teos. Depending on the weight standard that might apply, this coin could be either a hemidrachm or a diobol.

Does that mean this is a whole as or just half as?

Pretty sure it's a whole as.
And so by that math, this is about a whole and a half

 

How about a Sextan or 1/6th of an As? My 2 VNCIA cast coins, two dotters all.

 

Wow, no one has posted an antoninianus yet.

Here's another double sestertius of Gallic bad boy Postumus:

Postumus

A.D. 260

Ӕ Double Sestertius, 32mm 24.3 grams

Obverse: L IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMUVS P F AVG; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.

Reverse: P M TR P COS II PP S C; Emperor in military attire stg. l.; holding globe and spear.

Reference: RIC V Lugdunum 106

 

roman republic double litra, 275BC

O: Female head on the right, with long hair held in place by a ribbon; (usually) a necklace around the neck.

R: Lion on the right; (usually) he holds in his jaws a broken spear on which he holds his left paw. In exergue ROMANO

 

DOUBLE VICTORIATUS


THESSALY, Thessalian League.
AR Double Victoriatus / Stater, 21mm, 5.7g, 12h; c. 50 BC.
Obv.: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rev.: ΘEΣΣA-ΛΩN; Athena Itonia walking right, brandishing spear and holding shield; magistrates ΔAMOΘOI/NOΣ above, ΘIΛOΞENOΣ below.
Reference: SNG Copenhagen 299 var. (placement of names).
Ex: John Anthony
Comments: The Thessalian league was a loose confederation of feudal Greek city-states. After the Second Macedonian War (200-197 BCE), the victorious Roman general T. Quinctius Flamininus declared all of Greece "free." He organized the Thessalian league, creating a federal council, the synedrion, with annually changing officers, strategoi. The seat of the league was in the largest Thessalian city, Larissa, and it continued to exist even after Thessaly became part of the new Roman province of Macedonia in 146 BC.
These medium-sized silver coins are what you might call Roman Republic provincials, and they were even given a name from RR nomenclature: double victoriatii.


DOUBLE SHEKEL

Zeugitania. Carthage
ca First Punic War, 264-241 BC.
Double Shekel,
26 mm., 13,9 gm.
Obv: Wreathed head of Tanit left
Rev: Horse standing right; star above.
SNG Copenhagen 185. Rare


DOUBLE LITRA


Roman Republic
Anon
AE Double-Litra
275-270 BCE
Apollo
Lion
Sear 590 Craw 16-1a

 

My brand new, but a 2000+ y/o Augustus quinarius, aka 1/2 denarius!
And a Mesembrian Thrace Corinthian helmet diobol (450-350 BC)- 1.16g

 

Fun thread @Alegandron !

Didrachm

Cyrenaica
Cyrene AR didrachm, struck ca. 308-277 BC
Magas as Ptolemaic governor
Dia.: 20 mm
Wt.: 7.62 g
Obv.: Bare head of Apollo-Carneius right, with horn
Rev.: K-Y / P-A, silphium plant, cornucopia in inner right field
Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 1234; BMC 228
Formerly slabbed by NGC

Double denarius

Roman Empire
Gordian III (238-244)
AR Antoninianus, Rome mint
Dia.: 24.5 mm
Wt.: 3.89g
Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VIRTVTI AVGVSTI; The Farnese Hercules: statue of Hercules right, with apples of the Hesperides and lion skin, and leaning upon club.
RIC 95.
Ex Michael Higley Collection with tag; Ex AMCC 1, lot 236 (Dec. 2018)

 

You've reminded me of my own two "Double Victoriati," together with a footnote explaining that CNG no longer uses the term.

Thessaly, Thessalian League (under Roman Republic from 146 BCE, Province of Macedonia). Late 2nd-mid 1st centuries BCE, AR Stater ( = Double Victoriatus* = 1.5 denarius), Magistrates Sosipatros and Gorgopas. Obv. Laureate head of Zeus right / Rev. Helmeted Athena Itonia advancing right, holding shield with left hand and preparing to hurl spear with right hand; vertical legend ΘΕΣΣΑ-ΛΩN to left and right of Athena; [ΣΩ]ΣIΠ-ATPOΣ above spear; ΓOPΓΩΠΑΣ in exergue. BCD** Thessaly II 861.2 [CNG, The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Thessaly, Triton XV Auction, Jan. 3, 2012, Lot 861.2 (this coin)]; HGC 4, 209 [Hoover, Oliver, Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Greece: . . . Thessaly . . . ., Sixth to First Centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series,Vol. 4 (2014)]; SNG Soutzos 397 [Tsourti, E. and Trifiro, M.D., Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Greece 5: Numismatic Museum, Athens, The A. G. Soutzos Collection (Athens, 2007)]; Klose pp. 339 & 346, 2 (same dies) [Klose, D.O.A, "Zur Chronologie der thessalischen Koinonprägungen im 2. und 1. Jh. v. Chr., Ein weiterer Schatzfund aus Südthessalien," in Peter, Ulrike. ed., Stephanos nomismatikos: Edith Schönert-Geiss zum 65. Geburtstag (Berlin, 1998), at pp. 333-350]. 22 mm., 6.08 g., 2 h. [According to Basil C. Demetriadi: From Franke Hoard, Greece, found Summer 1983.]



Thessaly, Thessalian League (under Roman Republic from 146 BCE, Province of Macedonia). Mid-late 1st century BCE, AR Stater ( = Double Victoriatus* = 1.5 denarius), Magistrates Italos and Diokles. Obv. Head of Zeus right, wearing oak wreath, [ITAΛOY] [behind head, off flan] / Rev. Helmeted Athena Itonia advancing right, holding shield with left hand and preparing to hurl spear with right hand; vertical legend ΘΕΣΣΑ-ΛΩN to left and right of Athena; ΔIO-KΛHΣ above spear, N-I across field. BCD Thessaly II 874.4 [CNG, The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Thessaly, Triton XV Auction, Jan. 3, 2012, Lot 874.4 (this coin)]; HGC 4, 210 ; McClean II 4797-4798 [Grose, S., Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins, Fitzwilliam Museum, Vol. II, The Greek Mainland, the Aegean islands, Crete (Cambridge, 1926)]. 20 mm., 6.09 g., 12 h.



* [Applicable to both coins] CNG did not use the term “Double Victoriatus” in the Triton XV catalog, and apparently has not used it in general since at least 2006, because of the absence of evidence that that term was used contemporaneously in Thessaly.

 

Agreed, true. I have seen that writeup, and thanks. I knew someone would toss that out.

I also take a perspective: Rome CONQUERED Makedon, Thessaly, Greece. Sometimes, looking at the way the Roman Republic did things: "We are the masters, so we will issue a DOUBLE Victoriatus... you can call it what you want in the Province we created from your conquered territory."

 

HALFSIES

HALF SHEKEL


Bruttium, Carthaginian Occupation
AR Half-Shekel.
3.26g, 19mm, 12h.
Punic mint in Bruttium, circa 216-211 BC. Struck during the Second Punic War.
Obv: Wreathed head of Tanit left
Rev: Horse standing right; solar disk above, Punic letter 'ayin' below.
Ref: SNG Copenhagen 361-3; HN Italy 2016.
Ex: Roma Numismatics


HALF-SIGLOS


Thrace, Byzantion
AR Half-Siglos,
ca. 340-320 BC
Obv.: Bull standing left on dolphin / ΠY
Rev.: Incuse granulated mill-sail pattern.
Reference: SNG BM Black Sea 21; SNG Copenhagen 476
Comments: Byzantion was an ancient Greek colony that would eventually become Constantinople. According to legend, it was settled by Byzas, king of the Megarans, sometime around 657 BC
Ex: @John Anthony


HALF-LITRA

Roman Republic
Anon
AE Half-Litra
234-231 BCE
Roma
Phrygian Dog
Sear 598 Craw 26-4

 

Here are "2" and "1/2" Prutot of Herod the Great:



Judaea. Herodians. Herod I (The Great). Æ 2-Prutah. Undated, 40-4 BC. HPOΔOY BACIΛEOC, cross within closed diadem. / Tripod table with object upon it, flanked by palm branches. Hendin 1178. 3.62g, 17mm, 12h.



JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod I (the Great) (40 - 4 BC). Æ Half-Prutah (14.4 mm, 1.09 gm). Jerusalem mint. Undated, circa 26-23 BC. BACIΛEΩCHPΩΔOY in concentric circles (name of Herod the King), dotted border. / Anchor within a circle decorated with vertical lines or rays. Green patina. Reference: Hendin 1175.

 

Double sestertius:

TRAJAN DECIUS
AE Double Sestertius. 32.59g, 36.1mm. Rome mint, AD 250. RIC IV 115a; Cohen 39; Banti 9. O: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: FELICITAS SAECVLI, Felicitas standing to left holding long caduceus and cornucopia; S-C across field.
Ex Dr C. Haymes Collection; ex Bruce R. Brace Collection (CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 1678)

Double antoninianus (so, technically, a double double denarius):

TACITUS
Billon Double Antoninianus. 3.05g, 24mm. Tripolis mint, Jan - Jun AD 276. New RIC V/1 Online temp no. 4113. O: IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: CLEMENTIA TEMP, Mars standing left, holding Victory, spear and shield; * in left field, IA in exergue.
Ex Terence Cheeseman (“Maple Leaf”) Collection

 

WOW, EVERYBODY! Great coins! Thank you for showing your Deuces and Halvsies! Great stuff... Keep 'em coming!